Manufacturing Engineer (Wireless & Networking)

Banner Engineering•Plymouth, MN

6d•$82,245 - $116,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team, supporting New Product Development and production operations in which you’ll be a strong contributing member in our collaborative environment. You’ll find a good amount of autonomy here, as well as a hard-working group that contributes to Banner’s ongoing success and continuing growth. In this role you will be responsible for supporting New Product Development from concept to production ready status in our Industrial Wireless and Snap Signal divisions. You will work with an engineering team to provide all levels of manufacturing with a focus on quality and optimizing the output to meet customer demands as well as support ongoing manufacturing operations as needed. 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 engineering team on manufacturability (DFM) effort for new product developments
Critically analyze new product concepts and provide constructive feedback for assembly requirements and constraints
Work with engineering team to incorporate preferred assembly methods and critical part features that are 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 errorproof manufacturing
Design Manufacturing line with necessary automation to achieve cost of goods sold requirement
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 team 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 processes improvements
Perform quality and efficiency gap root-cause analysis