Manufacturing Engineer

Bruno Independent Living Aids; Town of Oconomowoc (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Bruno Independent Living Aids in Wisconsin seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to design and oversee weld, assembly, manufacturing, and test fixtures, driving lean improvements and reducing waste.

You will collaborate with engineering, production, and suppliers, troubleshoot processes, and use 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred) to create fixtures and support manufacturability reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing or industrial engineering with 1–2 years in manufacturing.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD; SolidWorks preferred.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities focusing on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Design and produce custom fixtures for weldments and assemblies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize products and processes.
• Provide manufacturability feedback to engineering and product development.
• Experiment with new technologies and automation in production.
• Verify fixture designs with tests and participate in manufacturability reviews.

Skills

3D CAD

CAM

Minitab

MS Office

ERP

Problem solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing or industrial engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Overview

Promote lean manufacturing practices with an emphasis on driving continuous improvements: eliminate waste, improve delivered product quality, propose cost and labor reduction initiatives. Design and oversee the construction of weld, assembly, manufacturing, and test fixtures. Troubleshoot product/process issues.

Responsibilities

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities focused on safety, quality, on time delivery and cost.
• Design and produce custom fixtures for production of weldments, manufactured items and assembly and/or work with outside suppliers on fixture requirements and designs.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to optimize new and current products / processes.
• Provide feedback on manufacturability and critical processes to engineering and product development.
• Utilize problem solving techniques to reduce daily work shortfalls and minimize rework activities.
• Leverage statistical analysis to make data driven decisions.
• Assist in troubleshooting existing design and process issues.
• Assist in researching and implementing new technologies and automation in our production equipment and processes.
• Perform tests to verify validity of fixture design.
• Participate in design for manufacturability review.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing or industrial engineering and 1-2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment or an equivalent combination of education and experience in process control and troubleshooting (in a medium volume shop).

• Proficient in 3D engineering software.

Skills and Abilities:

• Read, analyze, and interpret a variety of information, such as technical procedures, business correspondence, and governmental regulations furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Create business-level written correspondence and verbally present information to internal and external customers.
• Requires job related software skills, 3D CAD (Solidworks preferred), CAM, Minitab and MS Office as well as ERP and the ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment.
• Aptitude for problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to work on cross functional teams to help build a World Class Business.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

• Regular office environment, approximately 50%.
• Modern production facility/engineering lab with heat and air conditioning approximately 45%.
• Occasional travel including outside of the US less than 10%.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle, or touch; and talk and hear.
• The employee is regularly required to stand, squat and move around to evaluate product and fixtures.
• The employee is required to lift up to 30 pounds, regularly; up to 50 pounds, occasionally.