Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Cognex Indonesia Manufacturing PT PMA; Indonesia; On-site; IDR 240,000,000 - 420,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognex Corporation in Indonesia is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to support existing product designs and supply chain. You will oversee production at suppliers, contract manufacturers, and distribution centers to improve manufacturability, reduce costs, and enhance quality.

The role requires hands-on engineering in mechanical/PCB manufacturing, knowledge of DFx, CAD (SolidWorks preferred), and strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, mechanical, or equivalent engineering.
• 2–5 years of experience with relevant, high-tech electronics and electro-mechanical products.
• Hands-on experience in mechanical and/or PCB manufacturing process engineering; optical knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure materials selection and product designs balance cost, quality, and manufacturability.
• Investigate quality issues with problem solving in a team.
• Collect production data, analyze, report, take corrective action, and drive continuous improvement.
• Understand supplier capabilities to aid design discussions and deliver cost reduction while maintaining quality.
• Support assembly, test, and inspection methods for products.
• Perform qualifications to support end of life component replacements.
• Actively search for cost savings in design, assembly process or components.
• Travel locally (mostly Asia) to CMs, vendors, or customers; about 20%.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Quality improvement

Cost reduction

Design for manufacture

CAD / SolidWorks

Supplier collaboration

Problem solving

Data-driven decisions

Documentation control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

The Company:

Cognex is the global leader in the exciting and growing field of machine vision. With over $800 million of cash in the bank and no debt, we are a financially strong international company with a culture that maintains the fast paced, creative environment of a startup. Our employees, proudly called “Cognoids,” take their work but not themselves seriously. Our Work Hard, Play Hard, Move Fast culture recognizes our employees for their innovation, perseverance, and hard work in a fun, rewarding, and quirky environment.

The Team:

The Operations organization at Cognex is responsible for achieving the cost, quality, and delivery requirements of our customers globally. It partners with multiple business units for the design and development of products and throughout active product lifecycles. This position is part of the Sustaining Engineering team, which is a group within the Operations Engineering team.

The Role:

This Senior Manufacturing Engineer position is responsible for supporting existing product designs and supply chain. This includes production at suppliers, contract manufacturers, distribution centers and projects to improve manufacturability, optimize costs, and improve quality.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure that materials selection and product designs achieve optimal balance of cost, quality, and manufacturability
• Investigate quality issues through application of sound problem solving skills in a team environment
• Collect production data, analyze, report, take corrective action, and drive continuous improvement
• Understanding supplier capabilities to aid design discussions and deliver cost reduction while maintaining quality
• Support assembly, test, and inspection methods for products
• Perform qualifications to support end of life component replacements
• Actively search for cost savings in design, assembly process or components in all products
• Ability to travel locally (mostly Asia) to CMs, vendors, or customers. Travel is approximately 20%

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Design new and improve on existing assembly fixtures and processes
• Hands on experience in mechanical and/or PCB manufacturing process engineering, optical knowledge is a plus
• Knowledge of design for manufacture, assembly techniques, die castings, injection molding, cable assemblies, and surface treatments.
• Experience with should-cost modeling is a plus.
• Proficient in CAD (SolidWorks is a plus)
• Use of AI, or other processes to aid in your own day to day work, and the willingness to teach others
• High energy and results driven using facts and data
• Excellent communicator that can work directly with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and designers located around the world, this will likely include off hours meetings
• Demonstrated success in setting challenging goals and achieving them when working on multiple projects
• Experience with document control

Minimum education and work experience required:

Bachelor’s Degree in manufacturing, mechanical, or equivalent engineering 2-5 years of experience with relevant, high-tech, electronics and electro-mechanical products

Disclaimer:

• · The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Additional Job Description WE MAKE COMPUTERS THAT CAN SEE Cognex is the largest, most successful and most recognized global player in industrial machine vision. Using advanced optics, image sensors, and artificial intelligence software Cognex vision and ID systems capture an image, then analyze it to make sense of what’s being seen. Companies use Cognex vision and ID in their manufacturing processes to improve product quality, guide assembly robots, and track items through each stage of production and distribution. Cognex is focused entirely on solving the toughest problems in industrial machine vision and ID, and we have sold more solutions in these areas than any other company in the world. More than a billion products are made each day using Cognex vision. The only thing smarter than our vision and ID systems are the people that stand behind them. One of them could be you!