Senior Product Engineer: Drive Manufacturing Excellence

Plexus Corp.; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 98,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Plexus Corp. in Appleton, WI is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to drive product initiation, continuous improvement, and manufacturing readiness.

The role focuses on reducing defects, improving yields, and delivering customer excellence, serving as the technical expert for manufacturing related to the customer’s product. You will translate customer requirements into manufacturing solutions and support ongoing production to meet client needs and internal goals, with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• 3 years of product engineering experience in an assembly or fabrication manufacturing environment.
• 3 years of Failure Mode Effects Analysis within the APQP framework.
• 3 years of experience using the 8D quality problem-solving methodology.
• 3 years of experience using Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• 3 years of experience working on projects using DMAIC methodology.

Responsibilities

• Engage in customer technical communications, product initiation, product-level continuous improvement and sustainment.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts at the product level to reduce defects, improve yields, and improve productivity to deliver customer excellence.
• Serve as the technical expert on Plexus site manufacturing as it relates to the customer’s product.
• Capture customer requirements and translate requirements into a manufacturing solution.
• Support on-going production activities to ensure Plexus meets customer needs and internal goals.

Skills

Product engineering

APQP

8D

DFM / DFA

DMAIC

FMEA

Manufacturing processes

Job description

Plexus Corp. in Appleton, WI is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to drive product initiation, continuous improvement, and manufacturing readiness.

The role focuses on reducing defects, improving yields, and delivering customer excellence, serving as the technical expert for manufacturing related to the customer’s product. You will translate customer requirements into manufacturing solutions and support ongoing production to meet client needs and internal goals, with travel up to 10%.