Sr. Manufacturing Engineer(NPI)

Responsibilities

• Work closely with project managers, sales personnel and/or directly with customers to evaluate and develop new or existing opportunities.
• Manufacturing Management of Handoff Process Validation / Equipment Qualification
• Accept Process Ownership from Applications / Systems Engineering
• Process Improvement / Optimization
• 5S
• One Piece Flow Kaizen
• Line Layout / Cell Manufacturing
• Cook up manufacturing line readiness and ensure appropriate equipment, space and staff are prepared.
• Finalize inspection procedures including defining inspection sample size and inspection techniques/gages for each lot of parts.
• Write work instructions and train production staff on procedures.
• Draft process risk assessment (PFMEA), process flow charts, and control plans.
• Perform process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ/MVP/TMV) and gage R&R activities, as required.
• Solidify tooling documentation for production release using SolidWorks, including tool design updates for manufacturability and tool drawing creation/modification.
• Review process metrics to identify areas of improvement during the transfer process.
• Ensure that accurate and complete QMS/DMR records are generated through the change order process, including documentation of both finished components and raw materials.
• Monitor transfers post-release for lessons learned or process improvements.
• Provide constructive feedback to the production transfer process, and participate in continuous improvement initiatives such as creating templates for similar processes.
• Assist in driving manufacturing engineering projects to completion, including making sure the work is done satisfactorily and timely.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of Manufacturing/Process Engineering experience or equivalent.
• BS degree in Engineering or Physics.
• Experience with Process/Product Transitions through Validation to Manufacturing.
• Demonstrated Project Management experience dealing with interdisciplinary interaction to meet project schedules.
• Experience with project costing/budgeting.
• General understanding of statistical analysis for purposes of equipment validation.
• Experienced with Process Improvement/Optimization utilizing Lean Six Sigma (LSS) skillset.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strongly motivated and goal oriented.
• Will adjust working hours and/or work extra hours to meet project deadlines.