Manufacturing Equipment Designer

Manufacturing Equipment Designer #26-15764

$50.09-$55.09 per hour

Wilmington, NC

All On-site

Job Description

Our client, is a Business Manufacturing And Supply company, is looking for a Manufacturing Equipment Designer or their Wilmington, NC location.

Responsibilities:

Mechanical Engineer responsible for leading or working within multi-discipline teams to Prototype and Pilot Equipment Design for optical fiber manufacturing processes and products.

Design, develop, improve and industrialize Optical Fiber manufacturing platforms (platform = process + equipment) for existing or revolutionary manufacturing processes, thereby enabling new products with advantaged attributes and/or step-change reductions in manufacturing cost.

Translate understanding and experimental solutions to engineering requirements, then further to process and/or equipment designs which deliver performance criteria.

Work is typically completed as a member of a technology development team chartered with improving one or more of the following: manufacturing yields (selections), process rate, machine utilization, product quality, new product quality, environmental compliance, raw material yield, and/or energy usage.

Use established processes to identify concepts for manufacturing equipment, design, build and test selected concepts as an individual and in teams, and utilize risk management tools to ensure on-time delivery.

Designing and executing equipment validation test in a manufacturing plant; analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and making recommendations

Collaborating with other equipment/machine design experts within and outside of OFC development organization

Securing funding via appropriation requests and expense budgeting processes to support equipment design and development

Communicating and documenting results and equipment designs

Requirements:

Working knowledge of physical phenomena (static and dynamic physics, heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, optics, etc.) with a strong background in machine design or machine systems integration

The ability to work with other engineering disciplines (Electrical/Controls, Chemical/Materials) to create prototype and industrial process equipment design solutions

Sound understanding of material properties and capabilities for use in machine design

Knowledge/experience in materials processing equipment for manufacturing

Ability to design and carry out experiments in lab and manufacturing environments

Familiarity with 3-D CAD software (AutoDesk Inventor preferred)

Working knowledge experience of Machine Controls (motion control, sensor technologies, PLC programming, etc) and safety systems.

Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously

Knowledge of optical fiber properties, applications, and manufacturing

Experience with data processing software (e.g. Jump, Python, PowerBI) and MS Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Modeling simulation software optional (e.g. Aspen, Matlab, Fluent).

Proficient in AutoDesk Inventor 3-D CAD

B.S. degree in mechanical engineering or similar technical field (e.g. physics); M.S. degree in similar discipline strongly encouraged

5-10 years work experience preferred

Desired - knowledge / experience with optical fiber process development or manufacturing

Strong independent work ethic

Attention to detail with excellent organizational skill

Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)

ICONMA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable law.