Product Manufacturing Engineer: NPI & Quality Lead

Yaskawa America, Inc. / Motoman; Buffalo Grove (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Yaskawa America, Inc. / Motoman in Buffalo Grove, IL seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to drive new product introductions and continual improvement across the production floor. You will coordinate line balancing, create detailed work instructions, and work with design to improve manufacturability while training staff.

The role emphasizes controlling quality, configuration, and introduction of all products, with cross-functional collaboration across internal and external departments as needed.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Quality Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of engineering experience in an ISO certified manufacturing environment.
• Advanced knowledge of production planning, scheduling, MRP, ATP, and capacity planning; understanding of Product Data Management and its impact on Supply Chain.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical design principles; ability to read and interpret complex drawings and electrical schematics.
• Hands-on experience with sheet metal fabrication, welding, painting, die casting, turning, stamping, and cabling assemblies.
• Familiarity with UL/cUL/CE, JIS, NEMA, ISTA packaging standards; experience with audits.
• Experience with quality control methodologies: RCA, corrective actions, SPC, MTBF, FMEA, FIT.
• Excellent project management and multitasking; strong communication and training abilities.
• ISO 9000:2000 standards; ability to generate and maintain procedures and perform ISO audits.
• Proficiency in SAP, AutoCad; MS Excel/Word/Access; exposure to Pro-Engineer or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage seamless introduction of new products from design to volume production; create launch schedules and master data; develop manufacturing work instructions and line balancing.
• Coordinate customer-specific product requests; evaluate designs and establish customer promise dates; communicate with customers to resolve issues.
• Analyze quality data and trends; generate quality performance reports for customers and internal use; identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Investigate systemic and daily quality issues; troubleshoot root causes; approve or restrict use of suspect product for production and customers; assess production impact.
• Oversee Engineering Change Order processes across departments (Supply Chain, Production, etc.).
• Design and implement factory equipment; create factory layouts and incorporate new equipment.
• Design and approve packing methods per ISTA standards; participate in ISO and customer audits; support external audits with agencies such as UL, CE, TUV.

Skills

Project Management

Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing Engineering

ISO 9001

Root Cause Analysis

Line Balancing

Design for Manufacturability

Education

B.S. degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Quality Engineering

Tools

SAP

AutoCad

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Access

Pro-Engineer

Job description

Yaskawa America, Inc. / Motoman in Buffalo Grove, IL seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to drive new product introductions and continual improvement across the production floor. You will coordinate line balancing, create detailed work instructions, and work with design to improve manufacturability while training staff.

The role emphasizes controlling quality, configuration, and introduction of all products, with cross-functional collaboration across internal and external departments as needed.