Manufacturing Engineer II

SUMMARY:

Manufacturing Engineer II is a technical contributor to Operational Excellence, responsible for implementing and maintaining assigned new and existing projects and for driving post-launch continuous improvement on those processes. This role is a technical interface between Operations, R&D Engineering, Program Management, Quality, and Systems Testing, and applies the production process flow with direction from senior engineers and the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

The goal of this position is to enhance manufacturing productivity and reduce operational costs on assigned products while supporting launch readiness and sustaining production. The Manufacturing Engineer II owns assigned process flow, nonconformance disposition, and basic structured problem solving, and is expected to improve yield, cost, or cycle time on that work. Independent ownership of a metrology method or a cross-functional project grows as competence is demonstrated.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES (INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

Implementation of New Product Introduction (NPI)

• Support the successful transition of new products by assisting with pilot production, manufacturing readiness review, test readiness review, and product verification (First Article), and lead the pilot-readiness items assigned to this role.

• Provide feedback on manufacturability feasibility, equipment, space, and resources needed, and on design standards for assigned products.

• Establish the physical production flow for assigned operations, including process flowcharts, routing steps, and labor estimates.

• Consult with Assembly and System Test leads to establish routing steps and estimated labor times.

• Review bill of materials structure and assist in customer-led design review efforts of existing projects.

• Create applicable processes and work instructions related to the assigned project

Sustaining Activities and Troubleshooting

• Provide critical technical support to maintain production flow on assigned operations, and own the disposition phase of the nonconformance process for assigned established products.

• Resolve assigned issues through root cause analysis using lean methods, including Ishikawa diagrams, 5-Why, 8D, and Pareto charts, and record the result.

• Implement corrective and preventative actions to eliminate recurrence on assigned issues, and confirm the action held.

• Support design of experiments, verification activities, and analytical testing used to qualify a material, process, or fix.

• Analyze optical, mechanical, electrical, or metrology issues in operations by preparing fixtures, collecting data, and documenting results.