Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description:

Division

Description:

ITW Stamp Tech Fasteners

TM serves all the major OEMs and their tier suppliers with metal stamped & cold headed fasteners totaling approximately $200M in revenues globally. With dominant market share in North American and Europe growing rapidly in the emerging markets of China, Brazil and India.

The division drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions, application and process engineering. In addition to ITW's industry leading research and development capabilities, ITW Global Fasteners enhance our customers' competitive advantage by…

* Maintaining advanced engineering and manufacturing facilities in NA.

* Exchanging product, process and benchmarking information with sister units worldwide.

* Continually improving processes, material and designs to ensure every product exceeds customer specifications while providing unparalleled value.

Position Summary:

The Manufacturing Engineer will report to the Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor and will be responsible for developing, implementing, and improving manufacturing processes, equipment, and automation systems to support safety, quality, productivity, and cost objectives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This role supports new product launches, process validation, continuous improvement initiatives, capital projects, and Industry 4.0 technologies while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize metal stamping, heat treat, and vision inspection processes.

The Manufacturing Engineer also provides technical support for automation, equipment reliability, process capability, and operational efficiency to ensure customer and business requirements are achieved.

Responsibilities:

* Develops drawings and other engineering documentation to improve manufacturing processes and product quality for fasteners.

* Analyzes specifications and drawings to ensure that products are manufactured to the customer's requirements, and reviews statistical process control data to recommend appropriate actions.

* Works with product engineering in the design phase of new products and redesign of existing products to ensure product manufacturability & poka-yoke at stamping process.

* Drafts and designs layout of equipment, material, and workspace to illustrate maximum efficiency using drafting tools and computers.

* Validate manufacturing processes through capability studies (Cp/Cpk) and process qualifications.

* Support launch activities for new programs including equipment trials, run-offs, and process validation.

* Develop KPI dashboards and analyze manufacturing data to drive operational decisions.

* Identify and act on continuous improvement initiatives with emphasis on metal stamping, Heat Treat and vision inspection process improvements.

* Identify opportunities for process improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and increase productivity.

* Design and implementation of sensor processing algorithms for signal processing, sensor control, feature detection and matching, motion estimation.

* Support servo press optimization and die protection systems.

* Provides technical support for cost-saving projects.

* Manage multiple cross functional projects using solid project management standards, coupled with a sense of urgency for our customers and our employees.

* Creation and execution of capital expenditure projects of varying sizes.

* Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies with maintenance teams.

* Support automation projects including PLC integration, robotics, vision systems, and data acquisition systems.

* Investigate and recommend alternative equipment and manufacturers for benchmarking.

* Support MES/Industry 4.0 initiatives including machine connectivity and production monitoring systems.

* Coordinate equipment FAT/SAT activities and machine acceptance validation.

* Develop standardized work instruction, setup procedures and support documentation.

* Implement traceability systems and manufacturing data collection methods.

* Comply with all environmentally safe practices and regulations.

* Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Position Skills and Experience…