Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer
About The Position
This position supports strategic programs essential to maintaining U.S. Armed Forces’ readiness. As a member of a project design team, the Manufacturing Engineer provides technical expertise and guidance in product design and process development. The role develops production processes, procedures, and layouts for mechanical, electronic, and electro-mechanical assemblies. It also supports production through operator training, process issue resolution, and monitoring and evaluating existing operations to improve efficiency, first pass yield, and scrap rates. The position is based in Cincinnati (Batavia), Ohio, with a 4 X 10 schedule: employees work 10-hour days, four days per week. Less than 10% travel is expected.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience, or a graduate degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience; in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- 6 years or more of work experience related to fabrication or assembly of close-tolerance mechanical, electronic, or electro-mechanical piece parts.
- 8 years or more of proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel).
- Able to obtain a secret-level clearance.
- Must be a U.S. citizen based on on-site requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering.
- Experience in the defense or aerospace industry.
- Experience with pressing, staking, riveting, swaging, potting, electronics soldering, conformal coating, packaging, X-ray inspection, laser welding, robotics, and control systems.
- Experience with ANSI J-STD-001, AS9100, and ANSI Y14.5.
- Experience with SolidEdge and Minitab.
Responsibilities
- Analyze engineering design documents and develop the methods, processes, tools, jigs, and fixtures required to fabricate products.
- Develop and prepare work instructions, control plans, Process Failure Mode Effects Analyses (PFMEAs), and process validation plans.
- Lead the set-up and validation of new production lines.
- Analyze manufacturing production problems and implement corrective actions involving designs, materials, and processes.
- Provide technical expertise and support related to manufacturing.
- Incorporate new methods and processes to improve existing operations.
- Review product designs for manufacturability and completeness.
- Train production personnel in new or existing operations.
- Interface with equipment vendors and specify equipment by writing Statement of Requirements documents.
- Prepare capital equipment requests.
- Design layouts of equipment and workspaces.
- Prepare reports and white papers summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance.
- Conduct capacity analyses, capability studies, and gage repeatability and reproducibility studies.
- Actively participate in Failure Review Board (FRB) investigations.
- Prepare tooling cost and engineering labor estimates for proposal responses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
