Process Engineer

Process Engineer

Position Location: Morgan Hill, CA

Position Type: Direct Hire

Position Salary: $95,000 - $125,000 (Depending on Experience) + Bonus

Responsibilities:

• Accountable and responsible for technical ownership of the production process.
• Responsible for the complete process control, technical oversight of a continuous production process, to ensure maximum up-time, with highest efficiency, excellent quality to provide mentorship and technical guidance to other process engineers.
• Lead multiple departmental efforts with new product development and production integration.
• Hands-on process engineering role, and will require ingenuity, flexibility and problem-solving capabilities using RCCA Lean Six Sigma or any other technical tools or data to solve the problem.
• Maintain, improve and contribute to the consistency of the production processes, recommend and execute upgrades to process control, and take leadership in production/equipment upgrades.
• Experienced in the methodology and techniques to produce continuous reinforced composite materials. Please note roles and responsibilities are subject to change with or without advanced notice.
• Responsible for executing all process engineering activities across a broad range of processes, ranging from manufacturing, process control/optimization, scrap reduction, and to support and lead engineering trials
• Recognizes, implements, and troubleshoots tools by providing root cause and corrective actions (RCCA) to problems associated with impregnation or batch mixing manufacturing processes.
• Lead and support in establishing and measuring process performance standards associated with quality, waste/throughput.
• Contributes and executes operational reviews and other efforts leading to safety, process improvements and cost reduction activities.
• Supports and provides feedback in investigations and execute RCCA in operational non-conformances and customer related issues.
• Support plans and executes capital projects and process improvement activities.
• Supports and participates in customer site audits/qualifications and visits
• Support targeted projects which include defining and documenting product and processing parameters, capability, cost reductions and manufacturing.
• Evaluates, troubleshoots, and solve quality processes, safety and process led improvements
• Documenting and creating manufacturing processes and methods per AS9100 (or equivalent) quality system
• Creates and provides training for manufacturing Configurations, Bills of Materials, Routers, Work Instructions, SPC/SQC, and Control Plans using manufacturing engineering best practices.
• Works with and leads all related functions including Manufacturing, Maintenance, Process Technology, R&D, Quality Assurance and Receiving/Shipping to achieve the company's objectives
• Must be able to support multiple projects.
• Assists in responsibility for the safety and environmental issues associated with the manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Supports process engineering and operation department leads/managers in his/her functional activities, and performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in material science, engineering, chemical, mechanical or related field: Higher education is a plus
• 5+ years of experience working in composite materials, aerospace manufacturing industry
• Prepregging or resin mixing manufacturing processes is highly preferred
• Mentorship, training or supervision experience preferred.
• In depth understand of statistical analysis, process control, project management, RCCA and FMEA
• Lean and Green Belt or Black Belt Six Sigma training, certification is a plus!
• Root Cause, PFMEA, Statistics & SQC/SPC
• Has in depth understanding of business ERP system (Microsoft Dynamic or similar)
• Must be able to communicate clearly (written and verbally) in English
• Able to work and communicate with interdisciplinary teams and the leadership team.
• Maintain work areas in a neat, orderly and safe manner
• Follow safety procedures for PPE (personal protection equipment)
• Previous experience with composite part manufacturing and/or composite impregnation processes. Specifically in thermoset/thermoplastic resin systems with carbon and/or glass tape/fabrics.

Benefits:

• Full Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• PTO
• Bonuses
• 401K + Matching
• Relocation Assistance (Applicable if needed)