Process Design Engineer II Turners Falls, MA

Process Design Engineer II

Location:

Turners Falls, MA

Process Design Engineer II:
Develop new processes to support production of new and modified products within Automotive, Aerospace and Electronic industries. Work closely with Design Engineers, R&D Engineers, wire suppliers, product managers, marketing and QA to support new electrical wire product development. Deliver overall manufacturing process design and implement value‑add activities to improve manufacturability.

• Significantly impact product designs throughout the new product development phases to promote positive yields and defect‑free manufacture at product launch.
• Develop new and/or improved manufacturing processes and testing methods required to achieve performance and cost requirements of new product application.
• Lead successful launch of new products from the process design perspective through all phases of new product development.
• Set up and evaluate new technologies and equipment for process development and improvement.
• Lead development of documents such as PFMEA, Control Plan, Process Flow and participate in related APQP activities for new product development.
• Work with equipment suppliers to ensure processes are capable, controlled and perform as intended during equipment buyoff/acceptance testing.
• Maintain a strong presence on the production floor while positively influencing and building relationships with shop floor members and operations staff.
• Identify and correct problems using root‑cause problem‑solving skills and experimental approaches such as DOE, 5‑Y, MSA, fishbone diagram, etc.
• Perform all other similar or related duties as assigned by supervisor.

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or related Engineering field.
• Six Sigma Certified – Yellow Belt (minimum).
• 5–12 years of experience as an Industrial, Manufacturing or Process Engineer in a new product and process development environment for high‑volume manufacturing.
• Experience designing advanced manufacturing processes such as extrusion, wire drawing, bunching, cabling, electron beam irradiation preferred.
• Solid understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma principles and Statistical Process Control preferred.
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.
• Solid understanding of APQP tools such as FMEA, Control Plans & Process Flow to satisfy TS16949 and AS9100 requirements.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Proficient with Minitab, Excel, PowerPoint and Word mandatory.