Production Engineer - Electrical

Job Summary

 

The Production Engineer (Electrical)is responsible for overseeing the manufacturing, testing, and quality assurance of embedded hardware and software products. This role ensures that production processes are efficient, cost-effective, and meet quality standards while supporting continuous improvement initiatives.The product line includes traffic controllers, connected vehicle roadside and on-board units, and other ITS devices.

 

Together with the established engineering team, you will supervise the remote production process to make sure that ITS devices are produced efficiently and meet consistent quality. Regular visits to the production site are required.

 

 

At Yunex, we make life better for people, and at Yunex Traffic we positively impact the quality of life of millions of American drivers daily by making traffic flow safely and efficiently.

 

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production processes
• Create and maintain work instructions
• Review product drawings and schematics
• Review software deployment procedures
• Implement methods to inspect and test the products
• Design tooling and scripts for software configuration of the product
• Collect and summarize production and quality data
• Perform failure analysis
• Monitor trends and identify problem areas early in the production process
• Lead continuous improvement, problem solving and process improvement activities
• Perform first article inspection and testing
• Work with engineering to identify and solve product quality problems
• Work with engineering to ensure products can be produced easily and in a cost-efficient manner
• Manage Key Performance Indicators related to product quality and production
• Stay current with industry product specification

 

Preferred Education, Skills, and Experience:

Proved experince in following: Linux, embedded systems and PCBAs, are  mandatory.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, or related field.

Experience:

3–6 years in production engineering or embedded systems manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing

Knowledge of lean principles:experince wuth 5S methodology is highly desirable

Ability to lead continous improvement initaives, probem solving activities and process optimization

Participation in Kaizenevnatsin collaboration with Quality teams

Hardware and Engineering Background 

Hands on experience with hardware system

Electrical, Hardware or Industrial Hardware experience is acceptable

Ability to interpret and work with product drawings, schematics and technical documentation

Software Proficency

Strong Linux expertise, including designing, tooling and developing scripts for product software configuration

Experience with Python and Teraterm 

Process Development and Documentation

Skilled in enhancing existing proceseses and implementing future improvements

Ability to create and maintain deatiled work instructions and standard operating procedures

Technical Analysis and Quality Management

Knowledge and process of ECO

Profiient in performing failure analysis and root cause investigations 

Capability to monitor production trends and identify potential issues early in process

Collaboration and Professional Attributes

Work closely with engineering teams to resolve product quality concerns

Manage and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs)

Maintain up-to-date knowlege of relevant industry standards and product specifications

 

KSA (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilitiies:

• Knowledge: Engineering foundations (math, computing, engineering fundamentals), quality & process models, standards/compliance (e.g., MUTCD for traffic)
• Skills: Requirements specification/validation; design synthesis/evaluation; CM tools; test planning; data analysis
• Abilities: Problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, clear technical communication across stakeholders

 

Core Competencies

• Systems thinking & requirements analysis (translate customer/operational needs into verifiable requirements, traceability)
• Design & architecture (concept development, trade studies, risk/quality integration)
• Safety & reliability engineering (FMEA, hazard analysis, field safety protocols)
• Configuration