Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Process & Assembly

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

PTO 120 hours

Life insurance

HSA

401(k)

Nine paid holidays

Casual dress

Job summary

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc (ESAero) seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to translate engineered designs into manufacturable assemblies, define assembly documentation, establish work instructions, and drive process improvements on-site in San Luis Obispo, CA.

You will partner with design, procurement, QA, and assembly teams to optimize production, develop and refine assembly processes, and train personnel to ensure high quality, safety, and efficiency in manufacturing operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing or mechanical engineering.
• 5–9 years of experience in manufacturing engineering.
• Hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to extract manufacturing information from a computerized inventory control system.
• Experience supervising or guiding less senior positions assigned to a program or project.
• Knowledge of transitioning prototypes into production builds.
• Ability to work in a small, effective manufacturing team.
• Ability to translate an engineered design into build instructions for assembly and test personnel.
• Knowledge of Lean Principles.
• Ability to determine cost-effective and reliable means of assembly in an electronics environment.
• Responsibility for establishing and maintaining assembly documentation.
• Ability to comprehend specification sheets.
• Familiarity with Windows-based personal computers.
• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for the company's manufacturing operations.
• Develop and maintain assembly documentation to sustain high-quality standards in products.
• Represent manufacturing interests as a member of the Integrated Product Team (IPT).
• Collaborate with design engineers to partition new products into assemblies that can be built with minimum variation by assembly personnel.
• Provide documented feedback for DFMA improvements, scalability, and new processes/technology for engineering.
• Work with IPT to ensure that Design for Manufacture principles are utilized in the design of new products.
• Define and design assembly fixturing to improve build efficiency and quality.
• Perform root cause corrective actions based on NCR data and other process improvement needs.
• Collaborate with procurement and quality assurance to qualify new suppliers.
• Build prototype units with assembly, test, and engineering personnel when necessary and ensure documentation reflects the as-built condition.
• Define and revise assembly BOMs and test routings for work orders.
• Serve as engineering interface to resolve manufacturing problems on the assembly floor.
• Train assembly personnel in proper use of tools, equipment, and assembly techniques.
• Implement improvements throughout the assembly process to reduce costs, reduce variation, or improve reliability.
• Identify potential safety hazards in assembly processes and design processes and fixtures to minimize safety risks.

Skills

Hands-on manufacturing experience

Translate design to build instructions

Minimum supervision

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

DFMA feedback

Equipment/process safety awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in manufacturing or mechanical engineering

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Windows-based PCs

Job description

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc (ESAero) seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to translate engineered designs into manufacturable assemblies, define assembly documentation, establish work instructions, and drive process improvements on-site in San Luis Obispo, CA.

You will partner with design, procurement, QA, and assembly teams to optimize production, develop and refine assembly processes, and train personnel to ensure high quality, safety, and efficiency in manufacturing operations.