Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Kalamazoo, United States - Re:Build Manufacturing

Description

About Re:Build Manufacturing and Re:Build Tekna:

Tekna was founded in 1988 in the heart of Southwest Michigan where creative vision and hard work laid the foundation for a business that continues to grow in a rapidly evolving industry. The rigor and attention to detail that comes with designing for the medical industry has awarded us success in supporting both major companies and start-ups from early stage development to commercialization. The same principles apply as we've expanded to serve customers in a wide variety of other industries including consumer and industrial goods, electronics, and appliances. Tekna's project portfolio is incredibly diverse covering medical, life science, consumer and industrial product categories. Tekna is largely client focused offering design consulting, contract manufacturing and original equipment manufacturing services. Tekna's cross functional teams include Design Engineering, Industrial Design, CAD, Procurement, Production and Quality which offers a friendly and supportive team atmosphere.

Re:Build Manufacturing is a family of industrial businesses combining cutting-edge enabling technologies, operational superiority, and strategic M&A to build America's next-generation industrial company. Re:Build leverages deep expertise in operations management and technology to supercharge the performance of its subsidiaries by implementing core technologies across industrial platforms in diversified growth markets. Our goal is to help revitalize the U.S. manufacturing base over the coming decades, creating substantial opportunities for our employees and the communities where we operate.

If you like a fast-paced environment where individuals can stretch and be challenged with a diverse set of projects, we offer a great deal of variety and empower our staff to take on as much responsibility as they can handle, offering a helping hand and experienced-based coaching and the support of a highly competent team. Our goal is to enable our employees to achieve their fullest potential, and through our association with Re:Build, provide avenues for personal and professional growth.

Who we are looking for

Performs the role of Process Engineering Lead working closely with a multidisciplinary cross functional team in Re:Build Tekna's New Product Development process. Designs, develops, and implements manufacturing processes to achieve quality and business goals established for the project.

What you'll get to do

Lead process development of new and existing products, ensuring that manufacturing processes meet product and project requirements as well as identifying and recommending solutions for technical issues.

Your day-to-day activities will include:

• Participate in research and product requirements definition
• Impact product conceptualization from the perspective of manufacturing.
• Conduct 6M analysis.
• Support make versus buy analysis and estimate labor costs for make scenario.
• Support architectural analysis of the product.
• Conduct detailed Design and Manufacturing analysis (DFM) with design engineers relative to their product designs.
• Support risk analysis to include pFMECA.
• Lead the design and development of new manufacturing processes to include process flow, line layout, custom workstations with fixturing, and the creation of training of production work instructions.
• Work with procurement to source, quote, order, and receive equipment and materials necessary to stand up the production line in the manufacturing facility.

What you bring to the team

Bachelor Degree of Science in Engineering. Five to seven years of experience with proven success in production process, design, development, and qualification.

Desired Attributes:

• Possess strong math and computer skills
• Show attention to detail
• Demonstrate ability to meet deadlines
• Exhibit good problem-solving skills
• Have a good knowledge of material properties
• Exhibit a sound knowledge of engineering design principles

We want to work with people that reflect the communities in which we operate

Re:Build Manufacturing is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason.

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