Process Engineering Technician II

This is a Day Shift position Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Review component datasheets and identify critical requirements to ensure compliance with manufacturability. Input new products, parts, and routes into the Business System for manufacturing utilization. Enter manufacturing properties and profile information for components used in manufacturing into EDM Library Cockpit. Perform component analysis and design for manufacturability evaluation/validation. Test and validate components to supplier manufacturing standards. Review manufacturing tooling, component drawings based on vendor documentation using SolidWorks, AutoDesk drawing viewer, or Acrobat. Manage NPI project tasks, including build timelines, material availability, and resource needs. Execute assigned tasks, monitor progress, collaborate with stakeholders, remove roadblocks, and capture results vs. plan to meet overall project deliverables. Collaboratively manage parts, products, BOMs, routes, specifications, and work instructions in multiple business systems. Peer review basic change orders for release. Help ensure product quality by interpreting and applying engineering requirements, specifications, IPC workmanship, IEC compliance, and other standards. Support internal quality action requests and external customer feedback resolutions. Support Statistical Process Control (SPC) implementation to drive continuous improvement. Seek input, specify, and drive system enhancements to improve communications and optimize work processes. Follow and apply SEL values, principles of operation, and world class manufacturing. Demonstrate the competencies listed in the Engineering Technician Career Ladder: Understand, Create, Simplify. Other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications Two-year technical degree or equivalent training and relevant work experience. Intermediate understanding of Excel. Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills. Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities. Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment. Background check results satisfactory to SEL; negative drug test results. Demonstrated technical competence in all core curriculum subject areas: drawing & schematic interpretation, technical writing, problem solving such as DOE and 8D, A3, or DMAIC safety risk assessments, world class manufacturing, mathematics (geometry, trigonometry, college algebra), statistical methods/reasoning/applications, applied physics. Demonstrated technical competence in 3 or more of the following pathways, or in-depth technical competence in 2 or more of the following areas: Continuous improvement methodologies (JIT, Kanban, takt time alignment, continuous flow, SMED/QCO). Process analysis such as FMEA, PFD, spaghetti diagram, VSM. Process control such as metrology, MSA, process capability analysis, SPC. Electronic circuits and components. Machine operation, instrumentation, control, hydraulics and pneumatics. Mechanical design, statics, CAD, tolerance analysis, and rapid prototyping. Metal forming, cutting/machining, finishing, joining processes. Programming, scripting, data structures, data mining. Project management. Proficiency in at least 3 of the following 4 categories of relevant work experience: supporting manufacturing processes in more than one of the following areas: electronic assembly, product assembly, cables & harness assembly, electrical wiring, product testing, troubleshooting & failure analysis, machine shop, magnetics, plastics, printed circuit boards, sheet metal. Experience using MES/ERP systems. Experience creating and/or updating work instructions, process documentation, BOMs, routes, change orders, etc. Experience performing data collection and analysis, time studies, line balancing, waste reductions, throughput improvements. Experience implementing quality tools such as root cause problem solving and defect elimination/prevention. Preferred Qualifications Two years of Manufacturing Engineering Department experience. Understanding of programming with Visual Basic. Benefits Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Employee-owned company with employer-funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options. Top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. 10 paid holidays, 12-day annual vacation accrual start, 9 paid sick days, paid family and medical leave covering 90% of pay. Opportunities for growth and development: STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, engineering development programs. Additional benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits. Location: Pullman, WA. Pay Range: $35.83 - $52.94 per hour. SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SEL is a 100 percent employee-owned company that invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems to protect power grids worldwide. #J-18808-Ljbffr