NPI Engineer

ACTIA Electronics - Romulus, MI•Brownstown Charter Township, MI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position reports to the Plant Manager. The individual’s primary duties are to work with a team of engineers on new product development projects from open to close. Responsibility of achieving objectives defined at the beginning of the project, on time and within project cost and quality objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineer or Electrical Engineering Technology. Foreign Degree U.S. Equivalent is acceptable.
3 years of experience as Project Engineer in electronics manufacturing, production process, and methodology experience in one or more of the following disciplines – Surface Mount Technology (SMD), Wave Soldering, Mechanical assembly, in- circuit and Functional Test, tooling, Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA).
2 years of experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment.
2 years of experience in Project Management.
ISO TS 16949 / IATF certified
Computer-aided design: Auto Cad, Solid Works, CATIA, or similar
Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Must be able to develop summary graphs, tables, pivot tables, and other reports using PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
Logical thinking ability and attention to detail
Good verbal and written communication skills
Leadership and interfacing skills for coordinating work with other engineers, departments, vendors and customers
Knowledge of Project Management principles

Responsibilities

Work within the Engineering team to lead new projects to the production and customers product approval
Interfacing with Actia Plant in Tunisia and France to transfer new and existing project for local customers
Management of new tooling procurement from prototype development through mass production in accordance to the production specification, quality and budget allocated
Arrange and ensure training of the engineering, technicians and operators of new product occurs prior to production launch
Develop printed circuit board assembly and electronic components part specifications and bills of material
Perform verification & validation testing to ensure ACTIA’s products are functioning per the project functional requirements
New products cost management and tracking to reach projects targets
Elaborate the process flow for the new product, line implantation and optimization
Assist with other duties such as small programming or test fixture building tasks when requested
Maintain time records and project reports as required