Manufacturing Engineer-2nd Shift

Meritec is seeking talented team players in our Painesville, Ohio facility who are committed to pushing the boundaries of interconnect technology performance and innovation. Join us and connect your career to the future.

We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to ensure development, optimization, and validation of processes and systems to support the manufacturing scale-up of our cable assemblies.

This position is full-time, onsite, 2nd shift, Monday through Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures smooth transfer of products from process engineering builds to production-ready status.

• Participate in SQCD meetings for all products.

• Conduct process optimization for efficiency improvements and cost savings.

• Develop new fixtures and automation as necessary.

• Conducts root cause failure analysis and corrective actions for production parts.

• Supports IQ/OQ/PQ as the engineering liaison to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager for all new equipment purchases.

• Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout.

• Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods. Establish sampling and quality plans in production as necessary.

• Provides manufacturing data by calculating production, labor, and material costs.

• Prepares product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

• Comply with company regulations.

• Support sustaining technicians in keeping equipment operational by coordinating maintenance and repair services.

• Development of training programs on manufacturing processes with the training coordinator as necessary.

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops as necessary.

• Learn all equipment programming languages to support the manufacturing team.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or related Engineering field is required.

• Proven success in generating novel ideas, out-of-the-box thinker, and a true entrepreneurial mindset.

• Strong communication both verbal and written is required.

• Proficient in MS Office and SolidWorks.

• Strong working knowledge and experience in manufacturing processes, process development, and validations.

• Knowledge of cable termination, heat staking, engraving, and plastics processing equipment preferred.

• Successful implementation and use of statistical-based quality improvement tools such as design of experiments, Statistical Process Control, and GAGE R&R.

• Experience in equipment and automation development.

• Ability to meet ITAR requirements of US Citizenship or US Permanent Residence status.

Benefits

• Shareholder status

• Healthcare benefits

• Fully paid life insurance

• Health Savings Account with company contribution

• 401(k) employer match

• Paid Vacation and Paid Holidays

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Growth and Development Opportunities

• Positive culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Meritec is well-established, growth-oriented, signal integrity leaders and preferred vertically integrated manufacturer of high-performance electrical and electronic interconnect embedded systems and connectors with over fifty-years of innovation, serving world-wide markets with cost-effective solutions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.