Manufacturing Engineer - Service Tools
Inficon
- East Syracuse, NY
- $60,000-110,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Identify inefficiencies within existing operations and propose and implement solutions.
- Design and introduce assembly and test fixtures to improve both the quality, reliability and repeatability of production rates on existing processes and new production builds.
- Work to improve first-pass yield in production areas by working to identify the primary causes of failures and making recommendations for improvements.
- Organize and implement strategies based on KPIs to continually drive improvements with verifiable cost reductions and capacity increases.,
- Identify design and test specifications that have been poorly defined or over-constrained and work with appropriate parties to better define the necessary specifications.
- Develop, create and communicate production instructions and standard operating procedures.
- Work to ensure both internal and external customers are satisfied with the responses in dealing with the inevitable issues that arise in a manufacturing organization.
- Work jointly on a near-daily basis with INFICON's technicians, operators, engineers, supply-chain and logistics teams.
- Investigate and incorporate new production technologies, such as machine automation, in both existing activities and within development projects.
- Possesses strong problem-solving skills and the ability and desire to articulate information.
- The ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
- Establish credibility & trust from all levels of the organization.
- BS in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering with 2+ years of experience. Candidates with relevant industrial internships and minimal experience will be considered. Candidates with related Engineering degrees will also be considered.
- Demonstrated ability and desire to design improvements into production test fixtures, equipment and methods.
- Some experience in a high mix, dynamic manufacturing environment is preferred.
- Experience and / or desire to master industrial Enterprise Resource Planning systems (SAP preferred) on both a local and global level.