Job Title:  Process Engineer - Mechanical

Position Summary:
Performs a wide range of duties to maintain and develop manufacturing operations documentation, tooling, and methods to efficiently meet quality and quantity requirements of a variety of mil-aero grade thermal management products.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
• None
 

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Daily duties include providing technical assistance to machine shop, paint shop, engineering and material control to eliminate unnecessary operations or clarify process instructions.
• Work closely with all levels in an advisory and instructional capacity on the use and setup of various machining equipment, tooling problems, and process/cost improvements.
• Ability to research and advise production on replacement equipment or upgrade production capabilities with new technology.
• Analyze and develop production processes, time standards, and equipment setups to maximize manufacturing efficiency, utilization and reduce costs.
• Ability to interpret and communicate highly technical drawings and translate into easy-to-follow manufacturing instructions to ensure the necessary control for product lines.
• Work with tool designer to develop new tooling, repair existing tooling, and investigate the improvement of existing tooling to continuously improve production support area capabilities and output.
• Design of lean manufacturing layouts and workspaces to maximize production output and efficiency.
• Participate and assist with manufacturing readiness on advanced projects related to new product releases by providing processes, equipment, and tooling recommendations to support the manufacturing of prototypes and first-time builds.
• Collect, analyze, and present data for the purchase of capital equipment, tooling improvements, and provide department continuous improvement recommendations to audiences at various levels of the company.
• Provide technical support and recommendations to both internal and external customer technical/quality teams regarding process improvements, non-conforming parts, defects, and repair/rework.

Required Skills and Abilities:
▪ Hands-on experience using machine shop tooling: lathes, 5-axis machines, CNC machines,
▪ Hands-on approach to problem solving on the production floor
▪ General knowledge of mechanical assembly
▪ General knowledge of machine shop operations and practices.
▪ General knowledge of tool and fixture design
▪ General knowledge of welding
▪ General knowledge of casting
▪ General knowledge of MIL-SPEC paint
▪ Good organizational skills, communication skills, work ethic, ability multi-task and work on a team

Education and Experience:
• BS in Mechanical Engineering

Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to lift to 15 pounds at a time.