Sr. Process Engineer

Role Purpose

• Support Micro optics business on Commercial Solutions (OCS) and plant manufacture.
• Provides subject matter expertise in engineering that improves product, process and/or equipment performance (cost, quality and service) and/or advances the innovation process to enable the delivery of new products.
• Provides solutions for increased process selects, increased material utilization, decreased costs, and improvement to product quality by planning, organizing and implementing projects.
• Is a leader in obtaining fundamental process understanding and meeting the lowest cost producer objectives.
• Designs and analyses first generation / next generation products, processes and/or equipment in support of a new product / technology introduction.
• Maintains knowledge of the latest developments in their area of expertise in order to identify and document any intellectual property developed as part of a project

Key Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in problem solving, and technical expertise, to ensure timely resolution of short-term process and equipment issues, and higher level troubleshooting
• Provides direction to other technicians / engineers, coaches junior engineers, and provides guidance to maintenance personnel
• Provides general engineering and manufacturing skills and knowledge (understands theories and fundamentals), and capable of leading projects to get to root cause of issues, and put permanent solutions in place
• Provides disciplined project leadership across multiple stages of innovation for new product, process, cost reduction and capacity improvement initiatives
• Recommends and implements permanent solutions to long term performance issues, and improves existing and new technologies and processes
• Develops and leads some areas of the manufacturing and/or technical roadmap. Documents material, process and/or equipment to protect and contribute to Intellectual Property improvements
• Proficient in use of statistical data analysis and DOE in process problem solving and process/product improvement
• Identifies, justifies, and implements cost reduction, capacity enhancement, capital equipment and other improvement initiatives
• Introduces new products and technologies
• Tracks the effectiveness of projects and implemented cost reductions, using up-time, cost, productivity, and other appropriate measures
• Other tasks supervisor assigned

Experiences/Education - Required

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent in technical field
• Project leadership (scope to implementation)
• Above 10 years relevant working experience in optical communications industry. Familiar with CAB, PNP, etc.
• Be familiar with GR-326, GR-1435, GR-1209, GR1221 reliability test standard

Competencies, skills & Certificaiton - Required

• Good commanding on CAB,PNP, MTP, etc. design
• Effective, high quality oral and written communication skills with English
• Proactive, independent, flexible, quick learner
• Excellent computer skills (working knowledge and use of Microsoft Office)
• Customer oriented; meets customer needs with quality results
• Ability to build effective working relationships with others
• Ability to manage multiple priorities tasks
• Ability to contribute to the development of others
• Responsible for the accuracy of work performed; takes a proactive approach to ensure quality of work.