Job Description
Responsibilities:
Design manufacturing equipment and fixtures
· Develop manufacturing processes
· Drive design for manufacturability
· Collaborate with small teams on in-house development of novel and complex automation equipment
· Develop specifications for custom automation equipment
· Closely collaborate with external equipment integrators on custom automation equipment design
· Manage external equipment integrators from equipment development through buyoff
· Validate and characterize new equipment and fixtures for production implementation
· Create detailed Manufacturing Instructions to document new processes
· Design production workstations for ergonomics and efficiency
Qualifications:
· BS/MS Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent
· Multiple new equipment installations
· Multiple new product startups
· 3+ years of manufacturing engineering experience
· Experience developing manufacturing processes for new and unique products
· Experience transitioning products from prototype to production
· Experience designing mechanical equipment, fixturing and tooling in CAD (SolidWorks preferred, Catia is also a plus)
· Experience developing automated manufacturing equipment
· Strong mechanical fabrication and machine shop skills
· Experience programming industrial robots (FANUC, Kuka) strongly preferred
· Controls experience including PLC programming strongly preferred
· Experience introducing new equipment and new processes into a production environment (APQP is a plus)
· Extensive project management experience
· Exemplary verbal and written communication skills