Job Overview
TE's Aerospace Defense & Marine Division is currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Fiber Optics to deliver the engineering design, development, and implementation of next generation manufacturing technologies and processes. Manufacturing Development works closely with Product Development and Operations ONSITE to:
- Launch new product at world class quality and cost at pace of customer demand.
- Infuse strong DFM/DFA principles to ensure delivery of robust, efficient and cost-effective designs that are manufacturable at full scale.
- Deliver product designs that align with current manufacturing capabilities.
- Develop new manufacturing processes to support customer driven product innovation as needed.
The candidate must have prior experience with:
- Optical manufacturing principles such as single and multi-fiber termination
- Test methods of optical connectors
- Active optical assembly.
Additionally, this candidate should have basic knowledge of industry standards surrounding environmental and mechanical performance of optical connectors
Your main tasks:
New process and equipment compliance with TE safety and ergonomic policies
- DFM/A input into the early stages of product design
- PFMEA and implementation of high-risk mitigation plans
- Manufacturing capacity analysis
- Value stream mapping
- Assembly tooling and equipment development
- Process qualification via capability studies
- Support in the execution of sample builds and first article inspection
- Generation of process specifications
Develop and implement new manufacturing technologies and automation appropriately to support customer driven new product innovation.
Apply a lean manufacturing focus to drive world class cost on new product and fuel plant-level productivity initiatives on fiber optic manufacturing processes.
Support TE’s global operations footprint as a subject matter expert for fiber optic manufacturing processes.
Liaise with manufacturing facilities to support preliminary cost estimates on new product concepts.
Your ideal background:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Optical, or Manufacturing Engineering with 5 years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment, at least 2 of which is related to fiber optic product.
- Experience with machine, equipment and process design, development, and deployment into a production environment.
- Hands-on problem solver with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Knowledge and experience implementing Lean Six Sigma principles preferred. Green or Black Belt certification a plus.
- Must be able to effectively operate in remote teams with broad geographic footprints.
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to balance priorities while working under the pressure of demanding project schedules.
- Strong written and oral communication skills across all levels of the organization.
- Proficient with 3D CAD software as well as general Microsoft Office applications.
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