Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Electronics Assembly

About the role

GE Aerospace is hiring a Lead Manufacturing Engineer (1st shift) at its Clearwater location, which provides engineering, circuit card assembly, OEM avionics and MRO services to commercial and military customers. The engineer develops and implements manufacturing processes that meet safety, quality, delivery and cost objectives, with a strong background in manufacturing engineering, project management and Lean manufacturing.

Key responsibilities

• 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 through root cause analysis 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
• Attend weekly cross-functional quality sessions and track 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

Required skills

• Preferred: experience with circuit card assembly cells such as SMT, SPI, Reflow, Through Hole, Hand Assembly, Selective Solder, Wave Solder, Bonding, Conformal Coating, DePanel, Final Assembly and Box Load
• Preferred: experience supporting and programming equipment such as AOI, X-ray, SPI, Fuji AIMEX III SMT, BGA rework and glue machines
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
• Ability to read engineering drawings and specifications, strong mechanical design ability
• Lean manufacturing knowledge, project management and manufacturing process knowledge