Position Responsibilities:
Common Responsibilities:
• Support and drive product transfer into manufacturing.
• Perform data trending and analysis.
• Apply FMEA, DOE, and statistical analysis to optimize product quality and reduce costs.
• Drive process improvements, cost reduction, and product sustaining activities.
• Manage Engineering Change Request and Notifications (CRs and CNs), including updates to work instructions and test requirements.
• Support documentation: engineering drawings, BOMs, test reports, assembly procedures, and validation plans.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence programs.
• Frequent cross-functional collaboration and occasional travel to other sites.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
Discipline-Specific Responsibilities:
Mechanical Engineering Design & Development
• Architect subsystem changes (enclosure/chassis, mechanisms, thermal/fluidics/optical interfaces).
• Conduct advanced analyses (FEA-lite, thermal modeling, fluidic characterization).
• Define reliability test plans (ALT/HALT, life testing); own acceptance criteria.
Manufacturing Support & NPI
• Lead readiness for mass production: PFMEA updates, process controls, test method validation (TMV).
• Approve critical fixture design changes; ensure calibration strategies.
Quality, Reliability & Data
• Institutionalize SPC dashboards and paretos; own CTQ monitoring.
• Lead troubleshooting using structured frameworks (8D, KT) with statistical validation.
• Define CTQs and monitor Cp/Cpk for critical features.
• Mentor juniors on interpreting SPC and DOE outputs.
• Frames decisions with confidence intervals and risk quantification.
• Coaches team to replace “gut feel” with evidence.
• Escalates issues with quantified impact (yield %, cost). Project & Process
• Create and maintain integrated schedules; present status/risks at core team.
• Manage cross-functional action logs; drive risk registers (severity × occurrence × detectability).
Documentation & Compliance
• Author/approve validation protocols and reports; ensure full traceability.
• Ensure change control rigor (ECR, deviations, waivers); audit readiness.
Collaboration
• Coordinate design engineering and operations; harmonize requirements with service feedback.
• Travel to CM/supplier sites for first builds; lead lessons learned.