Engineer III - Manufacturing

Advanced Energy•Fort Collins, CO

5d•$80,000 - $130,000

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer evaluates manufacturing processes to increase production and make processes more efficient while reducing manufacturing costs. Researches, develops, and improves methods of designing, building, and shipping products on time and within budget. Ensures the technology, techniques and equipment used are the most efficient, and in good working order. Improves safety and reduces equipment malfunctions. Provides direction and training to production supervisors, assemblers, and technicians. Interacts with engineering department, and senior level professionals both internal and external to AE.

Requirements

Comfortable working with various manufacturing and electronics tools: vacuum reflow ovens, wire bonders, solder printers, and EFDs
Demonstrated and tactical level experience or program management of wire bonding for Integrated Power Electronics Modules (IPEM) in the electronics or automotive industries
Ability to design fixtures for soldering and wire bonding
Ability to own multiple, but smaller scale design of experiments (DOEs) on a continual basis, as necessary
Proficient in 8 disciplines of problem solving (8D) analysis
Demonstrated ability to design and test within the tooling feedback cycle
Robust knowledge of SolidWorks required
Ability to demonstrate good judgment in selecting best practice methods and techniques for manufacturing
Proven professional skills as an experienced manufacturing engineer with a full understanding of industry practices and company policies and procedures
Knowledge of IPC-610 standards
Understanding of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protocols
Ability to solve complex technical problems independently
Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
Demonstrated ability to perpetuate and display great interpersonal skills in all forms of communication
Experience working with solder alloys, adhesives and encapsulants, and aluminum wire
Experience with soldering, encapsulant, and adhesive process and equipment
Experienced in application of the process capability index (Cpk) and statistical process control (SPC) data during DOE installation, and execution
Experience influencing and negotiating in complex situations
Five+ years of electronics manufacturing engineering experience preferably in a microelectronics or semiconductor production environment
Cleanroom experience preferred
Bachelors’ degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Science, or equivalent

Responsibilities

Assists with line capacity planning and is responsible for yield improvements in collaboration with management and inputs from engineering sections globally across three business units (BUs)
Follows up on daily production issues, leads the team to increase yield, improving product quality and manufacturing cost reductions
Estimates manufacturing costs, determines time standards, and makes recommendations for tooling and process requirements
Using feedback from product quality provides corrective action and monitors implementation
Drives continuous improvement projects to elevate product performance in manufacturing
Performs preventative maintenance on manufacturing equipment
Creates and modifies manufacturing process documentation
Takes total ownership of documentation related to the BU in AE's Quality Management System (QMS) to include origination, modification, and obsolescence through Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
Implements manufacturing-industry best known methods in support of continuous improvement projects to increase efficiency and effectivity of the production line
Analyzes work content for distribution to work centers and capacity requirements
Recommends and prepares process improvements which will facilitate manufacturing excellence
Assists product design teams to drive designs that meet all cost and quality goals
Reviews product requirements with design staff to ensure compatibility with processing methods
Performs Design for Manufacturability analysis on new products
Shares tactical level input to operators on manufacturability, training of and introduction to process improvements related to build and need
Owns entire process of the wire bonding program from start to finish across three tools, maintenance, programming, and troubleshooting
This includes production wire bonding when applicable
Responsible for dissemination of training to team members
Communicates as a team member, delivering process instructions across multiple, global BUs

Benefits

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce.
Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan for eligible positions, and a discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate.
In the U.S., we offer a rich benefits package that includes:
Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
Short and long-term disability and life insurance
Health savings and flexible spending accounts
Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
8 hours of paid volunteer time off
8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
Company matched 401(k)
Tuition reimbursement
Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identify theft, and legal assistance