About the position
BAE Systems is looking for a Process Engineer II supporting circuit card assemblies (CCA) for the New Product Introduction Pilot Line. Our employees work on the world's most advanced electronics - from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we are innovating for the future, and you can, too! Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first - exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us." The Electronic Warfare Integrated Manufacturing Center (EW-IMC) New Product Introduction (NPI) Pilot Line located in Nashua, NH is responsible for the early builds of new electronic and mechanical hardware designs. This includes the development and maturation of the associated build processes, programming, and tooling in preparation for rate production. This requires close collaboration with the design community, the receiving production teams, and requires being able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment. The NPI Pilot Line plays a critical, exciting, and unique role that helps ensure that future production runs are successful. This role is primarily focused on the Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) side of the NPI Line but cross training opportunities into module assembly will also be available. Process Engineering is a fast-paced, versatile, diverse, and critical role. Process Engineers are an essential catalyst in facilitating and executing to meet customer needs and providing crucial feedback to the production floor. Collaborative and dynamic in nature, this role must be adaptive, agile, and display ownership over responsibilities. Approaching tasks with a sense of urgency, being open to change, maintaining a positive attitude, and being a self-starter are all important attributes to being successful within the NPI team.
Responsibilities
- Utilize Rapid Process Manufacturing (RPM) process for work plan creation
- Manage Process Change Requests (PCRs)
- Submit Process Change Requests
- Perform Process Engineering reviews of work instructions for clarity and content
- Verify incorporation(s) to the process plan
- Provide timely floor support
- Troubleshooting of product in the assembly process
- Real-time clarification of work instruction to staff
- Process updates in accordance with feedback and best practice
- Support and ownership of factory equipment
- Responsibility over the build process
- Maintain order of operations, build process efficiency
- Ensure content clarity and conformance to industry and BAE standards
- Verify and meet customer needs (Prototype vs Eng.-Use-Only vs Production)
- Ownership of product quality
- Drive defects to root cause
- Advocate for and implement preventative measures and solutions
- Communicate feedback to feeder factories, next higher assembly build locations, supply chain, and QA stakeholders
- Perform defect and HPU deep dive analysis
- Communicate defects and corrective actions at periodic meetings to leadership and program stakeholders
- Disposition rework, facilitate and participate in the PMRB process
- Coordinate, populate, and facilitate Transition to production (TTP) process in a timely manner
- Own the TTP process for assigned assemblies
- Participate in PFMEA, DFMEA, MFA (Manufacturing Feasibility Analysis), and CDR/PDR/iDR
- Demonstrate ownership of programs
- Function as the primary point of contact
- Liaison to Program, P2L, etc.
- Maintain process engineering program spreadsheet
- Design, fabricate, and validate process aides, fixtures, and tooling designs
- Propose, setup, and validate factory equipment
- Provide Estimated Time of Completions (ETCs) for Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE)
- Perform safety assessments
- Identify, propose, and execute Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives
Requirements
- Engineering Bachelor's of Science Degree diploma and at least two (2) years of directly related experience
- Sound interpersonal skills involving interfacing, coordinating and communicating with team members, Programs, Process Engineers, Engineering Assistants, Specification Writers, and Operators
- Ability to work independently and be effective in a fast-paced environment
- Effective communication, both orally and in writing
- Receptive to change, learning new things, and evolving in dynamic environments
- Have or able to obtain Secret security clearance
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working in New Product Introduction environments and transitioning designs to production
- Experience with circuit card assembly process engineering (SMT, conformal coat, selective solder, hot air rework, etc.)
- Knowledge of Change Orders (CO's) and the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Current IPC-A-610 certification
- Experience in CAD software
- Experience in Solumina MES
- Experience in Paperless MES
- Have or able to obtain quality stamp
- Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt or higher
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Health savings accounts
- 401(k) savings plan
- Disability coverage
- Life and accident insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Legal plan
- Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid military leave
- Paid bereavement leave
- Federal and state sick leave
- Company recognition program for monetary or non-monetary awards
