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Exciting opportunity to showcase your product and process skills!
Honeywell Aerospace is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space and airport operations.
The Aerospace Minneapolis facility supporting the Ring Laser Gyro (RLG) and/or MEMS navigation and tactical product lines has an opening for a Product Engineer. Possible areas of support include laser block assembly, final assembly and test areas. The Product Engineer is the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) identified technical expert with responsibility for supporting the product and process. He/She will provide guidance and technical expertise for assigned areas and products of responsibility. The Product Engineer drives for product integrity, manufacturing output and continuous improvements working with factory operations, demand planning, engineering, and sourcing. This role will drive product improvement initiatives and report to the Product Engineering Manager/Supervisor.
Drive overall product and process improvements:
- Identify and analyze product opportunities / issues.
- Plan, deploy, monitor and control improvements including Supplier initiatives to drive product and process improvements.
- Support Customer communication to facilitate and improve Product Quality and delivery as needed.
- Able to manage small projects and provide work direction and mentoring to Product Engineering Technicians.
- Drive improvement of unit cost management including Cost Savings, Quality Measures, Product Cost, Productivity, Escapes and First Pass Yields.
Product Integrity:
- Drives deployment of Built in Quality, the reduction in quality escapes, Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ), and Materials Review Board (MRB) utilization for assigned areas of responsibility.
- Support the Quality Management System (QMS) policies and procedures.
- Develop, document and train step by step method sheets and work instructions for assigned products to facilitate work cell incorporation.
- Ensure correct tooling and factory test equipment are available and in use.
- Support all internal and regulatory audits as required.
- Identify and implement Root Cause Corrective Actions using processes such as Corrective Action Mistake-Proofing (CAMP).
- Participate in developing cause chains to determine real issues and cause.
- Suggest changes to Design Engineering regarding issues impacting product integrity.
Capital, Capacity, Momentum Management, Budget and Globalization:
- Provides data for analysis and identification of capital equipment needs to address gaps in capacity, including AR creation, process management and installation. Drive adherence to department Burden, Tooling and Momentum (Design Engineering) budgets.
Manufacturing Results:
- Provide technical guidance to ensure improvements or achievement of AOP in the following: On-Time Delivery, PPM, Escapes, Cycle-time Reduction, First Pass Yield, Turn Around Time, Inventory Reduction, COPQ and Safety.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or related technical field
- Must be a US citizen or permanent resident due to export restrictions
Additional Qualifications:
- Related experience in Product Engineering or Technical Masters degree is desired.
- Good understanding of manufacturing techniques and their impact on costs including continuous improvement. Able to make decisions to positively impact the operations.
- Knowledge, skill and experience with varied manufacturing processes
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate project status and program needs across different levels of the organization and different operating environments
- Demonstrate people management skills via mentoring others where applicable. Able to be a key contributor on a high performance team
- Able to deal tactfully and confidently with internal, external customers and suppliers at all organizational levels
- Able to influence and provide leadership where required.
- Familiar with project management skills and able to close initiatives on time and within budget
- Results focused with successful record of accomplishments through skilled use of influence, persuasion, negotiation, and problem resolution.
- Results oriented, self motivated, process driven.
- Green Belt or (Design for Six Sigma) DFSS certification desired. Blackbelt & Lean certification a plus.
- Excellent computer skills including MS Office Suite (including EXCEL and PowerPoint). MatLab, SQL and MS Project
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Honeywell is committed to a diverse workforce
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