Process Engineer I

Process Engineer Or Engineer I

Position at Sumitomo Wiring Systems (U.S.A.), Inc.

Career Opportunity

Salaried Position

Position Title: Process Engineer Or Engineer I Shift: 1st.

Section Or Department: Electronics Division, Engineering Department

Reports To: Kevin F Lynn, Engineering Manager

Location: Edmonton

Basic Position Duties:

• Direct and lead process engineering support to assembly lines by developing operation and programs for robotic assembly equipment and other production machines.
• Use engineering skills to optimize and improve existing processes and equipment.
• Propose, introduce, and perform cost analysis for new equipment, procedures, and techniques needed to increase up time, reduce defects, and reduce costs.
• Support product quality investigations to identify root causes of claim and critical process defects.
• Write procedures and other documents for training and operations.
• Monitors, reviews and confirms daily performance of assigned production lines.
• Tracks in-process defects of assigned lines and identifies improvement activities to reduce and/or eliminate target defects.
• Establishes and manages line improvement projects to increase productivity and reduce labor costs.
• Establishes and develops manufacturing operation procedures, equipment procedures, daily check items, and other documentation or procedures for assembly processes.
• Evaluates process design and layout for cost of manufacturing, man hour utilization, line balance, and manufacturing quality.
• Collects data for line performance and uses analysis to identify improvement acidity for assigned areas.
• Create progress reports and deliver to management as required for assigned areas.
• Maintains and updates circuit test data, function test data, OCR, Vision and robot control program data.
• Designs, develops and implements new tooling and fixtures for manufacturing process equipment.
• Works with manufacturing, quality, maintenance, purchasing, and other departments as needed.

Position Requirements:

• BS Engineering Degree in Electronics or Manufacturing or related field.
• Minimum 1-3 years' experience in related fields and strong engineering/technical abilities.
• Previous experience with light servo driven manufacturing equipment, press, dies and/or molding, circuit check, OCR, and vision systems.
• Programming skills, knowledge of PLCs, computer controls, robotics, and effective communication/interpersonal skills necessary.
• Soldering process knowledge is a strong plus.
• Injection Molding experience a plus.

Organizational Relationships:

• Reports to General Manager
• This position has no direct reports.
• Works with Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, and Process Engineering Departments.

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