Equipment Engineer

ADDMAN Engineering LLC•Carlsbad, CA

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The Equipment Engineer is responsible for developing deep technical expertise on assigned production equipment, ensuring high levels of uptime, optimizing performance, and reducing scrap. This role will also establish clear standards, procedures, and best-known methods (BKMs) for equipment technicians to support consistent, reliable operation. The ideal candidate is hands-on, data-driven, and proactive in identifying and implementing improvements that reduce equipment driven variation impacting product quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Required (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing, or similar).
Experience working in a manufacturing, industrial, or high-tech environment.
Proven ability to exercise independent judgment and make decisions on complex technical issues
Effective communication skills with the ability to provide technical guidance to cross-functional teams
Strong ability to interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and technical documentation
Ability to assess risk and impact of equipment changes on safety, quality, and operations
Ability to interpret technical drawings, equipment manuals, and electrical/mechanical schematics.
Strong collaboration skills across engineering, maintenance, operations, and leadership teams
Ability to document and communicate technical standards, procedures, and best practices

Nice To Haves

Experience with lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or reliability engineering principles.
Hands-on experience with preventive and predictive maintenance programs
Familiarity with equipment data systems (MES, CMMS, SCADA, PLC interfaces, etc.).

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of assigned equipment, including operating principles, key components, failure modes, and process interactions.
Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) and primary point of contact for technical issues and improvement initiatives
Monitor equipment performance, downtime trends, and bottlenecks to identify root causes of reliability issues.
Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) to improve mean time between failure (MTBF) and reduce mean time to repair (MTTR).
Partner with maintenance and operations teams to drive overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
Analyze scrap data to determine equipment-related contributors to yield loss.
Prioritize and execute improvement projects to improve stability and repeatability
Collaborate with process engineering to align equipment performance with process requirements.
Create and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs), troubleshooting guides, checklists, and preventive maintenance (PM) routines for equipment technicians.
Train technicians on operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and best-known methods.
Establish consistent work practices that support safety, quality, and efficiency.
Lead structured problem-solving activities (e.g., 5 Whys, Fishbone, DMAIC).
Identify opportunities for equipment upgrades, automation, or design modifications to enhance performance.
Participate in cross-functional improvement teams focusing on productivity, cycle time, and reliability.
Own the full lifecycle of assigned equipment, including specification, installation, qualification, maintenance strategy, performance optimization, and end-of-life planning.
Lead equipment acceptance, commissioning, and validation activities (FAT, SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ as applicable).
Define and maintain equipment specifications, tolerances, and capability standards.
Interface with and support controls systems, including PLCs, HMIs, sensors, and automation components.
Partner with controls or automation engineers to troubleshoot and optimize machine logic and sequences.
Evaluate and implement equipment parameter changes to improve performance and stability.