Manufacturing Engineer - Industrialization Deployment & Problem Solving

Job Description Summary

Are you passionate about innovation? Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world?

We operate with a founder’s mindset. We deliver innovation with passion, speed, and courage. We continuously challenge our thinking and are empowered to dream big and take smart risks.

What impact you’ll make

As a member of the Process Industrialization team, you will be an active contributor to create, maintain, and execute the standard in how to develop and industrialize manufacturing processes using a team-based approach. This role executes steps to move process from development to production; driving the hand off process, post deployment support, and problem solving to finish the industrialization of a process into full production.

Focus is on meeting the needs of the production teams as internal customers.

• Utilize in-depth knowledge of technical disciplines, analytical thinking, and technical experience to execute team demands and roadmap initiatives

• Executes hand offs for new product introductions, part and technology transfers, new process introductions, and strategic plant and equipment investments; inclusive of lead time, technology selection, tooling, fixturing, programming, quality plan, and run-off of initial production sets

• Execute hands-on development of new products and processes enabling a successful hand-off to the production team

• Supports project timelines to meet customer needs with a strong focus on safety, process quality, qualifications, and problem solving

• Support problem solving post deployment

• Strong ability to identify and eliminate waste

• Engineering, standardizing, and optimizing manufacturing processes

• Participate in productivity efforts supporting cost competitiveness

• Incorporate lean manufacturing principles into process development

• Utilize kaizen activities for continuous improvement and collaborate with wider team on breakthrough initiative

What you’ll bring (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of equivalent experience)

• Minimum of 4 additional years of experience in Production Process and Equipment

• Ability and desire to work on site in a manufacturing environment

What will make you stand out

• Demonstrated project management experience (PMP certification)

• Experience working in a Lean manufacturing environment

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

• Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact

• Ability to coordinate and manage several projects simultaneously

• Effective problem identification and solution skills

• Proven analytical and organizational ability