Astronautics Corporation of America (Astronautics), headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, is a global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of secure avionics equipment and systems for the commercial and military aerospace industry. Key product areas include electronic primary flight and engine displays, connected aircraft and cyber solutions, electronic flight bags, and certified servers for airborne applications. Services include avionics system integration and custom software for critical applications. Since its founding in 1959, Astronautics has been providing trusted, reliable, and tailored solutions to help clients achieve mission success. Astronautics is the parent company of Kearfott Corporation, headquartered in Pine Brook, New Jersey.
Join a team that designs computers, displays, and electronic systems for aircraft of the future! At Astronautics Corporation of America (Astronautics), you will be part of a creative group of professionals who work on the cutting-edge of technology. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and the opportunity for professional growth.
The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for New Product Introduction (NPI) into manufacturing from development phase through release to production, product quality monitoring and reporting, engaging in weekly product meetings, supporting new customer and/or product opportunities on a cross functional team, and supporting first time right initiatives.
Required Skills
• Project management of electro-mechanical NPI projects • Creates PFMEA to understand process risk analysis of new products. • Input estimated labor times and monitor actual labor times • Support design for manufacturability. • Work with process engineering to drive document completion: routings, build instructions, etc. • Facilitate pre-build meetings and drive for completion of NPI Build Readiness Checklist • Assure build materials and tools are available to meet project schedules • Support NPI builds to meet project schedule requirements • Represent manufacturing operations at weekly product meetings with cross functional team • Support new customer proposals by providing compliance information
Required Experience
• Bachelor of science degree in electronic or mechanical engineering from an accredited institution • Minimum two (2) years of previous NPI engineering experience • Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines • Strong communication skills (verbal, written and group presentations). • Exhibits interpersonal skills necessary to lead a team and work across the organization, respectfully • Must be a self-starter and a team player
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience in an ISO-9001 certified manufacturing environment. • Experience with FAA certified product development and manufacturing • Experience working in an electro-mechanical manufacturing environment • Experience in project management
• Project management of electro-mechanical NPI projects • Creates PFMEA to understand process risk analysis of new products. • Input estimated labor times and monitor actual labor times • Support design for manufacturability. • Work with process engineering to drive document completion: routings, build instructions, etc. • Facilitate pre-build meetings and drive for completion of NPI Build Readiness Checklist • Assure build materials and tools are available to meet project schedules • Support NPI builds to meet project schedule requirements • Represent manufacturing operations at weekly product meetings with cross functional team • Support new customer proposals by providing compliance information