Product Lifecycle Engineer

Location: Rockford

Job Summary:

Provide engineering and production support by continuously improving design, fixtures and flow of product, enhancing quality and throughput. Creating value through design enhancement efforts, i.e. cost reductions, product improvements and lean manufacturing practices.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Job Requirements:

• Act as primary engineering support to manufacturing, answering product questions, evaluating equipment and processes and designing, developing and implementing improvements.

• Troubleshoot and solve assembly issues and develop interim solutions and follow through permanent solutions.

• Assist in new product introductions, from concept to design to production, taking project ownership from a life cycle management perspective once launched to achieve quality and throughput enhancements.

• Provide input, design and develop various fixturing to assist in production, utilizing Poke-A-Yoke to the largest extent possible while maintaining an efficient product flow.

• Lead both customer and internally initiated life cycle enhancement efforts.

• Must be able to interface with suppliers, manufacturing personnel and, to a lesser extent, customers in a dynamic environment.

• Work with quality and procurement in communicating supplier issues and accomplishments efficiently in a timely manner.

• Provide support to purchasing/engineering by qualifying new products, processes and materials. This will require UL test lab certification.

• Provide support to continual improvement efforts, including corrective action getting to root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.

• Support CSM (lean manufacturing) initiatives by participating in events, assisting wherever possible and following up to ensure that gains are maintained.

Skills/Experience Required:

• At least 3 years of experience in manufacturing engineering

• Quality and/or Manufacturing experience preferred

• CAD/3D Modeling proficiency
- Pro-E / CREO Preferred

• Mechanical aptitude

• Project management

• Cursory understanding of ISO 9000

• Product Manufacturing Experience

Education Requirements:

• 4 year degree in engineering or engineering technologies

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