Job description
Title : Process Manufacturing Engineer
Onsite in Redmond, WAWe are looking for a skilled and motivated Manufacturing Engineer to join our team, whose mission is to design, build, and test prototype systems for future consumer VR and AR experiences.
We are specifically looking for a candidate with experience in driving development of Client manufacturing processes from concept to pilot-production to deliver reliable, high performance hardware prototypes.
The development of state-of-the-art processes and prototypes will require the intersection of Client materials, mechanical, electrical, and software fields.
The successful candidate will possess experience with a wide variety of manufacturing processes, be comfortable driving a team of engineers to rapidly develop and scale Client manufacturing processes, and have the ability to work with a team of researchers with tolerance for a high degree of ambiguity.
Responsibilities:Drive Manufacturing Engineering team, system integration activities, and DFx in a cross-functional work environment to deliver reliable, high performance hardware prototypes
Scale state-of-the-art hardware prototypes from concept to pilot-production volumes
Grow in-house manufacturing capabilities and manage external manufacturing partnerships
Raise the bar for manufacturing excellence and best practices by developing, and continuously improving, processes and relationships which empower researchers and design engineers to build increasingly complex systems
Required Qualifications:BS/MS degree in the fields of Mechanical engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or related area, or equivalent work experience
+ years of experience scaling processes to pilot-production or mass manufacture, and implementing quality control procedures to resolve processing problems
Experience with a wide variety of manufacturing techniques for soft wearable devices, including textiles, polymer processing, electromechanical integration, lamination, and adhesive bonding
Experience designing and implementing process development plans, design of experiments (DOE), establishing critical process parameters and quality control strategies
Project management skills with experience directing priorities to a cross-functional team to meet schedule milestones and stakeholder requirements
Desired Qualifications:+ years working on high-volume consumer products
Experience with design and/or production of wearable technologies
Experience with mass production of systems requiring multiple manufacturing processes such as: soft goods cutting, laminating, and kitting; active optical alignment, casting, molding, machining, electronics packaging, coatings, additive manufacturing
Experience in the domain of design for manufacturing, assembly, or reliability
Experience with CAD, such as SolidWorks or related programs.
Top Must-Have Skills
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Technical documentation - a major output will be requirements and retrospective documents (in addition to delivery of the functional prototypes)
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Project management - will be working with a small team to execute prototype builds
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Deals well with ambiguity - as a research org we are learning as we go so comfort with a constant level of ambiguity is helpful
Nice-to-Have Skills
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NX - CAD package
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NPI/NTI development
Degrees/Certifications
BS/MS degree in the fields of Mechanical engineering, Process Engineering,
Manufacturing Engineering or related area, or equivalent work experience
Red Flags
Purely automotive or aerospace background (ideal candidate would have experience in consumer electronics and/or medical devices)
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
● Coordinating high level build plan with execution team - taking inputs and feedback from cross-functional team to adjust daily build plan
● Document/escalate build issues (resolve if possible).
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Required Skill Profession
Engineers