Manufacturing Engineer

My client designs and manufactures a machine that tests the wearability of their customers products. These machines rub, scrape, scratch, pressurizes to see how long it takes for the item being tested fails. Fascinating technology...

Position Purpose: Responsible for the continuing production of electro-mechanical products and providing technical support for engineering and new product manufacturing.

What Are The Principal Responsibilities Of This Position:

• Provides production with a technical understanding of the product line and offers support for concerns, issues, training and procedure updates
• Create, develop, maintain and improve standardization of processes, procedures and instructions through the use of the Engineering Change Notification (ECN) process.
• Helps evaluate and improve manufacturing methods, utilizing knowledge of product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods and quality control standards
• Performs engineering calculations, analyses and in depth reports

Daily / Periodic Tasks

• Investigates and effectively resolve critical production issues, troubleshoot & resolve manufacturing issues
• Compiles and evaluates test data, prepares technical analyses, develops and release manufacturing methods and processes required to meet design objectives on new or improved products/processes
• Composes or modifies existing or new assembly work instructions and manufacturing fixtures and jigs
• Work with vendors to address ongoing production and new product opportunities between company and vendor.
• Support procurement of raw materials, purchased parts through product requirement review
• Identify and develop new processes that reduce costs & errors and increase quality.
• Identify and develop control mechanisms to improve reliability.
• Train manufacturing personnel on new or improved assembly work instructions
• Perform testing to validate/verify performance characteristics and review test data for product/ customer acceptance
• Minimal interaction with customers and engineering contacts during reviews, audits, on-site visits
• Participates with technical support for Root Cause / Corrective Action items to help team address quality, design, and process issues
• Assists sales and production with the review of production travelers for accuracy and efficiency
• Support/ backup Manufacturing assembly & test personnel
• Support generation of detailed Bills of Material (BOM) / Manufacturing Routers

Requirements:

• Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
• 2+ years of practical experience beyond college with some type of electro-mechanical device.
• Knowledge of electro-mechanical machinery or instrumentation including assembly drawings, schematics and wiring diagrams, Dimensional stackup & Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and SolidWorks 3D Modeling Experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Tools - Excel, Word, Visio Project & PowerPoint
• Knowledge of manufacturing best practices, material specifications & statistical analysis, basic mechanical tools
• Direct experience with planning assembly operations and writing shop floor Routings and work instructions
• Prior experience with soldering, welding and other electro-mechanical assembly operations is preferable

ONLY looking for candidates currently living and working in the Buffalo, NY area.

MUST be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder, due to the fact that this company does business with the U.S. government / DOD.