Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Curtiss Wright EMD
- Cheswick, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Identify and design tooling and fixtures to enable safe and efficient manufacturing of parts/assemblies
- Understand and apply Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design to Cost (DTC) concepts to development and production projects
- Understand and apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing concepts during manufacturing and drawing review and development
- Plans, coordinates, and executes complex manufacturing engineering activities such as routine operational or methods analyses related to labor standards, reviews product/project flow data, tooling, equipment and labor requirements for use in conducting manufacturing operations to increase productivity and reduce production unit cost.
- Provide Shop support for assigned projects
- Provide field service and supplier support as necessary for assigned projects
- Develop and/or revise work instructions, routings, manufacturing processes/procedures, tool drawings and related manufacturing software for assigned projects
- Identify new and/or improved processes for reducing rework, cycle-time, and costs for assigned projects
- Participate in Kaizen Events, Process Mapping and Project Readiness reviews
- Ability to apply software specific to role such as: MS office, VISIO, SolidEdge, TeamCenter, Oracle and AutoCad
- Develop quotations for assigned product(s)
- Understands customer perspectives and inputs and takes appropriate responsive actions
- Leads project team or technical team meetings by setting the right environment so team member’s ideas flow freely.
- Perform work in accordance with departmental procedures and instructions, CW policies, and safety, environmental, and security rules and guidelines
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering, Master’s degree would be a benefit.
- Minimum prior work experience of 15 years in the area of mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering or a closely related engineering field
- Significant experience in an industrial, shop or manufacturing environment
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to created models and drawings, present design reviews and coordinate multiple project responsibilities
- Must be a team player
- Must be sole US citizen and be able to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance
- Prior Defense, Nuclear, Power Generation or heavy manufacturing experience with rotating machinery
- Experience with manufacturing processes, such as machining, welding, winding, or assembly
- Experience with fixture or tooling design and manufacture
- Ability to tolerate and drive change
- Learning agility
- Ability to perform stress analysis for the design of lifting and handling equipment
- 3D CAD package(s) (e.g. SolidEdge, Solid Works, Inventor, etc.)
- Microsoft Office