Manufacturing Engineer IV
Applied Materials

Responsibilities:

• Develops, implements, and maintains methods, operation sequence and processes in the fabrication of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies.
• Leads manufacturing engineering related projects as required.Interfaces with other engineering functions to coordinate the release of product improvements and/or new products.
• Drives manufacturing engineering PDP deliverables.
• Launches, releases, approves and implements engineering change orders as required to support design engineering and floor with new and existing products.
• Estimates manufacturing cost, determines time standards and makes recommendations for tooling and process requirements.
• Leads team in the use of DFx principles to reduce product costs and improve delivered product quality.
• Develops design methods and parameters, project methodology and/or project proposals.
• Interfaces between operations and design engineering to implement / develop most feasible design / solution.
• Participates in the preparation of concept and feasibility studies.
• Develops and uses test procedures including defining test specifications.
• Develops test strategies to implement the development of test procedures; provides training to lower level personnel as required.
• Works with test engineering on design and development of test fixtures.
• Determines root cause analysis for issues that arise during assembly and/or test of systems; drives correction actions; provides failure analysis report as required.
• Evaluates work methods, procedures and policies.
• Develops and maintains new business processes; edits as necessary to ensure current practices are documented.
• Mentors and trains lower level engineers.
• May coordinate outsourcing activities with external / internal suppliers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Duties will vary according to the project in progress and/or the specific goals of the department in which the incumbent works.
• Duties may include leading team solutions to problems identified throughout the product development and manufacturing lifecycles of a product.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Requires strong skills in change management, problem solving, communication skills, customer orientation, product technology, project management, personal effectiveness, global business perspective, team skills, and quality.
• Requires knowledge of systems and software necessary to perform job function such as Lotus Notes, MS Word, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Flowcharting, CAD, PDM, Oracle BOM, Oracle ECO, FRACAS, and/or BRIO.
• BS level degree in an Engineering discipline, and
  5+ years manufacturing engineering experience, or equivalent.

Job Specific Knowledge and Experience:

Position is in the Solar Business Group.

• Understanding of configuration management, milestone management, product structure, unreleased product slotting procedures, engineering change procedures.
• Knowledge of Dfx engineering principles, PLC, MRP and Product Option Architecture.
• Able to generate and make changes to bills of materials based on configuration worksheet and upload into Oracle.
• 4-6 years previous experience in manufacturing engineering.
• 1+ years in product structure or configuration experience in a technical industry.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in its workforce.