Job Summary

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer has a comprehensive scope of responsibilities aimed at enhancing production efficiency, reducing costs, improving ergonomics, and ensuring quality standards. Working cross-functionally within the company and collaboration with external engineering partners in RFPs, SOWs, and design development is a focus for this role. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer solicits and formalizes requirements to improve manufacturability and design robustness, designs and constructs physical systems for quality testing and sensor calibration, and coordinates with suppliers for outsourcing projects. As a Senior with the team, leadership responsibilities include leading PFMEAs, participating in safety review activities, and mentoring technicians and junior engineers.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for efficiency, cost, ergonomic, and quality improvement projects for production
• Be a subject matter expert for design reviews as it relates to manufacturability, ease of scaling, ergonomics, and cost considerations
• Assist supply chain with sourcing decisions
• Develop in-process check procedures, work instructions and tooling requirements.
• Design and oversee the manufacturing of all in-house fixtures, jigs, and other production reliability and repeatability solutions
• Oversee outside manufacturing services and tooling builds
• Participate in RFP, SOW , and design development with external engineering partners
• Solicit and formalize requirements to improve manufacturability and design robustness with internal and external stakeholders
• Design and build physical systems for testing critical to quality specifications and sensor testing and calibration
• Work with suppliers to outsource relevant projects
• Lead PFMEAs; participate in control plan reviews and other safety review activities
• Mentor technicians and more junior engineers.

Skills and Abilities

Success in this role typically requires the following competencies:

• Familiarity with designing and executing process validations
• Proficient with 3D CAD software of mechanical and/or electrical components (Solidworks, PCB design packages)
• Knowledge of and proficiency in various manufacturing techniques potentially including machining, PCB assembly, wiring, molding, additive
• Proficient in rapid prototyping, 3-D printing technologies, and basic machining tools
• Ability to translate a design from prototype to production including the creation of properly dimensioned drawings
• Systems-level thinking
• Ability to problem-solve
• Demonstrated track-record of contributing to continuous improvement initiatives
• Effective communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to a diverse audience of peers and management
• Collaboratively works to reduce risk, and takes mitigation actions as part of the larger organization

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates most successful in this role typically hold the following qualifications or comparable knowledge or experience:

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a manufacturing engineering capacity

Desirable

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Knowledge of automotive repair and maintenance
• Knowledge of ADAS systems
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Standard office working conditions which includes but is not limited to:
  • Prolonged sitting
  • Prolonged standing
  • Prolonged computer use
• Standard Manufacturing conditions including but not limited to:
  • Lifting and Carrying: Ability to lift and carry objects 20 - 30 pounds (Up to 50 pounds for a team lift) repeatedly throughout the shif