Role Summary/Purpose | The Process Engineer will be a member of the Electronics Value Stream, reporting to the Electronics Value Stream Manager, and is responsible for the performance, stability, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes within the value stream.
This role owns the identification, prioritization, and implementation of process improvements that improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance. The Process Engineer is responsible for making problems visible, establishing and maintaining standard work, improving material and information flow, and eliminating waste through application of Continuous Improvement principles.
The Process Engineer serves as the primary technical resource for process-related issues and is responsible for driving sustainable improvements that increase productivity, improve quality, reduce lead time, and enhance the overall customer experience.
This role supports the assembly, configuration, testing, verification, and packaging of electronic products, including printed circuit board assemblies, electronic subassemblies, and finished products.
The role operates with a hands-on approach, spending significant time on the production floor observing processes, identifying opportunities, implementing improvements, and developing people. |
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Essential Responsibilities | - Own manufacturing process performance within the Electronics Value Stream.
- Monitor and improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost performance.
- Identify process constraints, bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and sources of variation.
- Improve process capability and stability through standardization and disciplined problem solving.
- Ensure manufacturing processes are capable of consistently meeting customer requirements.
- Lead implementation of Continuous Improvement principles throughout the value stream.
- Establish and maintain visual management systems that make abnormalities immediately visible.
- Support implementation of pull systems, flow improvements, and waste elimination initiatives.
- Promote a culture where the customer is the first priority and people are respected and developed.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement where problems are identified and addressed at their source.
- Identify and prioritize high-impact improvement opportunities based on business impact and lead Kaizen activities that improve flow, productivity, quality, delivery, and cost performance while ensuring improvements are sustained and results are maintained over time.
- Drive improvements in:
- First Pass Yield
- Productivity
- Throughput
- Lead Time
- Inventory
- On-Time Delivery
- Cost
- Lead structured root cause investigations using methodologies such as 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis, A3 Problem Solving, and PDCA, ensuring corrective actions eliminate root causes and prevent recurrence.
- Support cross-functional problem solving activities with Product Specialists, Product & Quality Engineers, Supervisors, Operators, and Supply Chain.
- Provide direct support to production operations, observing processes, resolving process-related issues, identifying improvement opportunities, and ensuring alignment between documented standard work and actual execution.
- Improve workstation design, ergonomics, tooling, material presentation, product configuration processes, test processes, traceability systems, and ESD-controlled work environments.
- Develop and maintain standard work, manufacturing work instructions and process documentation.
- Conduct time studies, line balancing, labor optimization, and process analysis activities to improve manufacturing flow, productivity, capacity utilization, and resource efficiency through process redesign and waste elimination.
- Support optimization of assembly, configuration, programming, testing, verification, and packaging processes for electronic products and assemblies.
- Improve flow of electronic components, printed circuit board assemblies, finished goods, and supporting materials throughout the value stream.
- Partner with Product Specialists to ensure customer requirements can be effectively executed within production processes.
- Partner with Product & Quality Engineers to identify and eliminate process-related failures affecting printed circuit board assembly integration, product configuration, testing, and final product performance.
- Work closely with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams to implement improvements.
- Support new product introductions and process changes to ensure successful manufacturing execution.
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Qualifications/Requirements | - Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university
- 8 years of experience in a manufacturing engineering, process engineering, industrial engineering or Continuous Improvement role within a manufacturing environment
- Strong Analytical and data-driven decision making skills
- Strong understanding of:
- Electronics assembly, product configuration, testing, and manufacturing processes
- Printed circuit board assembly integration.
- Production systems
- Experience with:
- Developing Standard work
- Work Instructions
- Process Documentation
- Leading Kaizen
- Problem Solving
- Experience working cross-functionally in a manufacturing or value stream environment
- Experience supporting electronics assembly, PCB integration, product configuration, testing, or low-volume / high-mix manufacturing environments preferred.
- Knowledge of ESD controls, product traceability systems, and electronics manufacturing best practices preferred.
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Desired Characteristics | - Demonstrated experience applying Toyota Production System, Lean, or continuous improvement principles
- Strong problem-solving mindset with focus on elimination of root causes
- Ability to prioritize work based on business impact
- Strong communication skills across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams
- Ability to operate as the technical authority for manufacturing processes within a value stream.
- High ownership mindset with accountability for process performance and operational results
- Passion for developing people and improving processes
- Experience supporting electronics manufacturing, mixed-model production, test processes, or product configuration environments.
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