Responsibilities include:- Develop new and or improved processes through the application of theoretical and practical engineering - Keeps abreast of all meaningful technical trends and developments and incorporates them in appropriate assignments - Provide direction and mentorship to third party machine/automation suppliers and/or CM’s; be the technical leader and driver on owned projects; serve as a technical resource to other engineering groups and project leaders - Organize cross-functional reviews of the machine requirements, design, qualification and capability - Create Request for Quotation/Proposal (RFQ/RFPs) that documents the design requirements of the automated equipment, delivery schedule, required documentation and qualification for acceptance at machine supplier facility and contract manufacturer’s factory - Engage machine suppliers for automated equipment design reviews and proposals - Travel to the machine supplier and contract manufacturer for equipment bring-up, qualification, acceptance testing and support during build events - Drive machine qualification including correlation, process capability (CP/CPK) and Gage Repeatability / Reproducibility (GR&R) - Drive failure analysis and machine issue resolution when working with machine suppliers and contract manufacturers - Run equipment experiments to bound the capability of the machine - Responsible for data analysis reports to communicate machine capability to the multi-functional teams Performs assignments in several of the following manufacturing engineering functions: Design for Manufacturability:- Provide early and on going manufacturing involvement to ensure new products are mechanically manufacturable.