General Summary:

Provide liaison duties between the engineering department and manufacturing to assure that the manufacture or purchase of products meet functional requirements at the lowest possible cost. Maintain constant surveillance of product design and manufacturing processes for the purpose of reducing and controlling costs.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for health and safety of all team members.
• Support the sales team and customers to develop business winning solutions (engineering, cost, productivity, quality, etc) to grow MTIs business.
• Perform a variety of engineering assignments in developing and implementing production/processing methods and controls to meet quality standards in the most cost-efficient manner.
• Recommend and implement improvements and/or modifications in sequence of operations, equipment utilization, tooling, and related matters.
• Monitor assigned operations to assure compliance with current project schedule and approved methods of quality standards.
• Recommend design modifications or process changes where justifiable by cost/design studies to permit manufacture by the most favorable method.
• Work with assigned customer accounts on product and tooling designs. Procure production tools and work with existing products to optimize efficiencies such as scrap, yield, molding rates, etc.
• Investigate and assist in corrective/preventative actions for reported concerns.
• Establish and maintain customer files, including engineering standards, blueprints and other associated materials and information.
• Coordinate activities with pattern shop.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Requirements:

• Extensive knowledge, skill, and ability in the area of engineering related computer systems/capabilities (CAD, CAE, Pro-E, etc.)
• Knowledge of 2-D CAD/CAM system.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and GD&T.
• Ability to understand and implement APQP, PPAP, FMEA and Control Plans.
• Ability to use advanced engineering techniques for problem resolution (FMEA, designed experiment, etc.).