Senior Associate, Manufacturing Engineer (Chemical Processing)

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Job Title: Senior Associate, Manufacturing Engineering (Chemical Processing)

Job Code: 41857

Job Location: Canoga Park, CA

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking a Chemical Processing Manufacturing Engineer to join our facility in Canoga Park, CA (Los Angeles area). Utilizing professional judgment and use/application of basic principle, theories, and concepts, the Chemical Processing Manufacturing Engineer will be responsible for understanding and providing oversight of the Pre-Clean, Fine Clean, and Plating operations.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure that the proper tank chemistry is maintained and the tanks are operating within specification to properly clean and plate hardware.
• Maintain and create Electronic Process Instructions (EPI) for mechanics to follow who will process hardware to specification requirements.
• Daily surveillance of the chemical processes via borescope inspection, observation/oversight and auditing of activities.
• Implement continuous process improvements as needed to improve efficiency or support new product needs.
• Develops detailed process planning (EPI) for fabrication and inspection in compliance to contractual requirements. Applies engineering and quality procedures to support hardware and/or software requirements to assure that delivered products and/or services conform to contractual and company requirements. Develops fabrication and verification processes that ensure quality requirements are met at a minimum cost and minimum time to product.
• Keeps accurate records for the Chemical Processing department. Maintains the chemistry in Pre-Clean, Fine Clean, and Plating tanks. Perform weekly sampling of tank solutions and submit samples to the lab for testing. Maintains accurate air quality documentation as required by company and state requirements.
• Provides shop floor fabrication and verification support. Provides directions and training to technicians and inspectors to define pertinent processes.
• Initiates cause and corrective action investigations in support of programs. Investigates problems which arise in the shops during the fabrication assembly or test of products and recommends solutions.
• Works concurrently with design engineering and conducts reviews to ensure producibility of hardware. Works with Integrated Product Team members to develop cost estimates and program schedules.
• Implement statistical process control techniques to manage Clean and Plating tank chemistry, identify problems early and develop process improvements.
• Assists in developing and implementing facility/equipment plans and tooling fabrication.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related manufacturing engineering experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related manufacturing engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related manufacturing engineering experience. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of Clean Processing and/or Electroplating
• Capable of creating/modifying electronic process instructions (EPI)
• A good working knowledge of process specifications and quality requirements