CNC Process Engineer

Position Skills and Experience Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty effectively. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Education/Experience

• Engineering or Engineering Technology Degree from an accredited institution with 7+ years of professional engineering experience
• Master's Degree in Engineering with 3+ years of professional engineering experience
  
  Familiar with weld verification methods, weld testing methodology, and measuring devices.

• Experience with conducting DOE.
• Fundamental understanding of statistics (SPC, etc.).
• Familiar with Six Sigma process.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Travel is occasionally required, up to 10% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years+ programming preferred
• Manage CNC Technical Expert
• Qualified in Mastercam, preferred
• Can write and modify programs
• Use of digital/virtual to stimulate
• Can act as voice of manufacturing in feasibility reviews
• Leads Continuous Improvement efforts in CNC Cells
• Specifies speeds and feeds
• Capable of specifying work holding fixture
• Ability to train CNC I-III
• Ability to read and react to SPC
• Ability to build PM plans

Position Summary: Responsible for leading the development, improvement, standardization and training on policies, procedures and required tools for our CNC, Machining, and related secondary processing. Supporting both our manufacturing production as well as supporting new program launches and automation as we continue to grow and expand in this field.

Essential Job Functions include, but not limited to, the following:

• General - Applies to all Process Engineers
  • Read and interpret CAD data, blueprints, GD&T, CMM reports, customer dimensional specifications.
  • Share lessons learned proactively and also train other engineers on process improvements.
  • Provide process design and improvements in a cost efficient manner.
  • Proficient in completing cost justifications with acceptable ROI.
  • Responsible for safety in process design and in execution of daily activities.
  • Ensure compliance of practices, procedures and instructions relative to applicable corporate standards (ISO, TS, etc).
  • Ensure quality outputs from daily activities.
    • Use of proper data collection and analysis to ensure provided information is supported with data that reinforces the stated output.
    • Coordinate/facilitate/analyze process design of experiments (DOE's).
  • Ensure timely execution of planned activities.
• Foster good working relationship and demonstrate effective communication skills with vendors, team members, suppliers and project teams.
• Manage large projects and/or large volume of projects; provides strategic support.
• Ability to oversee the work of other engineers; provide direction, feedback and mentoring.
• Independently develop approaches to projects; supervision is in the form of general discussions about desired results.
• Determine the technical objectives of assignments.
• Demonstrate proven ability to apply advanced engineering principles.
• Understand the impact of one's decisions on other areas of the business; work broadly across the organization by interacting with multiple engineering disciplines.
• Embrace lifelong learning and Identify when it is necessary to acquire new knowledge and skills; take self-driven action to develop professionally.
• Demonstrate an interest in learning about new and emerging tools and technology.
• Recognized as a leader in problem solving of complex problems; mentor others by teaching engineering knowledge and skills.
• Skillfully use logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses, the costs and benefits and the short- and long-term consequences of different approaches.
• Continuously act to prevent problems, pursue opportunities and improve system performance.
• Develop innovative methods of obtaining or using resources when sufficient resources are not available.
• Additional functions not specifically outlined in this position description as directed by the leader.
• Functional Priority - Process Engineers will focus within one or more functional priority

• Launch & Manufacturing Support
  • Support manufacturing production by leading troubleshooting and continuous improvement activities.
  • Support plant problem solving teams to ensure the production of quality parts and a safe working environment.
  • Provide on-call support for all manufacturing processes in order to meet customer demands, when necessary.
  • Develop maturation plans and timelines in accordance with risk mitigation strategies.
  • Lead activities to launch new business and execute the maturation process.
  • Participate in regular launch team meetings.
  • Lead technical solutions and provide input and support for tool designs and development.
  • Participate in Process Failure Mode Effects & Analysis (PFMEA) development meetings.
  • Provide the specification for…