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Senior Product Engineer
| Company | RTX |
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| Location | Rockford, IL, USA |
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| Salary | $82000 – $164000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
- Working experience in manufacturing for at least 1 year
Responsibilities
- Overseeing and providing technical review of production builds on the shop floor
- Reviewing hardware to determine needed reworks and repairs for used hardware, and analyzing and interpreting required hardware specifications
- Provide analysis and investigations of defects found during the manufacturing process and how to correct them
- Support new program proposals by estimating Manufacturing Engineering tasks, tooling costs and supporting development of manufacturing plans
- Establish touch labor cost targets on shop/lab activities as requested
- Define tool and gage requirements & provide the necessary input and support to the tool design group
- Provide the necessary input and support to the tool design group
- Ensure adequate tools and gages are available when needed in the process.
- Provide support to all activities during the fabrication of the initial unit (first article) of each specific design to resolve processing problems
- Review and implement engineering changes to determine feasibility, producibility and delta labor impact
- Determine, implement and lead process improvement opportunities, business unit initiatives and corrective actions
- Lead efforts to understand non-conformances and reduce Cost of Poor Quality
- Lead 3P events, Value Stream Mapping events, and the implementation of Process Certification
- Investigate and test new technologies for applicability studies as they relate to our products
- Establish tolerances and machine specifications support for production area
- Create and maintain product routings in SAP
- Create and maintain Job Instruction Sheets to support production
Preferred Qualifications
- Experienced in SolidWorks or similar CAD software
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Working knowledge of the SAP or similar Enterprise Requirements Planning system
- Process improvement experience (ACE toolset or Lean Manufacturing)
