Senior Process Engineer: High-Volume Manufacturing

Zeiss Group; Ontario (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

401k Matching

Employee Assistance Programs

Vacation and sick pay

Job summary

ZEISS in Ontario, CA is seeking a Process Engineer to continuously improve manufacturing processes, validate equipment and processes, and support new high-technology product introductions. You will coordinate with global teams to implement best practices and lead improvement projects on the production line.

The role requires a strong engineering background, hands-on technical skills, and experience with data analysis, problem solving, and root-cause analysis.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering with 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, including engineering projects, OR 9+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Strong manufacturing engineering background with experience supporting high-volume, fast-paced production environments.
• Strong mechanical and hands-on technical experience.
• Experience with process improvement, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Ability to analyze data, identify problems, establish facts, and develop practical solutions.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, technical procedures, specifications, and regulatory documentation.

Responsibilities

• Independently evaluate manufacturing processes to propose, develop and lead optimization measures that continuously optimize manufacturing capacity, yield rate, productivity, and cost-effectiveness.
• Manage industrialization for new high-technology products.
• Research and specify new equipment required to lead initiatives to make yield and productivity improvements.
• Identifies, plans, and executes initiatives or projects for improvements guiding TPM team, technicians, and production leads.
• Independently manage projects to perform equipment and software optimization. Including projects that promote digital and automated solutions on the manufacturing line.
• As an engineering liaison, lead the industrialization of new products introduced by both the local R&D team and as back-up production lines to ZEISS global locations by managing new equipment introduction and defining processes.
• Develop and maintain procedures, work instructions, inspection methods and other related documentation, as well as train the necessary personnel.
• Author, coordinate, and perform equipment, process, and software validations.
• Contribute to the global ZEISS team through coordination and implementation of improvement projects with sister sites overseas. Promote knowledge transfer and coordination for implementation of improvement projects from ZEISS global locations to Ontario, CA and vice versa.
• This engineering opportunity involves both a hands-on position as well as the requirement to analyze, plan and lead projects in the day-to-day responsibilities.
• As an engineering liaison, support CAPA projects and root cause analysis to investigate productivity or quality issues with assistance from Operations and Quality Management.
• Assist Sr. Process Engineer in providing guidance to junior team members regarding engineering tasks.

Skills

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Project management

Hands-on technical

Reading engineering drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CNC

Lathes

Milling equipment

Job description

ZEISS in Ontario, CA is seeking a Process Engineer to continuously improve manufacturing processes, validate equipment and processes, and support new high-technology product introductions. You will coordinate with global teams to implement best practices and lead improvement projects on the production line.

The role requires a strong engineering background, hands-on technical skills, and experience with data analysis, problem solving, and root-cause analysis.