Manufacturing Engineer

Tangent-Technologies,-LL; Illinois; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Tangent’s Manufacturing Engineers will be responsible for the cost, quality, and manufacturability of new and existing product lines, leading the initiative to ensure successful and efficient production of our core products.

In Fab and Assembly, work with the NPD team to transition approved designs into mass manufacturing, refine and scale the manufacturing process, and improve overall line performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing or Industrial engineering or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing/industrial engineering.
• Experience with process improvement methods (Kaizen, Six-Sigma) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Transition approved designs into mass manufacturing in Fab and Assembly.
• Refine and scale manufacturing processes for current and new products.
• Plan, lead, and execute improvement projects (A3, Kaizens, Six-Sigma).
• Coordinate with extrusion partners to optimize material usage and reduce waste.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance programs and equipment to meet specs.
• Design and install equipment and manage manufacturing workflows.
• Research automation techniques to maximize production efficiency.
• Lead cross-functional teams on process flow diagrams and APQP/PPAP steps.
• Monitor SPC data gathering and analysis to reduce defects.

Skills

Proactive

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering

Job description

Description

Responsible and accountable for the cost, quality, and manufacturability of new and existing product lines. Tangent’s Manufacturing Engineers will be leading the initiative to ensure the successful and efficient production of our core products.

Requirements

Role and Responsibilities

• In Fab and Assembly, work closely with New Product Development team to transition approved designs into mass manufacturing.
• In Extrusion, work closely with manufacturing, tooling and maintenance to ensure low cost, high quality production is continuously at the forefront
• Refine and scale the manufacturing process for our current and new products.
• Study production and machine requirements
• Develop and test effective automated and manual systems.
• Design and install equipment.
• Organize and manage manufacturing workflows and resources.
• Integrate disparate systems (e.g. equipment handling, transport)
• Optimize facility layouts, production lines, machine operations and network performance.
• Partner with a multi-disciplinary team in creating process flow diagrams, FMEA, following and recording the APQP steps and leading a successful PPAP run of new and existing products.
• Identify wastes between current and ideal manufacturing visions, with the goal of reducing costs and lead time of specific production lines.
• Plan, lead, & execute improvement projects, A3, Kaizens, & Six-Sigma activities.
• Research automation techniques to maximize the efficiency of production lines.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance programs, specifications, procedures and equipment to meet process specifications.
• Responsible for implementing the quality system procedures to ensure 100% FTT efficiency.
• Coordinate with extrusion partners to optimize material usage and reduce waste.
• Responsible for maintaining, monitoring, and implementing SPC data gathering and analysis processes, to help production team improve their reaction time to defects and problems.

Required skills/abilities

• Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead teams not directly reporting to you.

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing or Industrial engineering or related field.
• 3-5 years experience

physical requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs