Job Description:

Equipment & Tool Engineer 4

The Equipment & Tool Engineer develops program and project requirements, develops highly complex equipment and tooling concepts and designs solutions, including alternatives for the Production System. Validates analysis of technical data, influences product engineering design and makes robotics, automation or technical recommendations to support production system integration for a aerospace products. Leads the creation and modification of equipment and tooling definition at the program level. Executes project plans, provides input to Make/Buy decisions and partners with Procurement to meet program schedule, cost and quality targets. Ensures compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic factors and regulatory requirements. Leads gated reviews and develops plans for production readiness, preventative maintenance and spares. Validates contractual performance milestones. Develops and implements workarounds and maintains configuration of hardware, software and documentation. Conducts studies and make recommendation for disposition of assets.. A successful candidate in this role will have passion, creativity, and an insatiable desire for process improvement and efficiency. They will also have a strong desire to be out in the factory, interacting with mechanics, safety, equipment services, and directly supporting the production system. In Production Engineering, we need highly responsible professionals committed to upholding the highest standards of safety, quality, and integrity.

Day to Day:
Investigates and develops basic to moderately complex equipment and tooling concepts and specifications to satisfy aerospace product design and build requirements.
Participates in design reviews, collects design requirements, creates and revises drawings and models to support the build plan.
Creates specifications, purchase requests and usage instructions for equipment and tooling.
Self-checks designs for compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic factors and regulatory requirements.
Develops and documents equipment and tooling inspection and usage instructions, preventative maintenance plans, and supports user training development.
Researches designs to create and revise usage instructions. Provides technical support for engineering changes and discrepancies by investigating problems and analyzing data to identify solutions.
Maintains hardware and software configuration. The Equipment & Tool Engineer supports the disposition of equipment and tooling.

Shifts: 1st shift 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
The Equipment & Tool Engineer role is 100% onsite.

*Volunteer OT is available as needed*

Job Requirements:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years' related work experience, Master+7 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard through advanced technical education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+9 years' related work experience, Master+12 years' related work experience, 18 years' related work experience, etc.).

Top Must Haves:
1. CATIA V5 solid modeling
2. communication
3. GD&T - Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
4. Working to industry standards
5. Hardware configuration management

Successful completion of training is a contingency for this assignment – OJT or formal classroom training.