At AIS we're excited about what the future of the Human Machine eXperience (HMX) offers and are directly impacting this with our diverse portfolio of electro-mechanical assembles and immersive products across virtual reality, electronic wearables, infection control products, medical & industrial display interfaces and touchscreens. We're looking for smart, motivated, individuals who embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and thrive on working with a team of rockstars.
We offer robust benefits packages across a full suite of health benefits including medical, dental, vision and mental health. Generous PTO including 1-week company shut down to enjoy the beautiful PNW summers!
The role of Manufacturing Engineer is broadly scoped and aims to ensure that the processes, equipment, and resources are designed and functional to support production. AIS develops Standard Products and OEM Custom Solutions consisting of electro-mechanical HMI/X assemblies and immersive products, including virtual/augmented reality & electronic wearables, telerobotic controls and systems, night-vision systems, electric vehicle and marine interfaces, infection control products, medical and industrial display interfaces & control panels, and touchscreen displays. Our Coeur d’Alene factory has numerous vertically integrated manufacturing processes, including Final Assembly, SMT, Screen Print, Compression Molding, and Plasma Bonding.
This position is ideal for hands-on candidates that have broad engineering backgrounds with a mindset for design-for-manufacturing. Projects and tasks will vary in scope and complexity, and consist of the design, development and deployment of production work cells, assembly fixtures, and test systems. This can include the development of manufacturing processes that streamline raw material conversion, simplify highly variable assembly, and enhance associated inspection activities.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Primary focus on the Sustaining Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering aspects of the AIS business to ensure our production processes, equipment, and people can meet production goals.
- Develops and manages requirements and associated development/deployment plans in support of product updates, engineering changes, and VAVE initiatives.
- Works with the program team and directly with Customers to resolve product issues.
- Designs and influences design-for-manufacturing attributes within the Concurrent Engineering development process, and all related DFx strategies such as design-for-assembly, cost, testability, serviceability, and automation.
- Collaborate broadly throughout the organization with NPI Engineering, Production personnel, Quality & Supply Chain Engineers to identify opportunities for automation within existing manufacturing process
- Design, build, and deploy assembly, calibration, test, and automation systems, which may include motion control, visions systems, robotics, wireless communications, pneumatics, PLCs, fixtures and tooling.
- Evaluate and recommend production and automation architectures and develops business case proposals that address capital expense investment, ROI, resource impact, facilities requirements, and schedule
- Develop and document new processes and provides training to production staff
- Creates acceptance criteria and conducts acceptance testing for process validation
- Develop inspection plans and sampling plans, gage R&R’s for consistent measurement techniques between Receiving Inspection and suppliers, and process capability metrics (CpK).
- Drive standardization of processes across BU factories and Supply Chain
- Develop, implement, and monitor core process metrics and capacity analysis
- Collaborate w/ Materials & Quality teams
- Develop preliminary procurement strategy using make vs buy, supplier selection and
- capability, and plan for every part strategies
- Enforce raw material specs (Typically outlined in a Quality Plan) and assist in defining
- CTQ/CTF dimensions.
- Efficiency gains using productivity projects around topics of TAKT, pull, flow, and reduction of waste
Qualifications:
Essential:
- BS degree in Manufacturing, Mechatronics, ME, or a related field with 5 years relevant work experience
- Experience in electronics manufacturing
- Understanding of lean initiatives.
- SolidWorks CAD design and drafting
- Self-starter, highly motivated, exceptional character, and extremely collaborative
- Comfortable with fast pace, constant change, and supporting multiple projects
- Ability to quickly identify and conceptualize creative ideas to solving problems
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written
- Ability to perform facilities, work center, and line flow charting, layouts, and capacity planning
Desired:
- Manufacturing of wearable electronics, robotics & exoskeleton, soft goods, vision systems
- LabVIEW or Python experience
- Experience driving organizational change
- Corrective Action Reporting processes (CAR, SCAR)
- Process Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (pFMEA)
- IQ, OQ, PQ process
- PPAP Process
- TQM, Six Sigma, LEAN
- Experience with SMT technologies, electronics soldering, and IPC standards.
You should apply if:
- You want to live, work and play in North Idaho with its abundance of natural resources to support outdoor recreation all year!
- You are humble (i.e. readily acknowledges weakness, easily admits mistakes freely and openly, offers and accepts apologies, compliments or praises without hesitation)
- You are hungry (i.e. does more than required of the job, and feels a personal responsibility for success of the team, willing to take on tedious or challenging tasks when necessary)
Salary is DOE
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.