Manufacturing Engineer

The Manufacturing Engineer II is responsible for implementing and improving engineering and manufacturing processes across Kollmorgen. This role will work directly with various functional groups inside Kollmorgen to establish project, product, or process specifications. They then translate these specifications into product, process, tooling, or equipment designs and work with internal engineering teams and external suppliers to see projects through to completion. Typical projects may include introduction of new and/or automated processes to a production setting, product/process redesign efforts for material or labor cost reduction, and management of strategic business goals for manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

• Develops detailed specifications for process, equipment, or tooling required to achieve objectives.
• Develops process, equipment, and tooling runoff and validation plans. May directly execute runoff plans and tasks related to equipment build, recipe creation or modification required for successful validation.
• Drives process improvements and activities to achieve waste elimination, cost improvement, and lead time reduction.
• Develops and maintains project schedules, identifies and manages on time delivery of critical path items.
• Partners with suppliers of tooling and equipment as necessary to achieve project goals.
• Forecasts spending and manages budgets for any Capital Investment Project that may be identified or assigned.
• Leads or facilitates kaizen activities to improve production processes or introduce new solutions for business growth.
• May prepare project updates for management reviews.
• May serve as a project leader of cross-functional teams
• May help mentor and develop other engineers or engineering technicians.
• Travels to support equipment validation prior to arrival, travel