Manufacturing Engineer

4 weeks ago

Rockford, United States Ingenium Aerospace LLC Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

COMPANY HISTORY

Ingenium Aerospace was formed in 2006. The current ownership consists of Steve Carter and Darrin Kopala, who together proudly employ a staff of talented professionals who are committed to customer-focused service. We are a small, flexible, and fast paced company whose mission is to provide quality actuation, rotating components as well as related products and service, delivered to the aerospace and defense markets on-time, and at a reasonable price.


CORE VALUES AND FOCUS

Ingenium Aerospace highly values our associates as dynamic interactive parts of our team. Our associates are involved in the decision-making process and developing solutions to our customers’ challenges. We value our associates by providing an environment that fosters respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. We also provide a fun and friendly working environment.


OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

The Manufacturing Engineer is a challenging and critical position. This position is highly energetic requiring significant multi-tasking and exceptional communication skills across many aspects of the business. The Manufacturing Engineer will be responsible for the functions and experiences listed below.

  • Develop and improve our manufacturing processes by aligning our product with the proper manufacturing methods, Assembly and Test (A&T) techniques, tooling, and the appropriate potential suppliers.
  • Be well versed in our customers’ requirements, including technical, schedule, cost and required documentation.
  • Be an internal advisor to our product design engineering group and participate in the product development reviews with our engineering and program teams as well as our customers.
  • Assist in Design To Cost (DTC) and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) .
  • Act as a liaison between Assembly and Test (A&T) group, our suppliers, procurement, and engineering group to deal with cost reduction, manufacturing issues, lead time reduction strategies as well as the characterization of our existing and future supply base.
  • Be prepared to review and approve all detail design drawings for producibility and be well versed in the application of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and drawing checking.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

  • Evaluate manufacturing and assembly processes and methods by applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials.
  • Engage with suppliers; partner and implement improvements with A&T operators.
  • Develop and improve assembly and test methods through collaboration with the Product Design Engineers, Quality and A&T operators.
  • Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout as required.
  • Ensure product and process quality by creating and validating by test and/or analysis the design of the test equipment and testing methods; testing of finished product and process capacities and capabilities; establishing standards; and validating manufacturing processes and their throughputs.
  • Provide manufacturing decision-making information for such items as detailed drawings, production, labor, and material costs; reviewing production schedules; estimating future requirements and needs.
  • Creating and validating A&T routers and work instructions..
  • Understand and comply with all Government Regulations, best practice Industry Standards and Specific Customer Flow downs.
  • Bridge the Program Management, Design and Manufacturing Engineering, A&T, Quality and Operations areas of the business through a continuous elevated level of communication and cooperation.
  • Have a role in facilities growth, modifications, and expansion.
  • Have a collaborative team-based approach.
  • Implementation and training of lean principals.
  • Other duties as assigned by manager.


Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or significant related experience in the duties specified of 10+ years.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills by example, participating in, and running multifaceted teams.
  • Understanding of the essential functions of purchasing, planning, inventory, and operations roles.
  • Exceptional problem solving and organizational skills.
  • Ability to communicate information and ideas both written and orally so others will understand.
  • Ability to present technical information to individuals and to small cross functional groups.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes and methods consistent with a low volume high mix environment.
  • Ability to deal with complex customer hardware, hardware specifications, manufacturing methods and procedures, manufacturing quality, product development, supplier development/evaluation.
  • Strong history applying Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) & (ANSI Y14.5M) is essential.
  • The knowledge and ability to utilize basic inspection equipment is essential.
  • U.S. Citizen, no dual citizenship allowed.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • The ability to read drawings and a thorough understanding of multi-level BOM’s is a plus.
  • Understanding of the requirements of AS9100 is a plus.
  • Knowledge of aerospace traceable configuration management techniques and hardware control requirements is a plus.
  • Knowledge of SolidWorks is a plus.
  • Knowledge of certification/qualification testing per DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810 is plus.
  • History with small to mid-sized companies with a high mix low volume market is a plus.


PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND VISUAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by a candidate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with impairments to perform the essential functions.

  • The office environment is considered normal. Temperature and noise levels in the plant may require regular use of personal protective equipment.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the candidate is frequently required to talk, hear, and use hands to type on keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
  • The candidate must have the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
  • This role is not eligible for remote working.







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