Job Description
Production Engineer – Electronics
* Chelmsford, Essex
* £30,000 - £45,000 + excellent bens.
Are you passionate about technical products, the manufacturing processes required in their production and ensuring the highest quality standards?
You will play a pivotal role in the manufacturing process, ensuring the successful production of high-quality products. Your expertise will drive efficiency, optimize processes, and guarantee products meet stringent quality standards.
You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, and quality assurance, to deliver exceptional products to our customers in Medical, Marine, Industrial and Defence markets.
Main Accountabilities:
Problem solving on the line – component level fault finding to structured analysis to identify longer term production and performance issues
* Work with manufacturing and supply teams on all issues and problems of a technical nature, driving these to full root cause with sustainable corrective actions in place.
* Investigate document and report faults with customer owned products. Implementing improvements to solve documented faults.
* At all points during production process give manufacturing technical input.
* Challenge conventions in order to ensure continuous improvements, especially with regard to manufacturing cost and ease of manufacture.
Manufacturing process development and analysis
* Assist manufacturing in creating balanced lines with the flexibility to change dependant on the production requirements.
* Review, update, write and clear and concise work instructions (SOP’s) for use by the Operations area.
* Create and update configuration control documents and all product manufacturing standard times.
* Write and review process FMEA & control plans and complete Risk Assessments, close the loop on identified actions.
* Develop mid to long range improvement plans for both product and process, working with the relevant stakeholders
Support New Product Development
* Involvement in the analysis of new and existing designs to ensure DFM & DFA criteria is met.
* Manage the required activities through the relevant phase deliverable gate of the NPI process working with the BU Engineering and Project teams.
* Understand the lifecycle of all component types, their sources and lead-times.
Manufacturing control – managing change process and product
* Plan and control the execution of manufacturing change from concept to production acceptance for process improvements and trials through permits, concessions, SWI’s etc.
* Control the introduction of new parts and tools into the manufacturing environment.
* To assist with the supply of pre-production parts and assemblies to the Project teams.
Essential Experience/Competencies
* Demonstrable experience in an engineering function in support of electronics manufacturing.
* A minimum of 5 years’ experience in electronics test and manufacturing engineering.
* Good communication skills that can sell and influence to a range of audiences internally and externally with the ability to work with all levels of the business.
* Working knowledge of mechanical manufacturing philosophies, i.e. DFM/DFA
* A working knowledge of electrical and mechanical assembly, manufacturing and test
* An ability to produce concise reports and effective presentations.
Technical
* Electronics knowledge including fault finding to component level
* Knowledge of electrical and RF test techniques would be beneficial.
* Knowledge of High Voltage electronics and encapsulation
* Problem solving experience (8D, A3, Root Cause Analysis etc.)
* Understanding of SPC data and calculations