Advanced Products Manufacturing Engineer III

Summary Ensure that all machines are producing parts as efficiently as possible by performing the following duties: Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

Other duties may be assigned:

Floor support. Consults with other engineers, process technicians, managers, foreman, maintenance and quality personnel to solve production and quality problems. Work with tool design group to develop work holding methods. Develop set up sheets. Ability to read and interpret customer part prints and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T). Modifying & adding to robot programs. Work with existing I/O to add sensors and small devices. Ability to diagnose mechanical system malfunctions. Ability to analyze PLC ladder logic, and electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic schematics. Basic understanding of lean manufacturing, machine tool M-codes and I/O interfaces. Work with personnel to solve problems and improve processes. Roll out lessons learned from previous implementations. Recognize possible safety issues in work cells and assist in correction. Perform tests to ensure the most efficient tools are being used to manufacture parts. Order tooling when needed. Change tooling on machines when necessary. Understanding of Pro-E solid modeling and Pro-Manufacturing. Support and troubleshoot assembly and manufacturing processes. Identification of inefficiencies, bottlenecks and downtime issues, ultimately leading to design proposal and implementation of solutions. Troubleshooting and improvement of basic mechanical and electrical assembly systems. Concept and implement cell I/O for robotic interfacing. Work with vendors to obtain proposals and quotes. Specify and purchase equipment and supplies. Design and creation of PLC ladder logic, and electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic schematics Operator training and development of job instructions. Work with Quality dept to develop control plans, process flow diagrams and process FMEA's Assists in development of equipment PM schedules Analyzes and plans work force utilization, space requirements, and work flow, and designs layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency. Estimate cycle times and throughput. Confers with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards. Understands and applies statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential. Helps quote new business by developing cycle time, machine requirements, tooling requirements, gaging requirements and labor content. Able to define variable cost/part in production and propose improvements for cost. Exhibit strong leadership skills and effective project management skills. Able to quote and/or design production processes with automation, ergonomics, throughput and operations in mind. Able to launch projects by working with multiple departments (customer service, customer engineering, customer SQE's, maintenance, operations, materials, purchasing). Able to collect and analyze production data (whiteboards, time tickets, tool incident reports) to determine plan to improve production. Able to perform problem solving using root cause analysis tools. Lead process improvement teams and/or APQP project teams as needed. Exhibits effective project management skills. Practical understanding of foundry practices (sand cast, die cast, etc) Practical understanding of sound machining practices Practical understanding of fixture design/build. Practical understanding of electrical, mechanical, assembly, pneumatic and fluid power, and vision systems / design practices. Develop and maintain company safety policies and procedures. Supervises two or more people. EDUCATION and/or

EXPERIENCE 4

year degree in related field and 6 years minimum experience preferred