Adv Manufacturing Engineer –Material Application & Thermal Processing

Luxwall•Detroit, MI

About The Position

LuxWall is focused on the product development, scaling, and commercializing of innovative Transparent Insulation products and solutions for the built environment. LuxWall’s vacuum insulated technology, Enthermal™, delivers a step change in energy performance, eliminating convective heat transfer and drastically reducing conductive and radiant heat gain and loss within buildings. The result is up to 45% in energy savings, while improving comfort and noise reduction. LuxWall has the potential to redefine building performance globally and forever change the way buildings are designed and constructed. We are excited to offer you an opportunity to work at LuxWall, Litchfield, MI for roughly 6 months. This assignment will allow you to gain valuable experience and broaden your knowledge and skillset of our proprietary production processes. Following this period, you will transition to LuxWall’s Factory 2 plant in Detroit, MI ., where you can apply the insights and expertise gained during your time at Litchfield. We believe this will be a rewarding experience that will strengthen your career development within our organization. Job Overview The Advanced Manufacturing Engineer –Material Application and Thermal Processing will be responsible for specifying, designing, installing and optimizing manufacturing tools. They will ensure that assigned tools are designed and built on time and to the performance required to support the company’s technology and business goals. This position will be actively involved in design and implementation of future manufacturing facilities and will support the company’s growth goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Demonstrated experience with new equipment design, builds, installation and debugging.
Experience with material application equipment and technology, such as roll coating, nozzle dispense, digital printing and pad printing.
Extensive experience commissioning new equipment.
Experience with data acquisition and analysis from production equipment
Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities
Experience writing and editing detailed equipment specifications
Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams
Proficient in Microsoft Project.

Nice To Haves

PLC programming and communication, including Rockwell and Siemens a plus.
Experience in Ignition software
Experience with robot programming a plus.
Experience with Machine vision preferred.
Experience in glass fabrication preferred.
Deep understanding of manufacturing processes and workflow in a high-volume, highly automated operation
Experience with PLC programming a plus.
Experience Designing and Maintaining Machine Vision applications. Cognex and Keyence experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Write equipment specifications and RFQs for new and used equipment.
Evaluating existing processes and procedures to identify areas that need optimization.
Present proposed equipment designs at scaling design reviews to solicit feedback from scaling team and leadership team.
Collaborate with equipment suppliers and integrators to ensure equipment meets performance and cost requirements.
Collaborate with the cross functional team and supply chain to issue POs for equipment.
Take the lead with mechanical and electrical contractors to install the necessary equipment and infrastructure for new manufacturing tools.
Ensure that all equipment is installed and operated in a safe manner and has appropriate engineering controls, where applicable, to ensure safe operation.
Specify, design, install and conduct FAT/SAT for new equipment builds.
Together with the operations team, ensure that all technicians are trained on the operation and safety of all equipment.
Collaborate with the high volume manufacturing team to launch all manufacturing tools.
Ability to select appropriate components to maximize system performance and control cost.
Participate in PFMEA, Control Plan and SOP generation associated with launches.
Complete capability studies for new processes
Experience Designing and Maintaining Machine Vision applications. Cognex and Keyence experience preferred.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are met on time and within budget.
Prepare and present technical documentation, reports, and project updates to stakeholders.
Analyze production data to identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains.
Help build preventative and predictive maintenance requirements.
Ensure programmed systems achieve critical targets including output per hour, process yield, unscheduled downtime, MTTR, MTBF, number of required operators and other critical parameters per manufacturing planning and targets.