Animatronics Production Engineer

LF Studios; Hazelwood (OH); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

LifeFormations, a leader in animatronics design and fabrication, seeks a Production Engineer to bridge design and manufacturing on the Cincinnati floor. You will troubleshoot and optimize assembly and show-action equipment, ensuring safety and reliability while feeding insights back into design.

With 2+ years in manufacturing engineering, you’ll work closely with assembly, QC, and purchasing to maintain documentation and improve processes.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in a production or fabrication environment.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks, including updating models and drawings to reflect design changes.
• Hands-on troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with comfort working directly on the production floor.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, tolerances, and assembly documentation.
• Experience supporting quality control, including inspections, nonconforming material handling, and root-cause analysis.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work across design, purchasing, assembly, and QC teams.

Responsabilidades

• Troubleshoot assembly and performance problems on the production floor, act on findings, and implement solutions back into the design using SolidWorks.
• Provide hands-on support to the assembly team and audit their work to ensure all technical requirements are met.
• Participate in design reviews to develop strategies that improve production efficiency.
• Work with purchasing partners to identify part readiness priorities.
• Collect and present lessons learned to the design team.
• Coordinate and lead efforts to create and maintain all mechanical and armature documentation throughout the production lifecycle.
• Support the QC team with part and assembly inspections, troubleshooting, problem solving, receiving, and organization of the manufacturing quarantine area.
• Generally support the efforts of the overall company in various ways as needed to ensure success.

Conocimientos

SolidWorks

Troubleshooting

Communication

Reading drawings

Quality control

Educación

Bachelor’s in mechanical or manufacturing engineering

Herramientas

Engineering drawings

Descripción del empleo

LifeFormations, a leader in animatronics design and fabrication, seeks a Production Engineer to bridge design and manufacturing on the Cincinnati floor. You will troubleshoot and optimize assembly and show-action equipment, ensuring safety and reliability while feeding insights back into design.

With 2+ years in manufacturing engineering, you’ll work closely with assembly, QC, and purchasing to maintain documentation and improve processes.