Process Engineer I

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc.•Edmonton, KY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a Process Engineer I within the Electronics Division, Engineering Department. The role involves providing direct process engineering support to assembly lines, including developing operations and programs for robotic assembly equipment and other production machines. The engineer will utilize their skills to optimize and improve existing processes and equipment, analyze costs for new equipment and procedures, and support product quality investigations to identify root causes of defects. Responsibilities also include writing procedures, monitoring production line performance, tracking and reducing defects, managing improvement projects, and evaluating process designs for efficiency and quality.

Requirements

BS Engineering Degree in Electronics or Manufacturing or related field.
Minimum 1-3 years’ experience in related fields and strong engineering/technical abilities.
Previous experience with light servo driven manufacturing equipment, press, dies and/or molding, circuit check, OCR, and vision systems.
Programming skills, knowledge of PLCs, computer controls, robotics, and effective communication/interpersonal skills necessary.

Nice To Haves

Soldering process knowledge is a strong plus.
Injection Molding experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Direct and lead process engineering support to assembly lines by developing operation and programs for robotic assembly equipment and other production machines.
Use engineering skills to optimize and improve existing processes and equipment.
Propose, introduce, and perform cost analysis for new equipment, procedures, and techniques needed to increase up time, reduce defects, and reduce costs.
Support product quality investigations to identify root causes of claim and critical process defects.
Write procedures and other documents for training and operations.
Monitors, reviews and confirms daily performance of assigned production lines.
Tracks in-process defects of assigned lines and identifies improvement activities to reduce and/or eliminate target defects.
Establishes and manages line improvement projects to increase productivity and reduce labor costs.
Establishes and develops manufacturing operation procedures, equipment procedures, daily check items, and other documentation or procedures for assembly processes.
Evaluates process design and layout for cost of manufacturing, man hour utilization, line balance, and manufacturing quality.
Collects data for line performance and uses analysis to identify improvement acidity for assigned areas.
Create progress reports and deliver to management as required for assigned areas.
Maintains and updates circuit test data, function test data, OCR, Vision and robot control program data.
Designs, develops and implements new tooling and fixtures for manufacturing process equipment.
Works with manufacturing, quality, maintenance, purchasing, and other departments as needed.