ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Manufacturing & Process Development
- Analyze customer specifications to determine feasibility, cost, and production timelines.
- Conduct research, design, and development of manufacturing processes and methods.
- Coordinate with departments to ensure efficient production methods and tooling design.
- Recommend design changes to meet customer specifications and manufacturing capabilities.
- Test manufacturing methods for proper task performance and process reliability.
- Proficient ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Experience utilizing concepts such as PFMEA, RC/CA and statistical analysis.
- Ability to develop process control plans and apply problem solving concepts to complex situations.
Engineering Coordination & Documentation
- Collaborate with contract review and project management to align contracts with quotes and specifications.
- Review and update router configurations, scheduling methods, and workflow planning.
- Submit detailed written recommendations on design or contract revisions to leadership for approval.
- Manage multiple engineering disciplines to achieve complementary efforts.
Customer & Cross-Functional Communication
- Liaise with customers regarding design changes, requirements, and technical concerns.
- Document and communicate manufacturing requirements and project details across teams.
Training, Support, and Quality Assurance
- Provide technical training and assistance with operations during fabrication and prove-out stages.
- Evaluate and address quality issues during manufacturing launch.
- Support corrective action reports (CARs) and quality initiatives.
Continuous Improvement & Lifecycle Management
- Perform cost reduction and efficiency evaluations across processes.
- Lead or support initiatives focused on lean manufacturing and operational improvements.
- Oversee the product lifecycle from development through production support.
- Provides technical assistance and/or training of fabrication methods or customer specifications to operations personnel during prove-out and runoff of a customer’s part or component. Evaluates and solves fabrication problems.
- Responsible for entire product life cycle. Responsible for the facilitation and resolution of all CARs (Corrective Action Reports), either through engineering or any other applicable department with responsibility in resolution.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
