Job Title:  New Product Development Engineer

As New Product Development (NPD) Engineer you will be responsible for providing technical knowledge and expertise in monitoring, improving, and developing processes which support the manufacturing of glass to metal seal parts, production sequences, procedures and methods used to support production manufacturing.  This includes development of manufacturing and maintenance plans, assessing and improving processes, as well as identifying and troublshooting product and process issues as they occur. This engineer may aid in the development of new parts and products, but the role will be primarily focused on supporting products and systems that have already been released.

The NPD Engineer will:

• Primary focus on process stability, cost reduction, quality improvement, and improved efficiency of process used in manufacturing of hermetic products.
• Confer with team regarding manufacturing capabilities to facilitate production processes. 
• Confer with sales/customers concerning product design for manufacturing to ensure high quality results. Interpret customer drawings and specifications in relation to capabilities.
• Perform process failure analysis (PFMEA), gap analysis and value stream maps.
• Review and disposition non-compliant material (DMRs and RMAs) to determine root cause and develop corrective/preventative actions.
• Coordinate the manufacturing launch of new/revised products including establishing goals, training team members and evaluating results. Essential member of team that prepares pending work orders by reviewing/preparing for Package Release consisting of: Bill of Materials, routings, drawings, fixtures/tooling, ECRs/ECNs, and more.
• Perform all duties in accordance with company safety regulations and company policies and procedures. 
• Other duties may be assigned.

The NPD Engineer position requirements:

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Understanding Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing techniques preferred
• 3-5 years of experince in a Manufacturing environment or similar.
• Computer proficiency, Microsoft office, MRP essential.
• SolidWorks preferred
• Electrical engineering a plus

The NPD Engineer position additional requirements:

• Interact with various departments and provide good communication to achieve quality product overall.  Participate in cross-training efforts interacting with other departments to acquire additional skills and knowledge for advancement.

This position requires US export authorization.

Hermetic Seal Corporation, Rosemead, CA, is the world’s most focused, responsive, and experienced hermetic seal manufacturer (connectors, headers, feed-thrus), providing qualified commercial and MIL-STD connectors for a wide range of applications, manufactured to the highest industry standards, with consistently high service level, best in class lead time at the highest quality.

AMETEK has the most extensive range of hermetic products available anywhere. The Hermetic Seal Corporation factory is Qualified Products Listed (QPL’d) on the most significant Mil-spec glass-to-metal-sealed connector types in the Aerospace industry. We also manufacture European aerospace-qualified connectors, commercial equivalents to many other less popular Military Connector Specifications, and are proficient in the customization of any of these products to meet special performance requirements.