Manufacturing Engineer, Lead
Location:
Redmond, WA, US, 98053
Business Unit:
Systems and Support
Function:
Operations
Job Description
- Mentor Manufacturing Engineers while providing feedback on performance and quality of work
- Assign team members work to support Operation/Engineering needs
- Understanding common machine shop processes and capabilities
- Confer with equipment vendors
- Facilitate R&D activity between Engineering and Manufacturing
- Responsible for assigned project production planning and layout, organizational set up, progress reporting and departmental coordination to ensure a successful project completion
- Provide technical oversight to a broad range of projects while leveraging emerging technologies, innovation, and creativity
- Work closely with production operators, supervisors, and other functional teams to continually
- improve product flow and quality
- Understands manufacturing capacity and capabilities planning
- Assures product and process quality by designing test methods; testing finished product and
- process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes
- Provides manufacturing engineering information by answering questions and requests
- Maintains product and company reputation by complying with government regulations
- Completes design and development projects by training and guiding technicians
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing
- professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing objectives laid out through site-wide initiatives
- Other tasks/duties/responsibilities as assigned
Responsibilities
Evaluates and develops manufacturing processes by:
- Examines drawings provided by Engineering to verify buildability before Production begins
- Design and develops manufacturing tools to assist and improve production processes
- Create/Improve step by step Assembly Test Instructions with pictorial CAD (SolidWorks) images
- Complete customer PPAP support/documentation/creation/submittal
- PFMEA creation and monitoring
- Provides guidance for manufacturing planning methods used for fabrication ensuring best manufacturing practices are used to obtain desired results
- Resolves technical issues using solutions that involve re-use of existing company designs (as applicable) and new techniques, technologies, or concepts as needed
- Provides manufacturing technical leadership and guidance to staff working on projects
- Work with staff to Identify and implement process improvements
- Responsible for processing jobs through engineering and support the manufacturing of new parts through production
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field with 5+ years of aerospace/agriculture/automotive experience in Hydraulic/Electromechanical Actuation Systems
- Manufacturing background with knowledge of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups
Qualifications
- Dealing with: Complexity, communication, leadership, supervision, hardware specifications, manufacturing methods and procedures, manufacturing quality, product development, presenting technical information
- Due to our company’s position as a key supplier to the US defense industry, all candidates must possess permanent authorization to work in the United States
Compensation Data
Annual pay range: $110,600 - $166,000
Nearest Major Market: Seattle
Nearest Secondary Market: Bellevue