Manufacturing Engineer, Injection Molding (Starlink)

• ◆Responsible for development of plastic injection molding manufacturing processes for Starlink hardware
• ◆Responsible for the development of the injection molding process through parameter optimization, DOE experiments, and trials that will lead to a robust process
• ◆Responsible for implementing plug-and-play processes to production that are capable of high volume throughput (1M+ per year)
• ◆Take direct ownership of the physical production layout, optimizing for material flow from material receiving through processes on the line
• ◆Identify and implement safety improvement projects
• ◆Manage strategy for production line tooling, inventory, training, and build process and ensure all are updated according to the latest design configuration
• ◆Drive design for test (DFT) best practices and design for manufacturing (DFM) with design engineers and test engineers
• ◆Identify automation opportunities and establish

as well as evaluating return on investment for each

• ✓Work with in-house resources or vendors as necessary to develop these solutions and implement on production line
• ✓Support production line with technical issues that cannot be addressed immediately on the line

• ✓Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
• ✓1+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment via professional work experience, project/research-based student experience, or a combination of both

• ✓Advanced degree in an engineering discipline
• ✓Direct experience with plastic injection molding
• ✓Ability to design tooling for high volume manufacturing
• ✓Ability to develop and maintain high performing suppliers and contract manufacturers
• ✓Experience working in a highly adaptive and iterative environment
• ✓Experience implementing automation into production processes
• ✓Experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing and scaling to high volume as part of a cross-functional team
• ✓Experience with design of experiments, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and process

• ✓Experience defining production data

and statistical process control

• ✓Experience with NX and Teamcenter
• ✓Experience working with and defining

for ERP, MRP, and MES systems

• ✓Must be willing and able to work extended hours and/or weekends with minimal notification as needed
• ✓Able to travel for business trips up to 10% on an ongoing basis

ITAR

• ✓To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here .

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