Controls Engineer

·       Plan and develop technical and financial specifications for Reliability, Prototype and Production assembly tooling and automation equipment.

·       Participate in R&D Engineering meetings and Quality Design FMEA meetings.

·       Complete and document Design for Assembly (DFA) analyses and drive effective resolutions with R&D pertaining to any identified risks.

·       Provide input to the Assembly Tooling Strategy and Process FMEA, particularly the integration of controls to mitigate high risks.

·       Contributor to the Capital Expense Request (CER) process, specifying costs for assembly equipment, with consideration to product standard cost targets and capacity demands.

·       Key team member in the supplier selection process, including the review of technical proposals.

·       Generate electronic Purchase Requisitions based on quotations from selected suppliers for design, build and acceptance testing of capital assembly equipment.

·       Strategic suppliers contact during assembly equipment design, fabrication and acceptance testing, providing technical support and project management resources.

·       Conduct assembly equipment design reviews, ensure supplier adherence to fabrication specifications and safety requirements, and direct execution of factory and site acceptance testing protocols.

·       Initiate and execute validation protocols to support assembly equipment release for production (IQ, MSA, OQ, PQ).

·       Program and troubleshoot PLC’s, HMI’s, Vision Systems and Data Acquisition Systems on new and existing production equipment.

·       Provide technical training and support to Maintenance and Manufacturing Engineering personnel in the operation and maintenance of automated assembly equipment.

·       Investigate and develop new control technologies to continuously improve production operations.

·       Execute Controls Engineering product transfer deliverables from Pilot to the receiving Plant.

·       Advise Management of any unmitigated risks and/or developments that could affect TTM or standard cost.