Manufacturing Engineering

Summary:
This NPD Manufacturing Engineer role supports the New Product Development Department and is responsible for developing, improving, and sustaining manufacturing processes for both new and existing products. The role focuses on enhancing efficiency, safety, quality, productivity, and cost within production operations. Key activities include reviewing product designs, creating work instructions, developing process routings, estimating labor and material costs, implementing production layouts, designing tooling and fixtures, conducting process capability studies, PFMEA, DFM, and driving continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

As a 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 of new and existing products. Assist with sustaining and released product in manufacturing, with focus on metrics such as efficiency, safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
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Reviews and interprets product design drawings and develops work instructions and process procedures to enable operational personnel to produce products in accordance with design specifications.
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Works closely with the NPD Design Engineers to create applicable SWO/XWO for CET, DVT, and Qualification builds.
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Assists in all phases of the Advanced Product Development Process.
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Develops process routings and labor standards for use in proposal cost estimating and shop floor control scheduling requirements.
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Participates in design reviews to ensure the manufacturability of proposed designs.
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Prepares labor, material, tooling, and equipment cost estimates for proposals.
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Develops and implements production process layouts and production readiness plans.
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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.
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Develops capital equipment specifications and supports capital equipment justification, installation, and start-up.
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Designs tooling and fixturing for use in the production and inspection of company products.
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Order tooling and fixtures.
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Facilitate Production Readiness Reviews with production side Integrated Product Teams when handing off from New Product Development to Sustaining Production.
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Develops PHA (Process Hazard Analysis) for required process’ in the production facility.
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Utilize Lean Manufacturing, 5S, and Kaizen processes to improve the waste and efficiency of the production cells and process’.

Minimum Qualifications:

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B.S. Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related Engineering Discipline
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Equivalent technical discipline or experience in lieu of degree
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Three (5) years minimum in a manufacturing environment required
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Demonstrated ability to effectively use Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) to perform daily job tasks.
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SolidWorks/AutoCAD experience required.
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Strong problem-solving skills required.
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Automation programming experience a plus