Process Engineer- Inspection Systems

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Lewiston (ID); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Competitive benefits

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. in Lewiston, Idaho, is seeking a Process Engineer for the Inspection Systems team. You will define, validate, and improve SPI, AOI, and AXI inspection systems across multiple factories to enhance quality and yield while collaborating with manufacturing and quality teams.

This role emphasizes data-driven decision making, clear acceptance criteria, and strong supplier collaboration to support SEL’s reliability and manufacturing excellence.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering required.
• Two years' experience in process development in a world-class manufacturing environment.
• Experience with inspection systems and statistical methods.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support in multiple areas of manufacturing.
• Specify, develop, justify, implement, and sustain assembly equipment and materials.
• Improve quality, yield, efficiency, and capacity of processes.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Project management

Statistics knowledge

Communication skills

Root cause analysis

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Job description

## Process Engineer- Inspection SystemsApply: Idaho - Lewiston: Full time: Posted Today: 2026-20290As a Process Engineer on the Inspection System team, you will help define and support the inspection technologies used across SEL’s manufacturing operations. Rather than supporting a single product or process area, you will specify, validate, and continuously improve SPI, AOI, and AXI systems deployed across multiple factories and product families. This role emphasizes data‐driven decision‐making, clear acceptance criteria, and strong supplier collaboration. You will work closely with manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams to ensure inspection systems are robust, measurable, and aligned with real manufacturing risk. This work helps establish inspection standards that support SEL’s long‐term reliability and quality commitments.***Essential Duties and Responsibilities*** 1. Provide engineering support in multiple areas of manufacturing. 2. Specify, develop, justify, implement, and sustain assembly equipment and materials. 3. Improve quality, yield, efficiency, and capacity of processes in accordance with strategic objectives. 4. Apply statistical problem solving to identify root cause, evaluate new equipment and processes and process improvement activities. 5. Interpret results and provide recommendations to management. 6. Keep abreast of new developments in equipment, industry standards, be practices, and developments in assembly processes. 7. Model, teach, and apply SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles. 8. Understand. Create. Simplify. 9. Other duties as assigned. ***Required Qualifications*** B.S. in Engineering Two years' experience in process development in a related world class manufacturing company Ability to lead a cross functional team Ability to influence others and reach consensus Project management experience Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities Knowledge of statistics as applied to process capability measurements Effective writing, documentation, and speaking skills Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment Background check results satisfactory to SEL Negative drug test result(s) ***Preferred Qualifications*** Thorough understanding of the materials used in the industry ***Physical Requirements*** None**Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.**People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.* We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.* We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.* We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.* We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.* Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.**Pay Range Data: $97,700-$144,400 per year for the Process Engineer position $84,200-$124,500 per year for the Associate Process Engineer position**