Engineer - Manufacturing

Donato Technologies•Grapevine, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for operational performance in the assigned area, including quality, productivity, and on-time delivery. The Manufacturing Engineer combines engineering training, lean manufacturing principles, and a focus on quality to eliminate waste in manufacturing and contributes to facility-wide continuous improvement as a team member. The role provides oversight of product manufacturing, ensuring engineering documentation aligns with manufacturing and service methods. It supports new product introduction, verifies performance validation tests for production test, identifies root causes of product handling problems, and assists with training Assembly and Test personnel. The engineer supports quality, productivity, delivery, and environmental health and safety initiatives; manages projects; develops solutions for processes, tooling, equipment, facilities, and cost; and plans and implements industrialization methods, tooling, and equipment. The position also develops cost reductions and manufacturing processes, develops application software and tooling for complex machines and mechanical process steps, and leads assessment of machine and process capability using Design of Experiments and statistical methods. It leads structured resolution of complex product and process problems across manufacturing. Project management duties include managing a single-line engineering project with a limited number of participants, preparing a project/change management plan, assigning roles, and communicating participant needs. The role is based in a warehouse and office environment in Grapevine, Texas. It requires occasional or project-related overtime and includes extended sitting, walking through facilities, and other physical activities.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Minimum 2 years’ experience in an Electronic Manufacturing Engineering role.
Solid understanding of manufacturing process structure.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work with tight schedules and rapid development cycles.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and a professional, credible demeanor.
Ability to communicate concepts effectively with various organizational levels.
Ability to multitask and manage multiple priorities.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Willingness and flexibility to work occasional overtime, including for special projects or business support.
Hands-on, ambitious, driven approach and ability to achieve results through teamwork.
Goal-oriented, with determination to achieve excellent results and find better ways to work.

Nice To Haves

Graduation from a computer school or college with a major in industrial engineering is preferred.
Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement Kaizen Leadership.
PLC and HMI programming and interface experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee product manufacturing and ensure engineering documentation matches manufacturing and service methods.
Manage aspects of new product introduction within company policies.
Verify performance validation tests for introduction into Production Test.
Determine root causes of product handling problems.
Assist Assembly and Test personnel with training.
Support continuous improvement in quality, productivity, and delivery through a continuous improvement framework.
Support Environmental Health and Safety projects and promote a Zero Incident Safety Culture.
Manage assigned projects in support of division, plant, and project objectives.
Develop solutions for problems involving processes, tooling, equipment, facilities, and cost.
Plan, detail, and implement industrialization methods, tooling, and equipment for manufacturing and service operations.
Appropriate and track expense and capital expenditures within planned budgets.
Develop and implement cost reductions to meet or exceed departmental and plant goals.
Design, develop, and implement manufacturing processes for customer products.
Develop application software and tooling for complex machines and mechanical process steps.
Plan and lead assessment of machine and process capability using Design of Experiments and statistical methods across the manufacturing process.
Lead disciplined resolution of complex product, process, and component problems affecting efficient product manufacture and operation.
Manage a single-line engineering project with a limited number of participants; create a project/change management plan, establish and distribute roles, and communicate project needs.