Equipment Engineer

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Are you looking to be part of a dynamic and growing organization - whose company culture is centered on empowering its employees to make decisions? As one of the leading manufacturers in producing high performance, high-quality batteries for use in today's modern general aviation aircraft, Teledyne Battery Products is focused on hiring the best available talent

Summary

Teledyne Battery Products currently has an opportunity for a hands-on Manufacturing Equipment Engineer with extensive experience developing new manufacturing equipment and processes. The equipment engineer will lead equipment projects to continuously improve throughput, performance, and safety, ensuring that our team can consistently meet the demands for quality and quantity of our battery products. Manage the procurement of new equipment from design & development, build, qualification, and commissioning. Implements policies and procedures, recommends improvements in maintenance methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following (other duties may be assigned):

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee engineering manufacturing equipment projects from design / development to commissioning.
• Collaborate with other engineers and experts to design and develop new equipment.
• Ensure that the equipment meets required specifications and standards.
• Establishes equipment user requirements specifications (URS) as part of the RFP (Request for Proposal) as part of the equipment procurement / build process.
• Responsible for developing, recommending, and implementing problem solving solutions to improve maintenance methods & practices thus improving production equipment performance.
• Responsible for the creating and updating equipment life cycle documentation. This to include URS, FRS, SRS, Test Protocols, Qualification Docs, PMs, FMEA, Lack Out /Tag Out and other related equipment documents.
• Responsible for providing training to operators and support personnel (engineering, maintenance, quality) on new equipment functionality.
• Oversee the installation of new equipment and management of related installation companies.
• Provide support to technicians to Diagnose and troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and perform necessary repairs.
• Collaborates with operations, engineering, maintenance, and quality to improve equipment safety, quality, and throughput in the plant.
• Provide technical expertise in support of capital projects, process evaluation, and project modifications.
• Assure equipment related documentation is regularly developed and maintained.
• Interface with multiple equipment integrators / suppliers to understand their equipment operation and capabilities.
• Lead continuous improvement automation projects.
• Interface regularly and provide formal and informal project status updates to the management team and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies
• Experience in robotics and automation preferred.
• Strong background in engineering principles and equipment design.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of facilities and manufacturing equipment for fast-face production environment.
• Experience with programming Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and electrical debug.
• Hands-on experience diagnosing and fixing mechanical and controls problems with automated production equipment.
• Experience completing the full project life cycle from start to finish.
• Solid understanding and background in PLC and data acquisition systems, distributed control systems, mechanical operation of equipment, and process control.
• Prior experience supporting plant automation systems strongly preferred.
• Strong electrical and mechanical knowledge, application and ability is necessary.
• SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar 3D drawing and blueprint application and ability is preferred.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment covering hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical, PLC control, HMI, mechanical, boiler, high-speed equipment apps, and robotics automation preferred.
• Experience in carrying out automation improvement projects preferred.

Due to the type of work at the facility and certain access restrictions, successful applicants must be a "US Person" (US Citizens, US Nationals, lawful permanent residents, asylees or refugees).