Manufacturing Engineer (Wireless & Networking)

Banner Engineering Career•Plymouth, MN

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Banner Engineering is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join their team, supporting New Product Development and production operations. This role offers autonomy and the opportunity to be a strong contributing member in a collaborative environment. The position involves supporting New Product Development from concept to production-ready status in the Industrial Wireless and Snap Signal divisions, working with an engineering team to focus on quality and optimize output to meet customer demands, and supporting ongoing manufacturing operations. This position reports to the Manufacturing Engineering Director.

Requirements

BS degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
1-3 years of relevant experience.
Good applied statistical skills.
Proficiency in PTC ProE, Creo or other similar solid modeling tools.
Working knowledge of fabrication processes such as plastic injection molding, machining, and metal forming.
Intermediate experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously while balancing priorities.
Ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholder groups (management, operations employees) with presentations, data, training and other communications to meet objectives.

Nice To Haves

Experience with one or more process technologies such as ultrasonic welding, potting, injection molding, adhesive dispense, automation, etc.
Experience with fixture, equipment and automation specification, as well as deployment.
DOE, FMEA, and Gage R&R.
Able to identify and advocate for necessary piece part features needed to meet production cost and yield goals.
3D printing experience.
Electronics soldering.
Benchtop robotic systems programming.

Responsibilities

Provide project-level comprehensive Manufacturing Engineering support as an integrated member of a design team.
Work with the engineering team on Design for Manufacturability (DFM) for new product developments.
Critically analyze new product concepts and provide constructive feedback for assembly requirements and constraints.
Work with the engineering team to incorporate preferred assembly methods and critical part features necessary to achieve yield and cost targets.
Lead Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) sessions and proactively reduce and eliminate the causes of defects on new product introductions.
Complete a manufacturing process plan to facilitate LEAN and single-piece flow error-proof manufacturing.
Design manufacturing lines with necessary automation to achieve cost of goods sold requirements.
Use workflow toolsets and PTC Creo to specify and provide assembly fixtures and automation.
Create labor estimates, time standards, assembly drawings, routings, and procedural documentation.
Manage preproduction engineering builds and the manufacturing release process.
Participate in production line duplication and product transfers to US and international manufacturing facilities.
Lead post-product launch teams to address production manufacturability, cost, and yield issues.
Research and identify new production technologies to support cost and quality initiatives in the plants.
Conduct Design of Experiments (DOE) and Gage R&R for system control and optimization.
Create and maintain assembly documentation and procedures.
Coordinate maintenance and repair operations for manufacturing equipment.
Work with cross-functional teams to implement manufacturing process improvements.
Perform quality and efficiency gap root-cause analysis.