Sustaining Electrical Engineer

Manufacturing Sustaining Electrical Engineer

SUMMARY

• The Manufacturing Electrical Engineer performs sustaining engineering activities that support the lifecycle, reliability, compliance, cost competitiveness of standard and configured welding technology products manufactured in our plant. Although this position is primarily a manufacturing/sustaining engineering position it has a significant focus on activities of an electrical or electronics nature. This role ensures existing products continue to meet customer, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements through effective change management, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement of products and processes.
  
  The Manufacturing Electrical Engineer works closely with production, purchasing, quality, product development, and customer-facing teams to support our company’s mission of delivering high-quality, dependable, and innovative welding solutions.

• Collaborate with production teams to identify and implement improvements in manufacturing processes (including time studies, root cause analysis, drawing clarification and design change requests).
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary internal teams to solve problems and define improvements to existing products to optimize performance, cost, and reliability.
• Interface with vendors, purchasing, quality, and manufacturing to resolve issues with purchased components including printed circuit assemblies.
• Development and maintenance of process routers, manufacturing instructions, and test instructions.
• Work with sustaining engineering and manufacturing teams to define and design production tooling and test fixtures for process optimization.
• Function as primary trainers for assemblers on complex assemblies or updated processes.
• Serve as manufacturing liaison during New Product Development, providing feedback and assisting in design-for-manufacturability efforts.
• Participate in cost-reduction initiatives for resistance welding, laser, and benchmark standard product lines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve hands-on production issues in real time.
• Perform other duties as requested.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Three to five years of experience in sustaining engineering, manufacturing engineering, or product lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain coordination, and product lifecycle support.
• Strong troubleshooting and analysis skills
• Experience with ECO-controlled engineering documentation packages including drawings, BOMs, routers, procedures, and quality control documentation.
• Strong organizational and cross-functional communication skills.
• Must be self-driven, initiative-taking, and highly results-oriented, with the ability to take on multiple tasks and deadlines.

• Prior experience in welding technologies, robotics, automation, laser systems, or industrial equipment manufacturing.
• Experience entering and implementing ECOs, and DCRs within an ERP system (Oracle / JDE Enterprise preferred).
• Familiarity with PCB CAD tools such as Altium Designer and/or mechanical CAD tools such as Solid Works
• Experience with cost-reduction initiatives and obsolescence management.
• Experience using issue tracking software to monitor status of multiple ongoing tasks.
• Knowledge of ERP systems, engineering databases, and product data governance.
• Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement experience.
• Familiarity with RoHS, REACH, CSA, and other regulatory or compliance frameworks.