Mgr, Design Engineering

Austin TX
8500 E Parmer Ln
Building 2
Manor, TX 78653, USA

Austin TX
8500 E Parmer Ln
Building 2
Manor, TX 78653, USA

SSB Hillsboro
8055 NE Jacobson Street
Hillsboro, OR 97124, USA

SSB Hillsboro
8055 NE Jacobson Street
Hillsboro, OR 97124, USA

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UCT is looking for a talented Manager, Design Engineering to join us in Carrollton, TX!

The Design Engineering Manager leads the design engineering function responsible for production process equipment, fixtures, tooling, workstations, handling systems, and related mechanical design support across manufacturing operations. This role manages a team of design and equipment-focused engineers, establishes priorities, schedules projects, and ensures design work is completed safely, effectively, and on time.

The Design Engineering Manager provides technical leadership for fixture design, production tooling, process equipment requirements, equipment procedures, equipment upgrades, and global design/build support. This position partners closely with Process Engineering, Operations, Quality, Safety, Customer Engineering, and site leadership to improve equipment performance, reduce cost, support new product introduction, and sustain world-class parts clean engineering services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages the design engineering team by establishing priorities, assigning work, scheduling projects, and ensuring required tasks are completed on time.
• Maintains a balanced department with the technical skills, flexibility, and experience needed to support both short- and long-range business requirements.
• Leads design engineering support for production process equipment, fixtures, baskets, tooling, workstations, part-handling systems, and related production support hardware.
• Oversees part fixture design with emphasis on safety, ergonomics, manufacturability, process effectiveness, repeatability, and cost control.
• Directs the development, maintenance, and evaluation of production tooling required for efficient and effective part processing.
• Provides leadership for workstation and equipment design related to wet process operations, including etch, strip, rinse, passivation, spray, and other liquid process applications.
• Supports design requirements for surface treatment and coating-related processes, including media blasting, mechanical surface texturing, TWAS, arc spray, ALD, electro/electroless deposition, and other vapor phase or surface treatment processes.
• Develops and maintains process equipment requirements, specifications, design standards, drawings, layouts, and technical documentation.
• Leads and supports equipment design projects, installations, upgrades, development efforts, and production implementation activities.
• Ensures equipment work procedures are properly developed and maintained, including preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, RFC, IQ, OQ, and related operating documentation.
• Reviews and approves drawings, fixture designs, tooling concepts, equipment layouts, technical documentation, and design change packages as appropriate.
• Uses sound engineering methods, design review practices, and data-driven analysis to support recommendations and technical…