Senior Coaxial Cable Manufacturing Engineer

Summary
As our Senior Manufacturing Engineer for our Coaxial Cable products, you will be a part of a knowledgeable and well-diverse engineering team who loves to have fun and get stuff done! You will work with our engineering team as the key resource to establish our various coax cable design constructions and develop the processes, equipment and overall protocols for manufacture of our. You will support our manufacturing capabilities to drive process improvements for our coaxial cable products and collaborate across Winchester in a way that leads by example, exhibits empathy, ensures task ownership, uses data to make decisions, and puts the customer first.
Leadership & Core Responsibilities
Develop and document equipment and process settings to ensure manufacturability, performance, quality, and cost expectations of coaxial cable product line.
Identifies and/or specifies the sequence of manufacturing steps and special equipment/tooling requirements, test requirements, test plans/procedures and special test equipment, sources for new materials, processes, and/or equipment.
Specifies and creates detailed cable documentation of all cable materials, components, performance specifications; drawings, procedures and BOM’s as needed to manufacture designs.
Develop and document manufacturing processes and procedures
Performs research to determine feasibility of cable development and manufacturability.
Identify, evaluate, and implement product/process changes for continuous improvement of existing cable products
Initiate, review, and process ECO’s for existing cable product designs/parts.
Work closely with Operations, Quality, and Materials to positively impact the business by helping to resolve manufacturability issues to support accurate, on-time execution of new and existing cable products to our customers.
Review and provide technical content (i.e. specification reviews, concept drawings, performance limits, etc.) to applications engineering and sales teams for proposal/quote responses
In conjunction with the Ops team, assess and plan for manufacturing capabilities to support on-time execution of cable NPI projects to performance, quality, and cost expectations
Utilization of ERP, Salesforce, KissFlow, QT9, Solidworks and other system tools
Team Culture and Talent Development - Champion the Winchester culture and set clear goals
Consider the customer impact with all courses of action
Support a culture of continuous improvement and customer-centricity
Position Requirements
Education & Technical Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree (BSME or BSEE)/3 to 5 years of experience working directly on coaxial cable design and manufacturing.
Working knowledge of various coaxial designs and manufacturing process
Materials selection and processing techniques
Design and manufacturing of metal shielding designs
Manufacturing of dielectric materials (ETFE, PTFE, PFA, PVC, PE, etc.)
Electrical, mechanical,and environmental performance optimization
Working knowledge of cable manufacturing processing equipment and techniques
Understanding of coaxial cable Mil-Specs and Industry standards
Ability to define and execute test & measurement techniques to fully characterize coax cable electrical and mechanical performance a plus
Ability to identify and implement process improvements to meet manufacturability, efficiency and cost targets.
Excellent organization, communication and presentation skills to act as direct technical liaison with internal and external functions, specifically applications engineering, program management, and sales.
Collaboration with Product Management for internal and customer facing discussions / presentations
Workflow processes and sequences in ERP systems
Compensation, Benefits & Legal
Total Rewards & Compensation
Base Salary Range: $110,000 - $130,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications.
Incentive Compensation: AIP target 10%
Benefits & Perks: Employees receive a comprehensive benefits package featuring health coverage, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, and career development resources.
EEO Statement
Aptiv is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities). We adhere to all federal, state, and local laws governing non-discrimination and strictly prohibit workplace harassment of any kind.

Salary : $110,000 - $130,000