DFX Manufacturing Engineer

Key Responsibilities DFX & Product Development

• Lead DFX reviews (DFM, DFA, DFT, DFSC, DFR) throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring manufacturability, testability, and supply chain robustness
• Influence design teams to drive simplicity, cost optimization, and risk reduction early in development
• Establish manufacturing requirements and ensure alignment between product design and production capabilities
• Partner with global engineering teams on NPI execution, readiness assessments, and design transfers

Manufacturing Process Development

• Develop, qualify, and optimize manufacturing processes, tooling, and work instructions
• Drive process capability (Cp/Cpk), yield improvement, and cycle time reduction
• Own line readiness and support production ramp for new products
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and lead structured root cause analysis (e.g., DMAIC, 8D)

Test & Validation Collaboration

• Coordinate closely with Test Engineering to ensure production test strategies align with DFX objectives
• Ensure effective error-proofing, coverage, and throughput in test processes
• Support integration of test solutions into manufacturing lines

Cost, Quality & Delivery

• Lead cost reduction initiatives including value engineering and design optimization
• Support supplier selection and manufacturability assessments within the supply chain
• Improve first-pass yield, scrap reduction, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Ensure compliance with quality and regulatory standards applicable to products

Continuous Improvement (FBS)

• Drive Kaizen events, Tiered Daily Management (TDM), and Lean transformations
• Implement standard work, visual management, and pull systems (Kanban)
• Use data-driven decision-making to prioritize improvements and measure impact