Process Engineer

EControls

$80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a similar engineering discipline
  • Minimum 1 year of experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment
  • Knowledge of FMEA, PPAP, MSA, and Root Cause Failure Analysis
  • Familiarity with lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
  • Effective communication skills with engineering and manufacturing teams

Responsibilities

  • Design experiments to optimize production processes in various assembly operations
  • Identify and resolve production-related issues to enhance efficiency
  • Plan and develop process strategies for assembly operations of components
  • Ensure production readiness of key processes through rigorous testing
  • Troubleshoot root causes of equipment and process problems
  • Drive process improvements by analyzing workflows and proposing alternatives
  • Create and update work instructions and procedures based on process evaluations

Benefits

  • Opportunities for personal development and skills enhancement
  • Access to emerging technologies in engineering
  • Participation in product design and development processes
  • Involvement in cross-functional teams to enhance collaborative work experience
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Process Engineer with manufacturing industry experience, ideally with time spent working in one or more engineering discipline. (Mechanical, Electrical, Software or Application Engineering)

Support Manufacturing Operations
  • Design experiments to develop optimum production processes - manual assembly, automated assembly, press operations, automated inspection, and testing
  • Identify and solve production related issues
  • Plan and develop processes and capacity utilization strategy for assembly operation of mechanical, electro-mechanical, and electrical components
  • Ensure production readiness of key processes
  • Troubleshoot root cause for equipment and process related problems
  • Drive process efficiency improvements by analyzing existing work flows and developing alternative solutions
  • Create work instructions & procedures and update existing
  • Conduct time studies, modify BOMs and routings

Support New Product Development and Continuous Improvement Effort
  • Design for manufacturability inout into product designs
    • Define assembly strategy for production
    • Design new assembly equipment & tooling
    • Lead PFMEA development and participate in DFMEA development
    • Collect and analyze data from assembly operations
    • Improve existing fixtures and tooling
    • Explore & implement cost reduction ideas
    • Identify, source, and set up critical spare parts for production cells
    • Able to interpret assembly and component drawings and the requirements within

Support Quality
    • Develop and execute statistical process controls utilizing appropriate quality tools plus statistical techniques.
        • DMAIC: Define, measure, analyze, improve and control
        • Root cause analysis and risk reduction: 5Y, FMEA, 8D
        • Problem solving (product/process)
    • Participate in MRB (Material Review Board) process to review Non-Conforming Material as needed to support production operations

Personal Development
    • Learn how products work and how they are used
    • Learn new skills and be educated on new technologies

Education
  • B.S. in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or similar engineering discipline

Experience
  • A minimum of 1 year of high-volume manufacturing environment experience
  • Failure mode analysis and process control implementation experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Knowledge of FMEA, PPAP, MSA, and Root Cause Failure Analysis is required
  • Ability to communicate effectively with design/test engineering, and manufacturing
  • Experience with lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies

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