Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Working at Watlow
Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader who provides world class engineering expertise through innovative thermal products and systems, enabling our customers to thrive. We are making a positive impact every day as our solutions enrich the lives of people everywhere. We have been providing breakthrough thermal solutions for nearly a century. Our corporate values guide us uncompromisingly to always do the right thing, continually learn and improve, respect everyone, and lead with service and humility.


About the Role

Perform a variety of engineering work in planning and developing products, tools, fixtures, equipment, and processes. Products and projects will be focused on the in-chamber semiconductor space affecting the processing of semiconductor wafers. Primary focus on new product development and taking those projects from concept phase to pilot production.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with customer engineering teams to develop in-chamber bonding solutions
• Design and development necessary tooling for NPD projects
• Ability to develop products and processes with varying customer requirements in mind
• Focuses on improving products or processes that impact one or more technical areas or across multiple locations/facilities
• Identifies opportunities for new products or processes
• Interacts with internal customers and existing and potential external customers/suppliers
• Works independently or in teams under general direction or minimum supervision
• Ability to work on and solve very complex problems with occasional assistance of peers and/or technical leaders
• Arranges for review of own technical work product as needed
• Directs and monitors the work of less experienced employees
• Encourages and assists less experienced engineers with knowledge capture
• Models desired Watlow Way and lean product development values, principles and behaviors
• Ability to lead major projects and minor projects at the same time
• Defines scope, objectives, vision and activities of assigned projects based on user needs, and leads project activities
• Coordinates activities of team members working projects
• Determines scope, budget, and implementation timeframes of assigned projects
• Owns the results of projects served and encourages other project participants to own project results
• Understands the financial aspects of projects (resulting value stream profitability) and acts accordingly
• Demonstrates in-depth technical expertise in assigned area
• Knows and applies broad knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of multiple technical specialty areas
• Assists more junior engineers with the capture of new knowledge
• Advanced mastery of advanced systematic/ creative problem-solving tools
• Assists more junior engineers in the use of creative problem-solving tools
• Advanced understanding of lean product development tools and principles
• Has in-depth level of understanding of the business or function being supported and shares this knowledge with others
• Participates in environment of customer and voice of customer activities to influence identification of customer needs/opportunity
• Assures customer needs are central to projects served

Product & Process Development:
• Identify applicable agency and market needs and define appropriate design specifications
• Support market research
• Perform cost analysis of designs
• Lead the application of lean product development methods and tools in the completion of projects
• Lead the creation of new knowledge and the conversion of new learning into explicit knowledge for others to use
Product & Process Design and Testing:
• Understand customer needs and design new products and processes to serve those needs
• Define and specify product architecture and design approaches
• Propose and develop new design automation tools and systems
• Define test requirements and specify test plans
• Manage agency certification activities for new products (UL, CE, CSA, VDE, etc.)
• Conduct analysis and evaluation of competitive products and services
• Develop or revise appropriate safety policies and procedures based on new product/process designs
Quality Assurance:
• Perform technical peer review of new designs and processes
• Approve analyses of failed or returned materials and corrective action plans and procedures
• Define disposition criteria for non-conforming products, materials, and components
• Qualify new sources of products, materials, and components
• Develop and improve relationships with suppliers and subcontractors
Technical Support:
• Train inside