Extrusion Engineer

Amphenol CIT; Saint Augustine (FL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol CIT in St. Augustine, FL, is seeking a Thermoplastics Extrusion Engineer to drive process improvements and sustain capital equipment projects across fluoropolymer and silicone extrusion.

The role focuses on scrap reduction, standard work, and supporting extrusion operations 70% of the time in production areas, with involvement in CI projects, DOEs, and qualification activities (DQ/IQ/OQ/PQ).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is required.
• 2-5 years' engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally aerospace or similar.
• Experience with extrusion, fluoropolymer extrusion is highly desirable.
• Experience or knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma tools preferred; familiarity with RCA, PDCA, 8D, DMAIC is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to meet cost, quality, delivery, and safety targets.
• Evaluate scrap/waste for assigned processes and develop waste-reduction plans.
• Ensure Standard Work is in place to guide production and minimize safety or downtime incidents.
• Spend about 70% of time in production areas supporting extrusion operations.
• Lead or participate in continuous improvement projects related to extrusion processes.
• Perform engineering analyses, DOEs, and trials to improve manufacturing processes.
• Coordinate Capital Equipment planning, design, installation, and qualification (DQ/IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Collaborate with Maintenance, EHS, and operations on safety measures.

Skills

Clear communication

Team collaboration

Accountability

Feedback welcome

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Eng

Job description

Company Information

Headquartered in St. Augustine, FL, with offices and manufacturing facilities all around the globe, Amphenol CIT is one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of high-performance wire, cable, and medical devices. We provide complete interconnect solutions to industries like Aerospace, Military & Defense Electronics, Space, Medical, Test & Measurement, and Industrial.

Our talented team of employees worldwide helps bring movies to your seat on airplanes, deliver mission-critical information from drones to the command office, transfer heart rhythm to paper, route communications from space, connect power to downhill oil drills, and get planes back in the air faster. At Amphenol CIT, we make the amazing possible.

Summary

The Thermoplastics Extrusion Engineer supports process improvements, scrap reduction, sustaining engineering, capital equipment specification, qualification, and technical support for all Thermoplastic Extrusion manufacturing processes such as fluoropolymer extrusion and silicone extrusion.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides technical support and troubleshooting/ problem resolution to ensure cost, quality, delivery, and safety targets are met.
• Responsible for evaluating Scrap/Waste for assigned manufacturing processes and developing and executing plans for waste reduction.
• Ensures Standard Work for Manufacturing and supporting processes are in place to give consistent direction to production and minimize opportunities for safety, quality, or downtime incidents.
• 70% of time spent in production areas supporting extrusion operations.
• Participates/leads continuous improvement projects related to extrusion manufacturing processes.
• Performs engineering analysis, DOEs, and trials to improve and optimize manufacturing processes.
• Participates/Leads in Capital Equipment planning/procurement/design/Installation/Qualification (DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ)
• Coordinates with Maintenance, EHS, and operations to ensure Safety measures related to the area are compliant and effective.
• Supports Design Engineering with Process, Tooling, and Sustaining engineering extrusion activities.
• Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) input for New Product Development (NPD) initiatives, ensuring extrusion processes are capable, repeatable, and cost-effective
• Support and guide DFM principles for extrusion tooling, materials, and process parameters, including critical-to-quality (CTQ) characteristics.
• Develop, maintain, and standardize extrusion parts lists, tooling configurations, and equipment documentation to ensure consistency and readiness
• Other duties as required in support of the department and the company.

SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

None.

Qualifications

To succeed in this job, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential job function. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

EDUCATION And EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or a related field required
• A minimum of 2-5 years' engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally aerospace or similar
• Experience working with extrusion, particularly fluoropolymer, highly desirable
• Experience or knowledge of LSS tools preferred;
• Utilizes formal problem-solving methodologies (RCA, PDCA, 8D, DMAIC, etc.)
• Background in aerospace, defense, or cable assembly industries favored.

Language Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Conversational in any other language is a plus.

Job Skills

• Able to explain complex operations and methods clearly and concisely to other employees, suppliers, and customers.
• Co-operates with others and treats all with respect.
• Accepts responsibility for own actions.
• Willingly accepts feedback from others.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

As part of their job duties, the employee must be able to sit, stand, and walk throughout the day while frequently using their hands to handle objects and communicate verbally. Additionally, they may need to reach, stretch, push, pull, crouch, stoop, and occasionally lift objects weighing up