Emcore Hiring for Sr. Manufacturing Engineer Automation at Concord, CA Full Time

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Sustaining Engineer for 1933, TxRx, strings, coils, and nav top assembly manufacturing (EG120/200/MTSB).
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Sustaining Engineer (Manufacturing Engineer) is primarily responsible for supporting existing business needs by developing new and improved processes, tooling and manufacturing concepts and identifying cost savings projects. Sustaining Engineers provide training to new operators and provide technical assistance and support to the manufacturing department as necessary.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Improve manufacturing efficiency, production yields, product quality and consistency through equipment and product design modifications and fabrication.
• Modify and improve existing equipment.
• Complete projects, report status, and document lessons learns in and efficient manner.
• Utilize project management tools in establishing timelines, building action item lists, assigning responsibility, completion dates and achieving milestones.
• Responsible for process validation.
• Supports production and manufacturing.
• Analyzes and documents test results for development and pilot production runs.
• Engineering support which includes; vendor contact and auditing specification.
• Develops and tests components and assemblies of manufacturer’s products.
• Responsible for tooling maintenance and upgrades
• Must have experience in FMEA
• Responsible for manufacturing methods and their transfer into production.
• Assists in special projects as needed.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related duties as requested.

• Develops/improved processes, sampling activities and as well as tooling and manufacturing concepts that will meet customer expectations on cost, quality and delivery.
• Provide technical assistance and engineering support to the manufacturing floor in ensuring production of quality products. Work with other support departments to maintain on-time delivery goals.
• Lead process improvement and waste elimination efforts through application of lean principles and actively participate in continuous improvement events.
• Works with Quality Control team to generate, update and implement all project related documentation including control plans, work instructions, manufacturing procedures, sample request, process guides and troubleshooting guides.
• Other duties as assigned by the Engineering Manager

REQUIRED SKILLS/ATTITUDES:

• Must be detail oriented, focused and able to produce accurate and professional documents.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in new product development and implementation.
• Must be motivated and creative, work well under pressure and operate effectively in a fast-paced team environment.
• Must meet internal deadlines and customer due dates.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate needs and demands in an effective manner.
• Must have advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and JMP (or other statistical analysis software).

Minimum Education:

• College undergrad in ME or EE or ChemE

Preferred Education:

• College undergrad in ME/EE and some optics

Minimum Experience:

Preferred Experience:

• 2-5 years of high volume manufacturing engineering

Due to the products that we manufacture, EMCORE is an ITAR compliant company and all employees must be a U.S. Person either by Citizenship or Green Card.

EMCORE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $96,293.00 – $128,618.00 per year

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Work Location: One location