Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

The Manufacturing Engineer designs, develops, implements and maintains manufacturing processes for new products, product changes, and enhancements. Facilitates the supply, manufacture, assembly, and test activities with cost reduction and waste elimination as the key drivers. Supports Manufacturing team by resolving production issues, dispositioning nonconforming materials, and implementing kaizens. Works with the product development staff to ensure the manufacturability of new products and achieve cost targets by improving efficiency through the implementation of lean manufacturing methods.

Provides support for the resolution of product complaints and/or safety issues.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a continuing liaison relationship with R&D engineering, marketing, assembly, and quality functions to ensure readiness to meet commitments of new business and to ensure that production rates and product designs provide effective utilization of available manufacturing resources.
• Design, qualify, document and introduce production and service assembly/test fixtures and equipment.
• Configure assembly processes, sequence of activities, and material handling toward lean manufacturing practices, supporting company goals.
• Plan and schedule projects in a manner consistent with corporate objectives.
• Identify and qualify outside vendors and consultants, as required.
• Maintain current knowledge of competitive technologies including medical, technical, manufacturing and material developments as related to company products.
• Conduct testing, utilizing new or existing test protocols, to ensure process capability.
• Maintain complete, accurate and timely manufacturing documentation including assembly procedures, testing methods, packaging and labeling instructions, BOM, and others as required.
• Develop test plans and procedures dealing with material acquisition and substitution problems, as well as technical issues impacting shipments.
• Oversee the detailed manufacturing planning for each part and assembly.
• Specify BOM structure, methods, sequence of operations, shop routing, time standards, and tooling as required.
• Continually reduce product cost through design, process, procedure, and improve efficiency through the implementation of lean manufacturing methods.
• Optimize manufacturing costs, determine time standards, and make recommendations for tooling and process requirements of new or existing product lines.
• Work with production managers and engineers to support product enhancements from concept through the manufacturing process and finished product.
• Participate in material review board activities to analyze and disposition non-conforming materials and assemblies.
• Lead or participate in assigned initiatives focused on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, outsourcing of assemblies, etc.
• Provide sustaining engineering support to production.
• Provide training and support to production staff such as Assemblers, Quality Control Inspectors, Leads, and Supervisors.
• Perform failure analysis and implement corrective action to improve production and quality.
• Recommend and report on production process improvements including efficiency, cycle time, downtime, first pass yield, resource utilization, ergonomic and other continuous improvement efforts.
• Participate in company safety committee and environmental programs as required.
• Domestic travel, as needed, to support supplier audits and other business needs, as necessary.
• Train and instruct other members of the department and the company, by passing along skills and information to assist in their development and advancement either with one-on-one or with platform training skills.
• Be an independent employee able to analyze problems and formulate plans to overcome challenges and to get work done quickly with a high degree of quality.
• To make sound and logical decisions and to choose the appropriate courses of action based on the parameters of the situation at hand and to use continual improvement problem solving skills.
• Assist in the creation of an ongoing effort to improve the Company and the Manufacturing Department through personal action and by contributing ideas to support both the Department and Company's ongoing improvement efforts.
• Understand Mizuho OSI's business objectives and the relationship between the Manufacturing Department and those objectives; to support and follow the Corporate Vision, Mission & Values Statements and to maintain the services and quality levels set by Mizuho OSI.
• Understand, follow and support Mizuho OSI's internal Quality System policies, procedures and instructions, including, but not limited to, applicable external regulations (21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 820 Quality System Regulations and applicable International Standards).

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering & 0-2 YOE
• Thorough knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials.
• Demonstrated Electromechanical and/or Process Engineering…