What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Design Engineer position at Level Home?
About the Company:
Level Home is redefining the smart home with technology that is simple, intuitive, useful, and invisible. Founded by ex-Apple Product and Engineering leaders, Level takes a unique approach to designing products, focusing on how they are made and who they are made for.
About the Role:
In this highly visible position, you will play a critical role in the design and manufacture of Level Products. By developing and implementing key production processes through communication and collaboration with internal teams and external vendors, you will help Level deliver world-class smart home products at high volume while maintaining high quality standards.
Responsibilities
Process Development:
- Assess the suitability of a fabrication technology for a given part design
- Plan validation exercises to demonstrate process feasibility and capability
- Planning, proposing, and leading experiments to produce analyses used to drive design, development, and supply chain decisions
- Reviewing progress of development activities at supplier locations and serve as point of escalation for critical process-related issues
New Product Introduction:
- Acts as direct responsible engineer to drive process development and capability assessment activities, reviewing part design documentation to ensure alignment with process capability
- Assign specific tasks and work with Level suppliers to support process development and/or data gathering activities. Set clear goals for results and provide timely reviews of performance throughout program
- Establish validation procedures to determine acceptance of processes into development builds as well as mass production
Supplier Execution:
- Review supplier tool design, process flow, equipment selection, DFM, and DOE proposals
- Identify shortfalls and corrective actions to ensure design compliance
- Work with supplier engineering teams to map out process development exercises, secure resources, and commit to schedules in line with program goals
- Assess supplier readiness to support build events and production ramp. Identify potential execution issues and provide recommendations to mitigate risk
Required Qualifications
- 7 years of experience with fabricating parts or jigs, fixtures, tooling, injection molding, plastics, ceramics, metal machining (CNC, mills, lathes)
- Solid understanding of DOE, GD&T, SPC and mechanical fabrication techniques
- Experience working with Asian manufacturing and supply chains including experience in and willingness to travel internationally for key supplier meetings and NPI builds
- Effective problem-solving skills with a balance of creative and critical thinking
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively within a team
- Excellent communication skills, with a focus on clear and transparent reporting
- Understanding of customer needs and use cases
- Demonstrates a proactive and self-starting attitude, able to take initiative and work independently with minimal guidance while contributing effectively to team projects
- *Program Management (e.g. EPM) experience would be a plus
Equal Opportunity Statement
Level Home Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability or genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin
