Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Troy, AL

Fulltime, Direct Hire, Onsite

Summary:

As part of the Manufacturing Engineering team, design and develop the 3-D CAD models and supporting documentation to fully define the manufacturing and process steps required to manufacture tight tolerance, mechanical components and assemblies in a robust, repeatable, and reliable manner. This includes the design and development of fixtures, tooling, gages, and test equipment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Define the process operations, and correct sequencing of these operations, to support the manufacture of quality mechanical components and assemblies.
• Design and develop fixtures, tooling, and gages using Solidworks as the primary CAD system, using best practices including DFM, DFA, DTC and stack analysis. May include the design and development of engineering and production test fixtures. A portion of this effort will require a working knowledge of AutoCad.
• Define the product configuration and part geometry in fully dimensioned 2-D drawings directly linked to 3-D files for each manufacturing operation. A solid understanding of GD&T is a must.
• Manage Bill of Materials, including a full definition of material selection and raw material configuration.
• Ensure proper documentation of design revisions for the full Technical Data Package including CAD, BOM, engineering masters, routings, etc.
• Initiate and participate in cross-functional design reviews to ensure new designs are optimized for manufacturability. Support the development and execution of project timelines.
• Provide technical input to Applications Engineering in support of process improvements to streamline the process from Design to finish product.
• Provide manufacturing floor support processing issues and promote continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work within a team that specifies, evaluates, justifies, and implements capital equipment projects throughout the plants and to continuously strive to evaluate technology as to its application at providing the most efficient process.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of Manufacturing Engineering experience in high volume manufacturing environment. Firearms experience is a plus.
• Strong desire to use and develop program solutions to automate CAD/CAM processes.
• Knowledge of CAD / CAM software. Solidworks & Mastercam preferred.
• Experience in using 3D-model-centric computer aided manufacturing (CAM) principles and the associated techniques to analyze the CAD models as they relate to manufacturability. This includes utilizing the 3D-model to create toolpaths for CNC programming.
• Strong knowledge of GD&T.
• Must be organized and maintain accurate and neat records and files.
• Knowledge of common problem-solving and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodologies.

Education/Experience:

Required:

• Engineering Degree.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.