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Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent Technical Degree (Master's preferred)
• Experience: 7-10+ years in a manufacturing engineering role (or equivalent) within a highly regulated industry (aerospace, medical device, etc.).
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo) and GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing).
• Methodologies: Strong knowledge of Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and root cause analysis (RCA).
• Systems: Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

Essential Functions:

• Process Improvement: Analyze and optimize manufacturing processes to reduce costs, scrap, and cycle times.
• Production Support: Provide hands-on troubleshooting on the production floor to ensure continuity of operations.
• New Product Introduction (NPI): Collaborate with Application Engineering teams to ensure product manufacturability (DFM). Develop manufacturing plans and create required work instructions/procedures. Ensure seamless design transfer to production.
• Tooling & Equipment: Design, procure, and install manufacturing tools, jigs, fixtures, and automated equipment.
• Documentation: Create and maintain SOPs, work instructions, and Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOMs).
• Leadership: Mentor junior engineers and technicians and lead cross-functional project teams. Provide temporary or permanent supervision as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Apply logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with others.
• Apply project management skills and manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Employ root cause analysis to resolve complex technical and process issues and derive solutions.
• Ability to travel to customer or supplier sites as needed.
• Ability to understand and interpret specifications on drawings and translate into a workable process to meet customer design requirements.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language proficiently to ensure compliance with our ISO 13485 procedures.

Leadership Competency Expectations:

• Consistently demonstrate and hold team members accountable to The Roberds’ Way values.
• Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintaining them over time.
• Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Listening Actively — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others in a respective manner.
• Leading by Example – Displaying reliability, holding oneself accountable for one’s actions, remaining open to listening to alternative viewpoints, maintaining a growth mindset and behavior.
•  Thinking Creatively — Identifying, developing, and implementing new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products.
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work within the department through personal effectiveness and delegation.

Demonstrated Competencies:

• Leading capital equipment projects/implementing
• Develop and implement Lean /Six Sigma initiatives
• Designing for manufacturability (DFM) troubleshooting
• Write IQ/OQ/PQ validation protocols and conduct process validations (IQ/OQ/PQ) for new equipment and process changes and write summary reports for review and approval of all validations.
• Work with vendors on product specifications and mechanical component selection for continuous improvement.
• Ability to identify potential fixturing, tooling, or equipment upgrades and/or new equipment requirements, and the ability to complete cost analysis and justification for any capital request.
• Train other personnel on new or existing manufacturing processes and procedures.
• Identify, evaluate, and purchase non-capital expenditures to support engineering activity.
• Create and complete a complex machine or equipment design in a CAD program and generate detailed drawings for assembly or fabrication (currently, using SolidWorks).
• Consistently maintain status tasks using project management software.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift 25 pounds.
• Must be able to display fine manipulation by constantly using both hands and fingers to inspect, grasp, move, or assemble very small objects.
• Must be able to operate a computer 50% of the time or more.
• Must be able to frequently move about inside the manufacturing environment and access machinery.