Mechanical Engineer II

CPI Electron Device Business•Beverly, MA

46d

About The Position

CPI Electron Device Business, with a history spanning more than seven decades, is a global leader in design, development, and manufacturing of electronic components and subsystems. We have locations in the United States and Europe. With a heritage of technological excellence, our team serves customers in the radar, defense, industrial, and scientific markets. CPI EDB produces thousands of products that have impacted people's lives in numerous unseen ways every day. Our highly engineered products serve as the backbone of modern-day commercial and military communications systems, support and protect soldiers, sailors, and pilots, empower scientific discoveries and space exploration, help ensure the safety of imported foods and materials, and much more. We are looking for energetic, agile, highly motivated, and customer focused individuals to join our team and help us to continue to be a market leader, shaping the future in communications and power. YOUR DAY TO DAY: Responsible for technical assignments involving maximizing the manufacturability and maintaining timely product flow for the assigned product(s). Under general supervision designs, implements and maintains efficient manufacturing equipment and procedures; coordinates the introduction of new products into manufacturing, and identifies and solves production related problems, for assigned product(s).

Requirements

Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering - prefer Mechanical (all) or Electrical Engineering or Physics.
3-5 years' experience.
Experience with analytical tools, workflow time studies, and process balancing.
Experience with building small prototypes.
Solid knowledge of manufacturing engineering concepts, principles, and theories.
Solid understanding of lean manufacturing principles.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Ability to clearly recognize and export information relevant to sound manufacturing engineering design.
Knowledge of manufacturing processes, problem solving techniques, and quality processes.
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, oral, and written communication.
Able to work in a team environment.
Good understanding of lean manufacturing principles.
Proficient with MS office.
Able to work independently with general supervisory guidance.
U.S. Citizenship and are able to obtain/maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Security Clearance.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with ERP system an asset.

Responsibilities

Develops, implements, and maintains methods, operation sequence and processes in the manufacture or fabrication of parts, components, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies.
Interfaces with design engineering in coordinating the release of new products.
Estimate manufacturing costs, determines time standards, and makes recommendation for tooling and process requirement of new of existing product lines.
Maintains records and reporting systems for coordination of manufacturing operations.
Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods, utilizing knowledge of product design materials and parts, fabrications processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, and quality control standards.
Documents procedures, process qualifications, work instructions, shop aids, routings, etc.
Monitor product yield, provide product factory / field failure root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
Provide engineering support for the development of test jigs, fixtures, and gauges.
Drive continuous quality improvement and cost reduction processes.
Identify opportunities for preventing waste and inefficiency during production.
Research and test design ideas to determine feasibility, utilizing lean manufacturing, kaizen, Six Sigma, and root-cause analysis to formulate and support innovation, corrective actions, and improvements.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gain insights and direction.
Performs other duties as needed and assigned.