Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers and marketers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. Amphenol designs, manufactures and assembles its products at facilities in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa and sells its products through its own global sales force, independent representatives and a global network of electronics distributors. Amphenol has a diversified presence as a leader in high-growth areas of the interconnect market including: Automotive, Broadband Communications, Commercial Aerospace, Industrial, Information Technology and Data Communications, Military, Mobile Devices and Mobile Networks.

Position: Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Valley Green, PA

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEM’s globally. Our global headquarters are located in Nashua, NH and we have design, sales and manufacturing locations globally. We are currently seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. The position will be located in Valley Green, PA

RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position will be responsible for developing plans, designing, coordinating, tracking, qualifying and implementing assembly processes that meet Amphenol’s costs and output objective as well as customer needs. Responsible for all aspects related to the design, operability and performance of newly designed or existing assembly processes / tooling, their modifications and related documentation.

Manufacturing Engineering focuses both on early involvement with the product design/development function to influence design characteristics for improved manufacturing efficiency and reliability, as well as maintaining and improving existing manufacturing processes.

• Develop and document assembly tooling for new / existing products. Involves creating concepts, estimating and quoting of tools, design build and validation of tooling.
• Develop and document assembly processes, which include process sheets, operating procedures, spare parts lists and preventative maintenance plan.
• Define the process steps and sequence of operations, material handling and process control needs and to the extent possible, the preliminary process layout.
• Define process flexibility requirements based on proposed product configurations.
• Prepare preliminary process specification, equipment and systems specifications.
• Define the supply chain from raw material to customer application.
• Formulate the process step cycle times, efficiencies, yields and step relationships to include dynamic modeling as required for process and line balance assumptions. (Arrangement, Rates, Balance, Yield, Utility, Capacity)
• Involved in Product/Process FMEA and risk assessment activities.
• Define critical product/process parameters.
• Evaluate Safety and Occupational health summary for process.
• Develop cost and operational justifications for acquisition of major tooling.
• Propose and implement cost reduction activities for mature assembly processes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from a four-year university with 4+ years related experience and/or training within the connector industry, preferred;
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical product drawings
• Strong tool design experience and Creo skills are desired.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical procedures, write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions;
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form;
• Should have knowledge and skills using:
  • Design software (Solid Works, AutoCAD, Creo)
  • Project Management software
  • Spreadsheet software (Excel)
  • Word Processing software (Word)
  • Presentation software (PowerPoint)
  • Machine Programming and Machine Vision knowledge is a plus
• Ability to communicate and relate with assembly process engineers in each region of the world.
• Capable of providing the means to assemble and manufacture products for Amphenol to sell to customers at reasonable profit.
• Capable of providing the means to reduce the cost to assemble and manufacture products for Amphenol to sell to customers at reasonable profit.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with minimal supervision and provide updates on project status where issues or problems can be reviewed, discussed and resolved.
• Ability to provide technical design and process information relating to product manufacturability, process and design costs, process risk assessment and product capability assessment.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment.
• Root cause analysis.
• Ability to travel both domestic and international, up to 20%