Process Engineer II

Role Purpose

Lead projects to drive continual improvement within process operations, develop and implement the Product Quality Architecture of sample and prototyping processes.  Drive understanding and improvements to the overall Quality Management System. Lead the quality and process engineering function within operations. Design of experiments, extend process capability and support customer experimentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with research, development, engineering and manufacturing functions on new product development, research activities, and execution of complex projects to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Evaluate the impact of product, process and equipment changes on product attributes.
• Interfaces with New Product Development teams, Product Engineering, and Operations to understand customer needs, design experimentation, demonstrate or extend capability, and document results.
• Leads process improvement and lean programs and activities.
• Recommends changes or upgrades to equipment, work methods, equipment layout or other aspects of the process to optimize quality, efficiency and utilization of resources including labor, energy and raw materials.
• Ensures that a robust quality architecture is developed for new processes and products at the organizational level.
• Facilitates efforts in understanding process capability and product quality architecture.
• Facilitates root cause analysis on products and processes not meeting specified standards and requirements.
• Work with engineering on proactive sustainable solutions vs. reactive responses.
• Hold/ evaluate/ release ware produced under non-standard conditions.
• Perform experimental designs and data analysis. Documents results.
• Instills a quality focused culture in which everyone feels ownership for quality and acts accordingly.
• Learn & understand process & equipment functions in area of responsibility.
• Lead efforts to identify vulnerabilities or quality issues, assign ownership, and ensure action implementation for improvement.
• Develop, communicate, and report quality performance metrics to teams, plant operations staff, and functional leaders. 
• Perform performance reviews and develop and reinforce career and talent development plans for salaried / indirect labor and hourly / direct labor employees.

Experiences/Education - Required

• Bachelor of Science in Math, Science or Engineering.
• 3 - 5+ years in a manufacturing environment with experience in Process Control, root cause problem solving, and data analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively lead a diverse group of people and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Design, assembly, integration, and test of electro-optical assemblies.
• Experience with engineers to develop and integrate testing equipment.
• Work on equipment projects to reduce costs, downtime and/or defects and increase yields.
• Experience with leading teams and projects to meet significant continuous improvement goals, cost reduction or performance improvement initiatives.
• Ability to work independently with strong time management and prioritization skills to handle multiple assignments and interact with product teams.
• Experience in process engineering or manufacturing engineering
• Excellent data collection and analysis skills; basic understanding of statistics and control charts.
• Work well both within a multi-disciplined team, and independently with minimal oversight, and thoroughly carries assignments to completion.
• Structured problem-solving skills to drive to root cause.
• Ability to work on technical projects teams in leadership and subordinate roles.

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Experience working on teams in new product/process introduction/receiving, process improvements, and root cause analysis.
• Optical testing experience.
• Experience in developing and using Data Analytics dashboards.
• Experience with various statistical packages like JMP and Minitab.
• Six Sigma Black or Green Belt or DMAIC project experience.
• Drive for root cause fundamental understanding of challenging problems.
• Display a bias for action in situations of uncertainty, with pro-active attention to issues and problems.
• Familiarity with Quality Systems, audits, TL and ISO Certifications or other types of Quality certifications.
• Leadership experience in manufacturing/RDE environment including supervisory effectiveness, conflict resolution and effective listening skills.