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Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Electronics)

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Jan 2025

💰 $195,000/yr($150,000/yr – $195,000/yr)

About the role

General SummaryThe mission of the Manufacturing Engineering group is to provide manufacturing technology and robust solutions that commercialize new products and that support continuous improvement in production. Project opportunities are designed to develop professional work knowledge and abilities and to support the efforts and projects that have global importance to the success of the business. Area of work involves manufacturing processes with interaction between production and cross-departmental engineering groups in resolving problems encountered on the production floor. Evaluates, selects, and applies exciting engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in developing and implementing adaptations and modifications on the production line. This position is reserved for principal engineer personnel with outstanding scientific, technical, and/or quality system knowledge. Provide leadership in the engineering, design, and development of new products or changes to existing products, processes, and equipment. Interface and furnish knowledge to multi-disciplinary team overseeing development of Penumbra’s technology. Provide engineering support on existing devices for manufacturing. Develop, configure, and troubleshoot processing and associated equipment. Research, identify, and evaluate automated processing equipment. Specify fixtures/tooling for automated equipment support. Specific Duties and ResponsibilitiesAs identified independently and/or assigned by a project team leader or a manager or as business needs dictate, independently perform any of the following: • Solve complex problems and implement innovative solutions.* • Fluently navigate quality system situations within and beyond scope and develop new aspects of the quality system independently. *• Manage projects as a Project Leader within a multidisciplinary project team of leaders independently. Lead cross-functional company leaders with minimal guidance. * • Execute tasks independently and does not require assistance nor guidance. Recommend vetted solutions proficiently and generate unique projects independently. *• Execute detailed root cause analysis and recommend vetted solutions.* • Communicate and explain problems and solutions cross-functionally and interdepartmentally.* • Think strategically within and beyond scope. *• Approach problems from a detail-oriented perspective.* • Suggest independent recommendations for project approach, scope, and tactics.* • Support production; creating and maintaining product and process documentation; monitor process and equipment performance and identify and implement process improvement activities to increase/optimize yield, efficiency, and/or throughput.* • Demonstrate an understanding of quality, operational, and financial systems, company products and customer requirements and how the product or project impacts the objectives of the business. Demonstrate an understanding of how other functional groups within the company are impacted by projects at hand and can impact the project or product results. • Design fixtures, acquire off-the-shelf tooling and equipment, and implement new fixturing on the production line. Perform equipment qualifications.* • Test processes, equipment, raw materials, and product. Perform process validations. Author protocols to execute tests, write reports and make conclusions and/or recommendations based on test results * • Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate detailed phases of engineering work as part of a project or as a total project. * • Develop specifications of a product, process, or piece of equipment.* • Develop, characterize, and optimize processes using statistical techniques and engineering knowledge and experience.* • Coordinate with the appropriate suppliers and other external resources needed in developing and implementing process improvement plans.* • Participate in project planning and scheduling.* • Train assemblers, quality control and technicians, as necessary, on processes, equipment, and documentation.* •