Manufacturing Engineer

Why Work at Banner?

For over 50 years, Banner Engineering has been at the forefront of industrial automation. We offer products and solutions including award-winning sensors, wireless solutions, machine safety, indication and LED lighting. From Fortune 500 leaders to innovative startups, Banner's award-winning products and solutions are helping companies around the world increase efficiency, reduce costs, safeguard equipment, and protect personnel.

Our commitment to innovation shows through a continuous, market-driven evolution of products and technology. With engineers employed in nearly every major department, engineering is in our DNA.

Banner is a rapidly growing company that offers many personal development opportunities, an excellent benefits package, and a collaborative team of employees who are passionate about what they do.

Position Summary
We are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join our Manufacturing (Operations) Engineering team, supporting New Product Development and production operations. You will be a strong contributing member in our collaborative environment while also finding a good amount of autonomy to drive improvements. In this role you will be responsible for optimizing the output of ongoing manufacturing operations as well as supporting new product launches and transfers.

This position reports to Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

What You'll Be Doing

• New Product Introduction
  • Provide project level comprehensive Manufacturing Engineering support as an integrated member of a design team.
  • Lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM) effort for new product developments
  • Critically analyze new product concepts and provide constructive feedback for assembly requirements and constraints
  • Lead effort to incorporate preferred assembly methods and critical part features that are necessary to achieve yield and cost targets
  • Lead Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) sessions and proactively reduce and eliminate the causes of defects on new product introductions
  • Complete a manufacturing process plan to facilitate LEAN, and single piece flow error proof manufacturing
  • Design Manufacturing line with necessary automation to achieve cost of goods sold requirement
  • Use workflow toolsets and PTC Creo to specify and provide assembly fixtures and automation
  • Create labor estimates, time standards, assembly drawings, routings, and procedural documentation
  • Manage preproduction engineering builds and the manufacturing release process
  • Participate in production line duplication and product transfers to US and international manufacturing facilities

• Process Development and Support
  • Lead product post-launch team to address production manufacturability, cost, and yield issues
  • Research and Identify new production technologies to support cost and quality initiatives in the plants
  • Conduct Design of Experiments (DOE) and Gage R&R for system control and optimization
  • Create and maintain assembly documentation and procedures
  • Provide line support daily (or as needed) to assigned lines for yield improvement, trouble shooting, and other activities to meet organizational objectives.
  • Coordinate maintenance and repair operations for manufacturing equipment
  • Work with cross-functional teams to implement manufacturing processes improvements
  • Perform quality and efficiency gap root-cause analysis

What You Bring to the Table
To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, and regular attendance is required. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities.

Required Education

• BS degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering preferred, or similar

Required Skills or Experience

• 1 - 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience with fixture, equipment and automation specification, as well as deployment
• Ability to identify and advocate for necessary piece part features needed to meet production cost and yield goals
• Demonstrated track record of applying engineering problem solving skills
  Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously while balancing…