Manufacturing Engineer
Job Overview
Assists more senior engineers in implementing manufacturing techniques, processes, tools and machinery in order to optimize quality and output levels.
Your main Tasks
1. Process Development & Optimization
•Design, develop, and validate new manufacturing processes to meet quality, cost, and performance requirements.
•Optimize existing processes to improve throughput, reduce scrap, and enhance yield.
•Identify opportunities for automation and digitalization.
2. Production Support & Root Cause Analysis
•Provide technical support to daily manufacturing operations.
•Lead investigations using tools such as 5 Why, Ishikawa, DMAIC, PFMEA.
•Implement robust corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
•Monitor KPIs (OEE, cycle time, scrap rate, downtime) and deploy improvement plans.
3. Industrialization & New Product Introduction (NPI)
•Support the industrialization of new products from prototype to mass production.
•Develop process flow diagrams, work instructions, and control plans.
•Participate in cross-functional teams (Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain).
•Coordinate trials, pilot builds, and validation phases (IQ, OQ, PQ).
4. Equipment & Tooling Management
•Define equipment and tooling requirements; collaborate with vendors.
•Commission and validate new machines and fixtures.
•Ensure equipment reliability through preventive maintenance plans.
•Improve machine performance through upgrades and parameter optimization.
5. Quality & Compliance
•Ensure processes comply with relevant standards (ISO 9001,internal QMS).
•Conduct process audits and contribute to customer/third party audit preparation.
•Develop and update PFMEA
•Support non conformity analyses and implement quality improvements.
6. Documentation & Standardization
•Create and maintain process documentation:
oWork Instructions (WI)
oStandard Operating Procedures (SOP)
oProcess maps
oTraining materials
•Standardize best practices across production lines.
7. Continuous Improvement (CI / Lean / Six Sigma)
•Lead Lean initiatives: 5S, Kaizen, SMED, waste elimination, VSM.
•Use data-driven approaches for continuous improvement.
•Mentor operators and technicians on lean practices.
9. Safety & Environmental Compliance
•Ensure processes meet EHS standards and risk assessments.
•Lead safety investigations and implement prevention actions.
•Promote a culture of safety and operational discipline.
Your ideal Background
Bachelor/ Master degree
Experience in an international industrial company min. 2 years
- Automation
- Electronics Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Analytical thinking
- Communication
- Lean Manufacturing
- Project Management
- Team Player