Manufacturing Engineer

This Manufacturing Engineer role supports the Electronics Manufacturing Engineering Section and is responsible for developing, improving, and sustaining manufacturing processes for both new and existing products. The role focuses on enhancing manufacturing efficiency, safety, quality, productivity, and cost within production operations. Key activities include reviewing product workmanship and designs, creating and modifying work instructions, developing and coordinating process routings, participating in resources control, implementing production layouts, designing tooling and fixtures, conducting process and equipment capability studies, and driving continuous improvement through Lean, 5S, Kaizen, and process hazard analyses.

Key Responsibilities:

As an Electronics Manufacturing Engineer with Pacific Scientific EMC, you will be tasked with analyzing, developing, implementing, and maintaining methods, manufacturing operation sequences, specifications, and equipment requirements for production, assembly, and test of new and existing products across an assigned dedicated program. You will additionally assist with sustaining and maintaining released product, resources, and processes in manufacturing, with focus on efficiency, safety, quality, productivity, and cost.

· Reviews and interprets product drawings and specification to develop work instructions and process procedures to enable manufacturing personnel to produce products in accordance with design specifications.

· Develops process routings and labor standards for use in proposal cost estimating and shop floor control scheduling requirements.

· Prepares labor, material, tooling, and equipment cost estimates for proposals and analysis.

· Develops and implements production process layouts and production readiness plans.

· Develops capital equipment specifications and supports capital equipment justification, installation, and start-up.

· Designs tooling and fixturing for use in the production and inspection of company products.

· Implements statistical process control and conducts process capability studies on critical processes.

· Participates in design reviews to ensure the manufacturability of proposed designs.

· Conducts process audits and time studies of existing processes for optimization and elimination of waste.

· Conducts periodic Kaizen events.

· Creates MPs (Manufacturing Procedures), DCNs (Document Change Notices), and SWIs (Special Work Instructions) for new and sustaining products, working with Document Control and the Technical Writers to develop and implement into production.

· Develops PHA (Process Hazard Analysis) for required process’ in the production facility.

· Utilize Lean Manufacturing, 5S, and continuous improvement methodologies and processes to improve the waste, efficiency, and output of the production cells and process.

Minimum Qualifications:

· B.S. Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related Engineering Discipline

· Equivalent technical discipline or experience in lieu of degree

· Three (3) years minimum in a manufacturing environment required and one (1) year electronics experience required

· Demonstrated ability to effectively use Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) to perform daily job tasks.