Lead Product Engineer

Summary

The Lead Engineer, Manufacturing Process is responsible for designing, developing, deploying and optimizing processes for manufacturing to achieve quality cost and delivery goals for Celestica and its customers products.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for understanding and implementing the customers technical roadmap and related process development projects.
• Lead and implement the development and release of the full manufacturing process for new customer products.
• Understand and provide feedback on customers technical requirements to team members and management
• Responsible for developing and implementing costed and optimized feedback using Design for manufacturability (DFX) tools and processes, with the goal of reducing manufacturing cost and improving quality and reliability of product.
• Develop, plan and lead the assessment of the capability of process applications using Design of Experiments.
• Devise process controls and data collection strategies and evaluate complex data to assist with reporting yield, reliability and diagnoses to root causes failures impacting product quality.
• Ensure accurate and timely communication to management on critical technical and business issues.
• Provides the necessary technical support and coordinates the construction of prototypes, ensuring that new components are made on time and within budget
• Responsible for the design of equipment in the assembly and box-build process;
• Responsible for the evaluation and introduction of new equipment/assembly and box-build processes;
• Creates new assembly instructions and sequences for new products;
• Reviews and interprets specifications received from customers;
• Collects, understands, and transforms data received from customers into manufactured products;
• Provides engineering expertise for all technical issues related to the assembly process;
• Verifies that product specifications comply with customer, industry, and company standards;
• Assists in the selection and programming of production equipment specific to the final assembly of products;
• Assists in the production of the first batch of new products;
• Coordinates engineering changes;
• Coordinates and performs the selection and qualification of components;
• Set up and configure shopfloor systems for new and ongoing products;
• Proposes to customers the possibility of improving/modifying the assembly process for manufacturing at a reduced cost and higher quality;
• Acts as a focus point for all technical product issues related to the final assembly of the product.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Refer to technical skills below

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. 
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 2 to 3 years in a similar role or industry.

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.