Manufacturing Engineer

Company Description

Ampcus Inc., headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia is certified by SBA, USPAACC, WBENC. VMSDC as a leading 8(a), Minority and Women owned Professional services and Staff Augmentation firm. Our repeat business rate with our various clients has been remarkable and the extension of contracts with various clients stands testimony to our high commitment levels. Ampcus is proud of our high employee retention rate thereby ensuring that the work performed at our various client sites is smooth and efficient at all times.

Job Description

The Manufacturing Engineer (ME) is an integral part of the repair and service functions if the Cleveland Parts Operations for both Computed Tomography (CT) and Advanced Molecular Imaging (AMI) products. The ME is responsible for supporting production in driving process improvements by working with cross functional teams for current products and commodities. The ME drives excellence in Operations and New Product Introduction transfers as demonstrated by world class quality, cost, and delivery performance. The Engineer will initiate and lead multi-disciplinary change projects at the business level.

Manufacturing Engineer 3:
• Supports the AOP goals by ensuring that the supply chain continues to flow.
• Facilitates procedural changes through the document control system to ensure smooth transitions with quality documentation.
• Evaluates testability and repairability of existing and new products/commodities.
• Coordinates change implementation on the production floor, at suppliers and in Service Parts Supply Chain.
• Evaluates and supports suppliers to ensure on time delivery and high quality while assuming they have the right tools and capacity to meet goals. Measures quality of suppliers on an individual part number basis.
• Supports, designs and documents processes for new products being introduced.
• Monitors repair and test procedures to find opportunities for continuous improvements.
• Supports operations by providing technical support for all issues identified as part of the process.
• Supports the procurement team by providing technical support in resolving supplier issues as they arise.
• Performs business case analysis (using time and costs) to determine if the commodity should be a consumable or serviceable part.

General Responsibilities:

• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements in all areas of work.
• Leads projects to improve the performance of the organization (faster, better, cheaper) to deliver the highest quality products.
• Communicates and integrates with cross-functional team members to foresee and prevent problems before they interrupt operations.
• Maps, Measures, Develops, and Implements best practices and continuous improvements on all products.
• Verifies and/or validates processes and procedures and reports results as required.
• Writes and performs validations (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Writes and implements PFMEA’s.
• Supports operations by troubleshooting, providing technical expertise, and conducting timely investigations for the closure of issues.
• Provides commodity (supplier) support to ensure on-time/on-quality delivery of parts as well as to implement and coordinate design changes in a timely manner.
• Works with suppliers to improve processes and quality issues
• Able to read and understand GD&T drawings, assembly drawings and product structure (BOM’s).

General Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical or any other Engineering discipline.
• Working experience in a regulated environment desirable.
• Six Sigma Green/Black Belt desirable
• Working knowledge of production efficiency lean tools.(6S, Kaizen, Value Stream Map)
• Highly motivated, action oriented, persistent achiever.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a highly technical environment.
• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to present quality presentations.
• Very strong influencing skills and ability to communicate well orally and in writing to all levels in the organization
• Must have the ability to plan and direct own activities and others involved in projects. Understand inter-relationships between functional areas of the company as they relate to design, current product engineering, and manufacturing and service.
• Conceptual thinker with excellent analytical skills and ability to communicate ideas to various job functions.

• Strong computer skills and familiarity with Pareto Diagrams.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Meets Cost, Quality, Regulatory, and Delivery goals.
• Creates a strong working relationship across cross functional teams and development teams.
• Drives process improvements in design transfer to manufacturing.

Qualifications

Manufacturing Engineer with a background in Electrical / Electronics

Additional Information

Position:  Manufacturing Engineer
Locations:  Highland Heights, OH 44143