Our award-winning client is seeking a Mechanical Process Development Engineer / Automation to join their team. This position focuses on designing and developing process tooling and fixtures, supporting equipment specifications, and contributing to capital investment planning.

The ideal candidate will have strong CAD skills and experience improving manufacturing processes through analysis, design, and implementation of efficient tooling and automation solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key engineering contributor within a highly automated manufacturing environment.

• Use CAD tools to design and develop new process tooling and fixtures to support production.

• Create detailed specifications for new manufacturing and automation equipment.

• Support capital planning by preparing preliminary cost estimates for equipment and process improvements.

• Perform stack-up and tolerance analysis to ensure product quality and manufacturing efficiency.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including production, quality, and engineering, to optimize manufacturing processes.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and process optimization.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience designing and developing process tooling and fixtures in an automated manufacturing environment.

• Proficiency with CAD software for tooling and process design.

• Experience developing equipment specifications for new manufacturing machinery.

• Ability to assist with capital investment planning and preliminary cost estimates.

• Strong analytical skills with experience performing tolerance stack-up analysis.

• Knowledge of manufacturing quality and design methodologies, such as:

• DFMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly)

• CpK / PpK process capability analysis

• Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility)