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Job Summary The Manufacturing Automation Engineer position located in Hampton, VA will provide technical expertise for manufacturing processes on site including CNC, EDM, Waterjet, Production Gauging and all Automated operations. Develop automated manufacturing processes to provide manufacturing expertise for the engineering team. Qualify new product on manufacturing equipment, internally and with the customer and provide support for manufacturing to improve existing processes. Salary :
Anticipated Pay Range: $90K-120K per year. *Pay rates within this range are determined based on various factors including experience, education, certifications, etc.
Essential Job Responsibilities but not limited to: Create, verify and release machining programs for programable manufacturing equipment including CNC, EDM & Waterjet
Create, verify and release robot programs for automated cells in Wax, Monoshell and Post cast
Design and deliver tooling and fixtures for manufacturing processes
Development and implementation of new advanced manufacturing equipment and automation
Support justification of capital funding requests
Cost reduction and process improvement of current manufacturing techniques
Creating and maintaining all documentation including SOPs, EMSs, JSAs for CNC, EDM, Waterjet, Production gauging and other Automated operations
Support NADCAP compliance on NADCAP controlled manufacturing equipment
Mentor other team members in CAD, CAM, EDM & Automation
Provide manufacturing engineering solutions to executional scrap issues
Support identification and implantation of new manufacturing technology
Responsible for program storage, data back-ups and revision control for Manufacturing equipment
Provide technical expertise for qualification of outplant machining operations
Implement and support EH&S activities
Prioritizing product demands, process control tasks and manufacturing engineering responsibilities to fulfil business needs across all Business Centers Maintaining focus on supporting production while implementing new products and process improvements Quality control of work instruction documentation and product criteria Working with Maintenance to help fault find manufacturing systems
Direct reporting to Manufacturing Engineering Lead who reports to Engineering Manager. Our largest customer is Manufacturing, led by Operations Manager
Works within Engineering to provide engineered solutions to Manufacturing problems
Achieves specific sub-function goals
Other Skills/Abilities: Prioritizing product demands, process control tasks and manufacturing engineering responsibilities to fulfil business needs across all Business Centers Maintaining focus on supporting production while implementing new products and process improvements Quality control of work instruction documentation and product criteria Working with Maintenance to help fault find manufacturing systems
Direct reporting to Manufacturing Engineering Lead who reports to Engineering Manager. Our largest customer is Manufacturing, led by Operations Manager
Works within Engineering to provide engineered solutions to Manufacturing problems
Achieves specific sub-function goals
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