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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”
- Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.
- Analyze the financial impacts of sustainable manufacturing processes or sustainable product manufacturing.
- Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing.
- Design testing methods and test finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.
- 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.
- Purchase equipment, materials, or parts.
- 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.
- Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
- Prepare reports summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance.
- Estimate costs, production times, or staffing requirements for new designs.
- Redesign packaging for manufactured products to minimize raw material use or waste.
- 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.
- Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
- Determine root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods.
- 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.
- Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness.
- Train production personnel in new or existing methods.
- Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures.
- Review product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
- Incorporate new methods and processes to improve existing operations.
- Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
- Design layout of equipment or workspaces to achieve maximum efficiency.
- Supervise technicians, technologists, analysts, administrative staff, or other engineers.
- Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital micrometers
- Programmable logic controller PLC software
- Optical compound microscopes
- Scientific calculators
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Desktop computers
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Digital calipers
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Office
- Product lifecycle management PLM software
- Minitab
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- IBM Notes
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Siemens NX for Manufacturing
- CNC Mastercam
- SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
- Microsoft Project
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Visio
- Geometric CAMWorks
- Computer numerical control CNC software
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Microsoft Word
- C
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- SAP
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Microsoft Excel