Manufacturing Engineer

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense factory automation air and water quality environmental monitoring electronics design and development oceanographic research deepwater oil and gas exploration and production medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Job Summary:
The Manufacturing Engineer supports the transition of optical and optoelectronic products from design through production ensuring designs are manufacturable costeffective and scalable. This role partners closely with design engineering production quality and supply chain teams to support new product introductions resolve manufacturing issues develop process documentation and drive continuous improvement in yield quality and efficiency. The position also provides technical leadership for Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reviews Engineering Change Orders (ECO) control failure analysis supplier quality and technician training within a regulated exportcontrolled manufacturing environment.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review designs and collaborate with designers to ensure design engineering by providing manufacturing requirements for new optical designs relating to product costs quality and production flow.

• Participate in new project engineering design and reviews. Apply manufacturing knowledge (with an understanding of current manufacturing capability) to participate in design change decisions to reduce manufacturing risk.

• Work with engineering and production to assist in the building of pre-production systems to ensure a smooth transition to manufacturing.

• As required coordinate approve and authorize (as appropriate) the release of drawings and specifications from engineering to production.

• Coordinate initiate review and approve (as appropriate) ECOs for all related that all ECOs are written to adhere to all specification configuration and regulatory requirements.

• Create develop and maintain manufacturing documentation concerning fixtures testing maintenance manufacturing floor layout process flows and acceptance criteria for all changes to the process flow in order to optimize manufacturing yield performance and efficiency.

• Monitor procurement of test fixtures for mechanical and optical sub-assemblies as required to support Engineering and Manufacturing.

• Provide production technicians with training and knowledge of laser production processes.

• Monitor the New Product Introduction (NPI) process throughout the design and release-to-manufacturing stages of new development projects.

• Participate on the material review board (in process and incoming) to determine the disposition of non-conforming materials

• Investigate production related failures and provide corrective actions.

• Compile and analyze statistical data to evaluate process performance and supplier quality.

• Develop maintain and improve incoming test and inspection processes procedures equipment and standards.

• Help recommend new and alternate sources of supply.

• Interface with field service and quality to evaluate documented failures and assist in developing corrective actions to improve product reliability.

• Provide support for other departments as required to ensure manufacturing requirements and production objectives have been met.

• Assist Global Trade Compliance (GTC) with export classifications for parts and products.

• Perform other job-related duties as required.

Job Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of work experience in a technical manufacturing environment preferred.

• Bachelors degree in engineering or other technical discipline preferred

• Complex problem-solving utilizing root cause analysis and structured problem solving tools.

• Ability to collect review and interpret statistical data and information to evaluate and develop options and implement manufacturing solutions.

• Ability to analyze develop and propose strategies that will improve manufacturing efficiencies reduce costs and improve throughput.

• Demonstrated proficiency in SolidWorks 3D and Product Data Management (PDM) software.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings tolerances and standards.

• Demonstrated project and priority planning multitasking and communication skills.

• Demonstrated technical knowledge of photonics and opto-electronic devices manufacturing processes and material handling methods preferred.

• Knowledge and understanding a wide variety of manufacturing processes.

• Data analysis and reporting ability to use reporting tools for presentation and discussion.

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen U.S. national legal permanent resident asylee refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

About Teledyne FLIR Defense

Join Teledyne FLIR Defense where were dedicated to supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors unmanned air and ground vehicles sensing devices used to detect chemicals biological agents radiation and explosives and a host of other solutions that help warfighters first responders and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.

Were looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If youre mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

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Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws regulations rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status age or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal state or local laws.