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Job Description
Design, integrate, or improve manufacturing systems or related processes. May work with commercial or industrial designers to refine product designs to increase producibility and decrease costs.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2199.04
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Manufacturing Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Process Engineer
- Plant Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineering Manager
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Manufacturing Director
- Facility Engineer
- Process Manufacturing Engineer
- Methods Engineer
- Manufacturing Systems Engineer
- Manufacturing Process Engineer
- Manufacturing Applications Engineer
- Lean Manufacturing Engineer
- Foundry Process Engineer
- Engineer, Process
- Engineer, Methods
- Engineer, Foundry Process
- Continuous Improvement Manager
- Automation Engineer
Tasks for “Applications Engineer, Manufacturing”
- Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
- Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing.
- Determine root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods.
- Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
- Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff, or other engineers.
- Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve products or reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts.
- Incorporate new methods and processes to improve existing operations.
- Purchase equipment, materials, or parts.
- Design testing methods and test finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.
- Evaluate current or proposed manufacturing processes or practices for environmental sustainability, considering factors such as greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, water pollution, energy use, or waste creation.
- Review product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
- Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency.
- Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
- Prepare reports summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance.
- Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness.
- Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures.
- Train production personnel in new or existing methods.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, participate in educational programs, attend meetings, attend workshops, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in the manufacturing field.
- Develop sustainable manufacturing technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, minimize raw material use, replace toxic materials with non-toxic materials, replace non-renewable materials with renewable materials, or reduce waste.
- Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
- Analyze the financial impacts of sustainable manufacturing processes or sustainable product manufacturing.
- Redesign packaging for manufactured products to minimize raw material use or waste.
- Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
- Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital calipers
- Scientific calculators
- Programmable logic controller PLC software
- Digital micrometers
- Desktop computers
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Siemens NX for Manufacturing
- PTC Creo Parametric
- IBM Notes
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Office
- SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Computer numerical control CNC software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Word
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Product lifecycle management PLM software
- Minitab
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CNC Mastercam
- Microsoft Outlook
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- SAP
- Microsoft Excel
- C
- Microsoft Project
- Geometric CAMWorks
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Microsoft Access