Manufacturing Engineer

The Company:

Pacific Aerospace & Electronics (PacAero) is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team! A successful candidate is committed to pushing the boundaries of technology, performance, and innovation. Join us and connect your career to the future!

PacAero’s core businesses include an array of electronic connectors and housings for the world’s most extreme environments. PacAero is primarily located in Wenatchee, WA with a remote manufacturing site, Bonded Metals, located in Sequim, WA. Working together, we employ proprietary technologies, best practices engineering, and specialized manufacturing techniques to produce hermetic connectors and electronic packaging that perform in the world’s most extreme environments. PacAero’s products are hard at work in medical components, such as cardiac-function devices, on key aerospace & defense programs, in space and deep below the earth's surface.

The Position:

Job Summary 

Our Manufacturing Engineer (ME), utilizing PacAero’s core competencies, is responsible for designing, applying and optimizing sequential processing operations in low-rate initial production (LRIP) to full production of mission-critical defense, emerging energy and biomedical implantable assemblies.

In this well-balanced role between hands-on mechanical and analytics engineering, they work in an ever-evolving, fast-paced, manufacturing environment with collaborative teams consisting of senior manufacturing experts and tenured engineering staff pushing new capability and capacity limits while achieving our customer partner and PacAero performance requirements.

Schedule: Mon-Fri, 6am to 2:30pm

Manufacturing Engineer I Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each responsibility satisfactorily:

• Agile Collaboration: Ability to work within fast-paced, multi-functional teams that span the entirety of PacAero to successfully achieve performance targets.
• Prototype to LRIP Transition: Team with our product development and process engineers in transferring new leading-edge products from prototype to LRIP.
• Problem-Solving: Teaming with senior manufacturing, quality and process engineers, apply your strong root-cause analysis skills in identifying and separating variables, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions to solve production based technical challenges.
• Performance Analysis: Perform analysis of targeted products to determine and implement best course actions toward maximizing first pass yield (FPY), reducing both cost of poor quality (CoPQ) and total processing time.
• Process and Supplier Development: Assist Process Engineers and/or suppliers in developing and optimizing new processes, and/or existing processes, to achieve performance and quality requirements.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive technical documents and files essential to support accurate cost estimating and process reporting toward FDA regulatory submissions and military contract deliverables.

Benefits:

PacAero provides equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

At PacAero, we strive to create an inclusive and supportive work environment, and our benefits package is a reflection of this commitment. Our benefit offerings include:

• Insurance Benefits: We provide our employees with access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, voluntary life, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity, to ensure they can prioritize their health and well-being.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe in the importance of work-life balance, so we offer generous PTO allowances that accrue with each pay period so that our employees can rest and recharge, spend time with family and friends, or pursue personal interests. Employees will also accrue sick time per WA state regulations.
• Paid Holidays: We recognize the importance of spending time with loved ones during holidays, so our employees receive paid holidays to celebrate and enjoy these moments.
• 401(k) w/ Matching: We offer a 100% match, up to 4%, to help our employees save for their future.
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurances: We want to ensure that our employees are protected in case of unexpected circumstances, and provide short-term & long-term disability insurances, entirely employer paid.
• Tuition Reimbursement: We believe in continuous learning and development and offer tuition reimbursement to support our employees' educational goals.
• Additional Perks: Our employees enjoy a range of additional benefits such as dependable work schedules, overtime opportunities, term life & AD&D insurance, corporate gym membership discounts, and more.

Due to ITAR Requirements, all PacAero employees must be classified as US Persons and are required to show proof upon hire. *U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15 of the ITAR: U.S. Person means a person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). It also means any corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization or group that is incorporated to do business in the United States.

PacAero provides equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials functions.

• Communication: Strong communication skills, both internal and external. Fluent in speaking, reading and writing the English language required.
• Productivity/IT Systems: Microsoft Office Suite specifically Excel, PowerPoint and Teams proficiency, including CAD (Solidworks preferred) with PLM, and ERP (ABAS preferred) systems.
• Design and Quality: Proficiency in SolidWorks and statistical tools like Minitab. Strong knowledge and understanding of technical drawings.
• Materials: Strong knowledge and understanding of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys, including but not limited to glasses, ceramics, and thermoplastics.
• Process: Knowledge and understanding of precision machining, electro-plating, laser welding, glass sealing, ceramic sealing, soldering, and vacuum brazing.
• Regulatory: Knowledge and understanding of military and industry standards, specifications and quality requirements (MIL-STD, IEEE, ASTM, etc.).
• Reasoning: Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Education/Previous Experience Requirements

• B/S or M/S degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical Engineering or a related STEM field, or proven related experience in lieu of a specific degree demonstrated through a robust portfolio.

Preferred:

• Requirements listed plus 3+years of applicable experience in product/process development for manufacturing of precision aerospace/defense assembles, and/or implantable medical devices.

Work Environment

• Contaminants: Works with hazardous chemicals.
• Protective gear: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a requirement for safety. 
• Work shift: 5, 8(hrs.) days, typically Monday through Friday starting at 6:00am, though actual start time to be determined by manager at time of hire. Overtime is not uncommon within this position.

Physical Requirements:

• Standing/Sitting: Able to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Manual dexterity: Fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination are necessary for manipulating tools and performing precise measurements with a Microscope.
• Precision and vision: Specific vision ability to have natural or corrected near distance acuity in at least one eye. Capable of passing the Jaeger Number 2 test and a color vision test.

In addition, all employees of PacAero are expected to

• Promote teamwork and cooperative effort.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and unobstructed work area.
• Understand and apply appropriate quality improvement processes.
• Work cooperatively with all employees.
• Willingness to adapt work schedule to company needs.
• Consistently at work and on time.
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned.
• Observe safety regulations and follow protective equipment requirements. Report hazardous observations to your lead or supervisor.
• Comprehend and follow all parts handling requirements.