The Sustaining Process Engineer evaluates existing processes and configures manufacturing systems to reduce costs, improve sustainability, improve quality, and develop best practices within the production process.
Requirements
- Troubleshoot tooling and processes to support Ops, Quality, and Engineering
- Maintain/updating System Rates including performing time studies and identifying optimum tooling setups
- Maintain/updating process documentation, including PICS and other documentation
- Participate in and provide general input in the transfer process for machines and products
- Develop standard manufacturing best practices and work instructions that improve the Samtec assembly process
- Use statistical methods to conduct process capability studies to determine if process is meeting key process requirements
- Provide general guidance, direction, and support to other engineering and operations teams that improve the assembly process
- Provide technical inputs for incident investigation while considering manpower, method, machines, materials, measurement, documenting problem, root cause analysis and corrective action
- Become a technical expert for processes and equipment in order to be key contributor during prototype/development phases of new product/process releases
- Participate and drive FMEA’s where applicable
