Lead Manufacturing Engineer - 2nd Shift

About the role

GE Aerospace's Clearwater location provides engineering, circuit card assembly, OEM avionics and MRO services to commercial and military customers, including systems for Boeing 737 and 787 aircraft and F-18, F-35, Harrier and Apache platforms. The Lead Manufacturing Engineer (2nd shift) develops and implements manufacturing processes that meet safety, quality, delivery and cost objectives, and needs a strong background in manufacturing engineering, project management and Lean manufacturing.

Key responsibilities

• Solve problems, set objectives and help achieve short- and long-term business goals
• Develop and maintain manufacturing work instructions and related documentation
• Design, build and procure fixtures and tooling for electronic assemblies, and support equipment upgrades from purchase through installation
• Run cost/benefit analyses for changes to processes or equipment
• Help resolve process problems with a focus on root cause and permanent corrective action
• Support EHS projects in the cell and lead process improvement and cycle-reduction initiatives
• Integrate ISO/QC documentation into work instructions and lead high-impact process and quality improvement projects
• Take part in weekly cross-functional quality sessions and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Lead New Technology Initiatives and share best practices with other locations
• Use Lean principles and action workouts to improve process capability, reduce costs and increase capacity

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, or a high school diploma / GED with at least 7 years of manufacturing or production experience
• At least 3 years of experience in electronics assembly environments
• U.S. citizenship required; access to U.S. export-controlled information is needed, so proof of U.S. person status is required

Required skills

• Preferred: experience with circuit card assembly cells such as SMT prep, SPI, reflow ovens, wave solder, conformal coating and final assembly
• Preferred: experience supporting and programming equipment such as AOI, X-ray, SPI, Fuji AIMEX III SMT and BGA rework
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
• Ability to read engineering drawings and specifications, and strong mechanical design ability
• Lean manufacturing knowledge, project management and manufacturing process knowledge