Position: Mechanical Engineer
Location: North Reading, MA or Westborough, MA- hybrid
Rate: Negotiable based on exp.
Duration: 1.5 year contract
Position Summary
Day to Day Responsibilities:
We're looking for an outstanding mechanical engineer who combines superb technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. This person must will be responsible for ramp up and scalability for mechanical and electromechanical components with skill set to manage suppliers. The ideal candidate will have a foundation in mechanical engineering suited for both prototype and production level designs.
You will be responsible for NPI and scalability to transition a wide range of products from design to production. You will work cross-functionally to develop suppliers, manage product lifecycle changes, lead product quality improvement projects, and drive to technical root cause in supplier quality activities.
Experience in manufacturing and supplier quality engineering and is capable of making wide-ranging business decisions on behalf of the organization.
Key job responsibilities:
-Manage and guide manufacturing suppliers for ramp-up and scalability.
- Supplier quality engineering support for scalability
- Guide best practices on manufacturing tolerances using GD&T.
- Launch tooling with accelerated schedules and assess project risk for manufacturing supplier base.
-Review external production processes, identify risk and mitigate.
-Qualify production processes based on dimensional data, control plans, PFMEAs.
-Drive internal and external FMEA reviews.
-Solve technical problems across a broad set of manufacturing commodities.
-Manage manufacturing supplier quality problems when necessary; drive containment and root cause activities.
-Propose design & material changes that will enhance product manufacturability and testability.
-Evaluate and approve product Engineering Changes Orders (ECOs).
-Evaluate production, supplier and field failures for root cause analysis and resolution.
Requirements:
- 5+ yrs senior, 1-5 yrs associate applicable industry exp within process/manufacturing vertical at desired scale along with a technical degree
- Experience with SolidWorks-CAD. Utilizing a PLM tool (Agile) & Vizio exp or similar diagraming and process applications
- Experience working with and knowledgeable of core concepts/industry use of sheet metal and metallics
- Demonstrate exp. managing product lifecycle & partnering with third party manufacturers for establishing and identifying best practices, quality control (root cause analysis), scalability and tolerances (GD&T)
- Experience with bill of materials (BOM)- engineering change orders (ECO)
Nice to haves:
- Knowledge of industry welding standards
- Hands on engineering experience
- Quality tooling (fault analysis, root cause analysis)
Additional Benefits: For this opportunity, you will also be eligible for benefits through Apex for the contract period, 401K, medical/health benefits options, a W2 hourly rate, weekly pay, PTO, and direct deposit!
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