NPI Engineer in Romulus, Michigan at ACTIA Electronics Inc

Job Title: New Project Engineer

Department: Engineering

Reports To: Plant Manager

Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineer or Electrical Engineering Technology. Foreign Degree U.S. Equivalent is acceptable.

Summary:

This position reports the Plant Manager. The individual’s primary duties are to work with a team of engineers on new product development projects from open to close. Responsibility of achieving objectives defined at the beginning of the project, on time and within project cost and quality objectives.

Experience required 3 years of experience to include:

• 3 years of experience as Project Engineer in electronics manufacturing, production process, and methodology experience in one or more of the following disciplines – Surface Mount Technology (SMD), Wave Soldering, Mechanical assembly, in- circuit and Functional Test, tooling, Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA).
• 2 years of experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment.
• 2 years of experience in Project Management.
• ISO TS 16949 / IATF certified
• Computer-aided design: Auto Cad, Solid Works, CATIA, or similar
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Must be able to develop summary graphs, tables, pivot tables, and other reports using PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

Candidates should possess:

• Logical thinking ability and attention to detail
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Leadership and interfacing skills for coordinating work with other engineers, departments, vendors and customers
• Knowledge of Project Management principles

General Responsibilities:

• Work within the Engineering team to lead new projects to the production and customers product approval
• Interfacing with Actia Plant in Tunisia and France to transfer new and existing project for local customers
• Management of new tooling procurement from prototype development through mass production in accordance to the production specification, quality and budget allocated
• Arrange and ensure training of the engineering, technicians and operators of new product occurs prior to production launch
• Develop printed circuit board assembly and electronic components part specifications and bills of material
• Perform verification & validation testing to ensure ACTIA’s products are functioning per the project functional requirements
• New products cost management and tracking to reach projects targets
• Elaborate the process flow for the new product, line implantation and optimization

Miscellaneous Duties:

• Assist with other duties such as small programming or test fixture building tasks when requested
• Maintain time records and project reports as required

Travel:

Occasional travel to customers and vendors, with possible overnight stays, may be required.

Physical Demand:

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions while performing the duties of this job. The employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and stoop or kneel.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock and moving mechanical parts.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

• Electronics manufacturing, production process, and methodology experience in one or more of the following disciplines – Surface Mount Technology (SMD), Wave Soldering, Mechanical assembly, in- circuit and Functional Test, tooling, Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA).
• 2 years of experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment.
• 2 years of experience in Project Management.
• ISO TS 16949 / IATF certified
• Computer-aided design: Auto Cad, Solid Works, CATIA, or similar
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. Must be able to develop summary graphs, tables, pivot tables, and other reports using PowerPoint, Excel and Word.