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Overview

The Manufacturing Engineer position in Anaheim, CA, is a contract role focused on generating shop orders and assembly instructions for a new hoist, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and troubleshooting issues during assembly and testing.

Responsibilities

  • Generate shop orders (routers) to assemble and test an NPI hoist using engineering documentation.
  • Create visual assembly instructions or job aids to support assembly and testing.
  • Generate shop orders to process, convert, or modify qualification units during testing.
  • Work with the Material Review Board (MRB) to generate shop orders for reworking, repairing, or modifying qualification units.
  • Design or modify tooling and assembly aids as needed.
  • Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues during assembly, testing, and qualification.
  • Ensure all processes meet mandated safety regulations and certification standards.

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent is required.
  • Minimum eight years of work experience in a regulated industry is required.
  • Proficient with the creation of shop order/work order/routers for a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with a shop floor management system (i.e. IFS, SAP, PRISM, ERP, MRP, or similar).
  • Experience with manufacturing and testing electromechanical assemblies.
  • Skilled in troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
  • Experience designing, building, or testing circuit boards.
  • Experience with analog, digital circuits, and PCB design.
  • Design, analysis, test, and simulation experience with controls and driving AC, DC, and brushless motor types.
  • Familiarity with ARP4754A, D-178C, DO-254, DO-160 and/or MIL-STD-810.
  • Familiarity with EMI/EMC testing, environmental testing standards, and safety protocols.

Additional Information

  • Onsite position in Anaheim, CA.
  • Contract employment.
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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, manufacturing welder jobs across California currently run a median of $66/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $60–$76/hr across 20 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

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