Manufacturing Engineer II

Manufacturing Engineer II San Diego, CA $80k-$100k

Summary

Our company works with all branches of the military and is uniquely positioned to address the advanced requirements of special ops and elite forces with its customized, rugged computing solutions.

The Manufacturing Engineer II is an independent early-career engineering professional responsible for developing, improving, documenting, and sustaining manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and product families. This position is expected to independently solve moderately complex manufacturing problems, lead small-to-medium process improvement efforts, and support the transition of new and revised products into repeatable production.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to production personnel
• Contribute meaningfully to New Product Introduction (NPI), process validation, root-cause investigation.
• Own defined manufacturing processes, production cells, equipment, or product families with limited supervision.
• Develop, implement, optimize, and sustain manufacturing methods that support product quality, repeatability, throughput, cost, and delivery requirements.
• Perform time studies, labor-standard development, takt-time analysis, capacity analysis, workflow evaluation, and line balancing as required.
• Review product designs, drawings, bills of material, and specifications for manufacturability, assembly risk, serviceability, and production readiness.
• Develop or update routings, process flows, work instructions, tooling requirements, & labor standards.
• Support first article, process validation, and equipment qualification activities.
• Lead small-to-medium continuous-improvement projects
• Apply Lean manufacturing methods including 5S, Kaizen, value-stream mapping, standard work, visual management, etc.
• Partner with Quality to investigate nonconformances, recurring defects, escapes, and process-related corrective actions.
• Specify, design, improve, or qualify fixtures, tooling, jigs, production aids.
• Coordinate effectively with Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, Test, Customer Service, and Maintenance to resolve manufacturing issues and implement improvements.
• Perform assigned responsibilities in accordance with ZMicro's Quality
• Key Performance Indicators (KPI): scrap, rework, cycle time, labor efficiency, throughput, downtime, or capacity

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Systems Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• 2-4 years of manufacturing engineering or closely related experience;
• CAD competence - Solidworks preferred
• Demonstrated ability to independently own defined manufacturing processes or smaller engineering projects.
• Working knowledge of process development, process optimization, time studies, labor standards, capacity analysis, line balancing, fixture/tooling development, and equipment qualification.
• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing methods including Kaizen, 5S, value-stream mapping, standard work, and waste reduction.
• Working knowledge of SPC, Cp/Cpk, root-cause analysis, 8D, PFMEA, control plans, process validation, and data-driven troubleshooting
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, and technical documentation.
• GD&T knowledge or formal training preferred.
• Minitab or comparable statistical-analysis software preferred.
• Experience with ERP/MRP and/or MES systems; QAD experience is preferred.
• Familiarity with AS9100 and regulated aerospace/defense manufacturing is strongly preferred