New Product Launch Technician II
| Company | La-Z-Boy |
|---|---|
| Location | Siloam Springs, AR, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Associate’s |
| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
Requirements
- High School diploma or GED with 2-4 years of relevant experience or equivalent
- Must be fully trained in upholstery, framing, sub-upholstery, assembly, and packaging process.
- Full knowledge and understanding of La-Z-Boy’s manufacturing standards and tolerances.
- 5 years’ experience in upholstery cell operations or equivalent design time at R&D.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, upholstery notes, prints, assembly instructions.
- Ability to write reports and correspondence, create presentations, and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw a valid conclusion from the given premises.
- Operational knowledge of essential computer programs including Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook), E1, and Agile.
- Ability to travel up to 25%, sometimes with little advanced notice.
Responsibilities
- Review new product/engineering program information sheet and provide kick-off questions
- Review design iterations for DFMA best practices
- Actively participates in new product and engineering management reviews, acting as the voice of upholstery manufacturing
- Actively participates in DFM builds, FMEA, and project team program reviews
- Recommend data-driven design modifications
- Coordinate the delivery of new program verification and engineering pilot build parts from the Innovation Center, internal plant locations, supply centers, and external suppliers to the planned build location
- Verify the accuracy of design and engineering information such as upholstery notes, prints, and the Bill of Materials
- Check all applicable wood, poly, fiber bags, and sewn sets against manufacturing requirements
- Work with engineering to ensure new metal and plastic components and assemblies meet specifications
- Ensure new program verification and engineering pilot units are scheduled and batched for the build
- Build all new program verification units, and participate in engineering pilot builds
- Schedule manufacturing safety reviews with the plant EHS Team during the new program verification and engineering pilot builds
- Capture, report, and problem solve issues during the new program verification, engineering pilot, and new program/engineering launch meetings
- Lead new product and engineering program review meeting with the manufacturing plant leadership team
- Creation of applicable VSWIs
- Train the trainers and cell team members on the first production units, explaining quality expectations to ensure they are understood
- Assist in training as new products and engineering programs are introduced in additional cell locations
- Assist safe launch with LPA & OOB Audits
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Quality Engineering
- Knowledge of FMEA, DFM, DFA, and lean production
- Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), and product quality auditing
- Experience in cost reduction initiatives in a design/manufacturing environment
- Experience with Solidworks or similar CAD software
- Experience with Visio software
- Experience in the creation of VSWIs or other visual work instructions.
- Proficiency in Spanish Language