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Reed Enginering are working with a leading company who provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.?
Job Description
 The RF Power Production Engineering team provides engineering resources to support Operational performance and major product development projects; from design through to engineering build and production support, to end of life of product. The team provides full product lifecycle support including prototype design & build, development and integration of processes and build documentation, and full production build through to post sales/field support for both new & existing product portfolios.
Main Accountabilities:
- Problem solving on the line – component level fault finding to structured analysis to identify longer term production and performance issues
- Work with manufacturing and supply teams on all issues and problems of a technical nature, driving these to full root cause with sustainable corrective actions in place.
- Investigate document and report faults with customer owned products. Implementing improvements to solve documented faults.
- Challenge conventions in order to ensure continuous improvements, especially with regard to manufacturing cost and ease of manufacture.
Manufacturing process development and analysis
- Assist manufacturing in creating balanced lines with the flexibility to change dependant on the production requirements.
- Review, update, write and clear and concise work instructions (SOP’s) for use by the Operations area.
- Create and update configuration control documents and all product manufacturing standard times.
- Write and review process FMEA & control plans and complete Risk Assessments, close the loop on identified actions.
- Develop mid to long range improvement plans for both product and process, working with the relevant stakeholders
Support New Product Development
- Involvement in the analysis of new and existing designs to ensure DFM & DFA criteria is met.
- Manage the required activities through the relevant phase deliverable gate of the NPI process working with the BU Engineering and Project teams.
- Understand the lifecycle of all component types, their sources and lead-times.
Manufacturing control – managing change process and product
- Plan and control the execution of manufacturing change from concept to production acceptance for process improvements and trials through permits, concessions, SWI’s etc.
- Control the introduction of new parts and tools into the manufacturing environment.
- To assist with the supply of pre-production parts and assemblies to the Project teams.
Essential Experience/Competencies
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in electronics test and manufacturing engineering.
- Working knowledge of mechanical manufacturing philosophies, i.e. DFM/DFA
- A working knowledge of electrical and mechanical assembly, manufacturing and test
- Electronics knowledge including fault finding to component level
- Knowledge of electrical and RF test techniques
- Knowledge of High Voltage electronics and encapsulation
- Capable of obtaining SC – Security Clearance
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