Manufacturing Support Engineer

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated•Goleta, CA

1d•$50,600 - $67,500•Onsite

About The Position

Supports Manufacturing Engineers; provides additional bandwidth for Engineers to focus on their critical task and process improvements. Supports process and recovery of RMAs cycle time, process of excursion, quality inspections, and experimental executions. Support all production lines including dewar packaging and cooler integration. Executes recovery activities such as production line support, engineering experimentation, equipment validation activities and production hardware processing per engineering disposition.

Requirements

Attention to Detail – required defining explicit process assembly instructions for the manufacture of sophisticated IR camera systems.
Communication Skills (Oral, Listening & Written) - required to communicate effectively with Assembly and Test personnel to both develop and optimize the necessary camera assembly process.
Continuous Learning – required to stay abreast of new electronic and mechanical assembly techniques and processes defined both by internal design and external customer requirements.
Decision Making & Problem Solving – required to respond to ever changing productions requirements effectively and efficiently, quality issues, and process demands.
Flexibility – required to handle the often-multi-tasked manufacturing environment where multiple hats (Engineer, Inspector, Doc Control, Tool Designer, Assembler, etc) on a daily basis.
Initiative – required to take the lead on all aspects of the job requirements, with minimal supervision and maximum efficiency
Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

Responsibilities

Process returned hardware for complaint evaluation, failure analysis and product disposition
Review data and provide support based on data analysis
Support introduction and development of new products and improvement of existing process/hardware/equipment, developing or executing experiments for the Process/Manufacturing engineers
Supports continuous improvement (Lean, Six Sigma, 5S)
Support Tool Design & implementation
Support on-going (daily) production and development products and processes as required
Review and update assembly instructions and travelers meeting all regulatory and internal standards
Works with production personnel to assist with training and techniques
Works to ensure all production protocols are in-place and followed.
Support required documentation for travelers and computer WIP tracking
Initiates disposition and rework of non-conforming product or materials
Report on manufacturing metrics
Supports other engineering tasks for development of new products, implementation of new production lines, re-activation of production on line down scenarios, such as hands on hardware processing (rework or repair)
Maintain fluid communication with all related organizations (suppliers, engineering, PC, Customer Service, etc…)