Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Zap EnergyEverett, WA
$120,000 - $190,000

About The Position

Zap Energy is currently looking for a Manufacturing Engineer with a background in batch manufacturing and electromechanical assembly processes. This role will work closely with our Design Engineering team and Technician workforce to translate first-of-a-kind experimental designs into operational scientific platforms for fusion energy Research and Development.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Aerospace Engineering (other relevant fields may apply) from an accredited university.
  • 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience.
  • Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals for mechanical design and manufacturing.
  • Experience translating engineering drawings into work instructions, operating procedures for manufacturing.
  • Experience setting up and designing manufacturing processes.
  • Hands-on experience in hardware manufacturing (i.e. castings, forgings, additively manufactured components, welding, machining, electromechanical assembly, cleaning, non-destructive testing methods, tight tolerance assembly, leak testing, final acceptance testing of integrated hardware, and Manufacturing Execution Systems/Software).

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with integration of large assemblies (Product BOM’s in excess of 2000 parts)
  • Experience managing and resolving non-conforming parts/assemblies.
  • Proven experience and successful track record of completing manufacturing projects.
  • Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).
  • Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Plan labor requirements for production builds, maintenance, repair and operations.
  • Author work instructions and procedures that communicate engineering intent to the shop floor.
  • Plan assembly cell layout for production builds.
  • Identify tooling requirements for production builds.
  • Provide manufacturing review/feedback on Assembly Drawings.
  • Manage non-conforming parts/assemblies identified during production builds.
  • Provide configuration management oversight to the design and build teams.
  • Plan and execute build flow for production builds and retrofit efforts.
  • Author in-process and final test protocols for production builds.
  • Author travelers.
  • Provide supervisory oversight of technician team during builds.
  • Plan and release assembly kits for production builds.
  • Lead commissioning, maintenance, repair and overhaul efforts that require physical transformation of parts and assemblies.
  • Provide project execution leadership to an integrated team during the build, commissioning and overhaul phases.
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