What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineer position at Dover Motion?
Position Summary
The Manufacturing Engineer will primarily be responsible for coordinating the launch of new products/projects from prototype to production and striving to continuously improve our manufacturing processes to maximize quality, productivity, and cost. The ideal candidate possesses superior problem-solving skills, is detail- and process-oriented, and demonstrates excellent collaboration skills in team situations. Key deliverables for the position are to drive improvements and sustainment of the metrics established for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost on both sustaining product and new opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Critical Success Factors:
Key Relationships
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 17,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Dover Motion
Dover Motion, Inc. is a subsidiary of Fortive Corporation and we are revolutionizing the way things move. We partner with life science and diagnostics leaders around the world to co-create lifesaving technologies in healthcare that millions rely on every day. Our stages and electronic motion control bring quantum leaps in throughput, precision, efficiency, and reliability for microscopy and factory automation applications. Dover Motion’s relationship with Fortive allows its employees access to competitive benefits, extensive training, and exciting development opportunities. To learn more about any of the above, please visit http://www.dovermotion.com/about-us/careers
Dover Motion, Inc. is a subsidiary of Fortive Corporation and we are revolutionizing the way things move. We partner with life science and diagnostics leaders around the world to co-create lifesaving technologies in healthcare that millions rely on every day. Our stages and electronic motion control bring quantum leaps in throughput, precision, efficiency, and reliability for microscopy and factory automation applications. Dover Motion’s relationship with Fortive allows its employees access to competitive benefits, extensive training, and exciting development opportunities. To learn more about any of the above, please visit http://www.dovermotion.com/about-us/careers
The Manufacturing Engineer will primarily be responsible for coordinating the launch of new products/projects from prototype to production and striving to continuously improve our manufacturing processes to maximize quality, productivity, and cost. The ideal candidate possesses superior problem-solving skills, is detail- and process-oriented, and demonstrates excellent collaboration skills in team situations. Key deliverables for the position are to drive improvements and sustainment of the metrics established for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost on both sustaining product and new opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop manufacturing processes including production flow, assembly methods, and production equipment, documents processes via work instructions and trains team to standards.
- Support the manufacturing team in resolving issues identified during production.
- Act as customer advocate when addressing quality issues by utilizing problem solving techniques to drive to root cause / corrective action for any escapes.
- Establish control plans/charts to monitor part and process performance and utilize data to drive priorities and improvements in manufacturing.
- Design, develop, and qualify various tools, machinery and equipment for recommended manufacturing methods. Procure tooling for production as needed.
- Develop and implement process improvements related to cycle time reduction, cost reduction, and other activities by reducing/eliminating non-value-added activities.
- Provide feedback to engineering on new designs with a focus on ensuring Design for Manufacturability and Design for Reliability.
- Participate in design review and review/approve part drawings from engineering.
- Lead the implementation and sustainment of the various DBS tools to drive quality, delivery, and cost improvements on both sustaining and new production cells.
- Support the Engineering Change Order (ECO) system from generation through implementation.
- Develop poka-yoke and fixturing strategies to be used in reducing process variation in assembly processes.
- Design tooling/fixturing and establish process flow that enables the safest possible working environment.
- Establish part criticality levels based on design intent and correlation to system performance.
- Establish part and system traceability requirements and support record maintenance.
- Perform first article inspections/qualification of internally machined and supplied parts as needed.
- Implement AQL-driven sampling plans and methods to ensure part compliance and drive supplier accountability.
- Design and test product packaging in accordance with ISTA standards.
Critical Success Factors:
- Exceptional creativity and ability to trystorm.
- Superior organization and problem-solving skills.
- Outstanding teamwork and collaboration skills.
- Proven bias towards action.
- Strong analytical skills: ability to collect, organize, analyze and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong reporting skills; ability to present data in a variety of formats and to a variety of audiences, including staff and executives.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly to all functions within the organization.
- Strong proponent of continuous improvement and organizational change.
- Proven ability to develop and write technical documentation.
- Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing, engineering, and/or quality tools and techniques, including: FMEA, Design for Manufacturability (DfM), Statistical Process Control, and variation reduction.
- Kaizen and/or Lean Manufacturing experience.
- SolidWorks and/or ProE drawing and modeling proficiency.
- Proficient with mechanical inspection using hand tools, calipers, force gauges, etc.
- Experience in machining and/or precision mechanical assembly.
- Workign knowledge of CMM inspection equipment.
- Basic familiarity with ISO:9001 standard.
- Understanding of regulatory requirements related to RoHS and REACH.
- Proficiency utilizing Microsoft Office.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.
Key Relationships
- Director of Operations
- Project Managers
- Design Engineers
- Quality Team
- Production Team
- Supply Chain Team
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 17,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Dover Motion
Dover Motion, Inc. is a subsidiary of Fortive Corporation and we are revolutionizing the way things move. We partner with life science and diagnostics leaders around the world to co-create lifesaving technologies in healthcare that millions rely on every day. Our stages and electronic motion control bring quantum leaps in throughput, precision, efficiency, and reliability for microscopy and factory automation applications. Dover Motion’s relationship with Fortive allows its employees access to competitive benefits, extensive training, and exciting development opportunities. To learn more about any of the above, please visit http://www.dovermotion.com/about-us/careers
Dover Motion, Inc. is a subsidiary of Fortive Corporation and we are revolutionizing the way things move. We partner with life science and diagnostics leaders around the world to co-create lifesaving technologies in healthcare that millions rely on every day. Our stages and electronic motion control bring quantum leaps in throughput, precision, efficiency, and reliability for microscopy and factory automation applications. Dover Motion’s relationship with Fortive allows its employees access to competitive benefits, extensive training, and exciting development opportunities. To learn more about any of the above, please visit http://www.dovermotion.com/about-us/careers
