What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineer III Southington, Connecticut position at Unicon Pharma Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary
The Mechanical Engineer III will support the Business Manufacturing department. The engineer is responsible for developing and implementing new product assembly machines, improving existing product assembly machines and support documentation for manufacturing processes, machine drawing and BOM documentation. The key responsibility of this position is to design, develop and improve ICU's assembly machines to ensure their efficiency and reliability. The engineer will be heavily involved with machine CAD drawings. The Engineer will be expected to interface mainly with internal customers and external suppliers on the design and configuration of high-volume assembly machines for disposable medical devices. The position plays a key role in user requirement specifications for new machines and problem solving for existing and new machines. The position requires the ability to interact with multiple functional groups such as Quality, Manufacturing, Machine Shop, and Building Services.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Development of machinery from concept to production
- Develop machine requirements according to business needs in compliance with standards and regulations applicable.
- Adhere to established design control processes and good engineering practices
- Design machine assemblies or various assembly lines using SolidWorks or legacy Autocad
- Evaluate product assembly machines, or assembly processes for efficiency and reliability to ensure long-term success of new / improved product lines
- Provides technical support for production equipment on the shop floor
- Provides the technical foundation for the development of risk documentation
- Develop test procedures to ensure specifications are met
- Writes, reviews, and approves protocols, reports and data
- Conducts testing outlined in protocols and test methods
- Executes engineering and validation studies on assembly machines
- Conducts failure investigations
- Work on special projects as assigned
- Knowledge & Skills
- Detail oriented and ability to organize large amounts of work and data.
- Strong interpersonal skills required in the areas of verbal and written communications, customer focus, time management, professionalism, coaching, influencing, and team building.
- Knowledge of machine design practices
- Knowledge of geometric tolerances, design for assembly and design for manufacturing
- Experience with design of experiments (DOE) and basic statistical methods
- Excellent project leadership skills and ability to expedite project completion
- SolidWorks competency required
- Understanding of engineering mechanics and physics
- Familiarity with machine shop practices
- Familiarity of drafting standards
Minimum Qualifications, Education & Experience
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