Fabrication Engineer Job Description
Fabrication Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Fabrication Engineer Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Fabrication Engineer
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Education for Fabrication Engineer
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Employers hiring for the fabrication engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Science, Mechanical Engineering, Education, Manufacturing, Technical, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial
Skills for Fabrication Engineer
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Fabrication Engineer Examples
Fabrication Engineer Job Description
- Sustain and improve processes for LED device fabrication
- Interface with equipment engineering, management and manufacturing to improve cycle time, tool availability, process/product yield, and drive cost reductions
- Rapidly acquire materials and finished prototypes from internal and external sources
- Evaluate, analyze and route subcontractor submittals, including non-conformance reports (NCRs),procedures, test plans, re-assembly instructions, manufacturing plans, Subcontractors Requests for
- Prepare design changes and non-conformance evaluations as required during fabrication
- Provide technical direction and oversight to the fabrication subcontractor
- Contribute fabrication and design know-how to product improvement and the development of new products
- Work to establish new processes and continuously improve tooling, programming of fabrication automation and manufacture
- MEs must be able to work with cross functional teams including Design Engineering, Production, Quality, Materials, Maintenance, Sourcing, to apply root cause analysis tools to develop and implement corrective actions to issues that arise during Qualification and Launch
- Develop, communicate & execute component fulfilment plan for the region
- Develop positive relationships and work closely with Sourcing Leaders to manage and implement supplier/engineering changes, New Product Introductions
- Bachelor Degree in Mechanical/Metallurgical/Production Engineering Degree
- Desired Masters Degree in the above disciplines
- International Welding Engineer or AWS CWI preferred
- Technical experience in manufacturing of engine components including fabrications and composite cases
- Technical experience in manufacturing of engine components including fabrications, ducts, manifolds, seals, heat shields
Fabrication Engineer Job Description
- Analyze, provide specifications and perform acquisition for new or replacement fabrication equipment
- Assist with the training of new personnel and participate in the design of operator training materials
- Review designs for producibility, develop tooling concepts, and create applicable detailed work instructions and manufacturing procedures
- Develop manufacturing plans that include specific sequencing with process and tooling requirements
- Predicated, Preventative and Reacted maintenance of machinery and equipment
- Participate in evaluation and monitoring of success of training programs
- Liaison between Fabricators, EPC, Procurement, Project Construction Management, Site Construction, Project Controls, Quality Lead
- Partner with product engineering and R&D to ensure effective new product and process introductions consistent device performance and quality
- Create and maintain operating specifications for production processes and equipment
- Develop quick solutions to mechanical integration challenges
- BS in materials science, chemical engineering, or physics with a focus on microelectronics
- 2+ years experience with microelectronics fabrication or test
- Documented experience in fab processing techniques including contact lithography, dry etch / milling, metal evaporation, bonding, laser trim, and dicing
- Proficient in statistical process control and lean manufacturing methods (ex
- Understanding of Surface Acoustic Wave device design and performance
- Experience with AS9100 quality standards and audits
Fabrication Engineer Job Description
- Support & actively interact with manufacturing operations group
- Support and implement GM Global Manufacturing System (GMS) Principles
- Design CAD parts and assemblies to represent existing parts or new designs
- Work closely with machinists and fabricators to find solutions even when all parts don’t exist in CAD
- Pitch in and get your hands dirty!
- Work closely with engineering, design, operations & maintenance to maintain consistency or alignment with intent of policies and processes across the organization and within the department
- Create and implement action plans to rectify localized and systemic breakdowns with engineering, design, operations, maintenance & leadership
- Work closely with receiving, receiving inspection, supplier quality engineer & quality assurance in purging suspect/non-conforming material from inventory and throughout the organization
- Conduct internal audits to assure compliance to organizational, departmental, regulatory & customer policies
- Work closely with engineering, design, operations & maintenance to develop and support specific area’s quality documentation for production activities
- Established leadership in technical communities related to microelectronics manufacturing and / or device engineering
- Ability to troubleshoot a diverse set of fabrication equipment in addition to establishing equipment qualification and preventative maintenance procedures
- Knowledge on large fabrication fixture design and feasibility studies
- Experience on Fixture maintenance and calibration
- Ability to support producibility analysis for integration and assembly activities for manufactured “piece parts” and tooling
- Must be able to work with operators to ensure work instructions for processes are accurate and adequate to yield high quality products
Fabrication Engineer Job Description
- Assist in the development and facilitation of process FMEA’s and helps maintain risk management policies & programs
- Maintain required first article inspections (FAI) and detailed inspection plans (DIP)
- Coordinate and participate with issue creation in localized material review (MRB), root cause, failure analysis, and corrective action (8D)
- Provide training on quality policies and techniques throughout the organization
- Lead/coordinate to develop, analyze, and present process metrics including results from product and process yields to organization to encourage design for manufacturability and quality
- May travel for a project but not on regular or consistent basis
- MEs may also specify and/or design tools, equipment, racks, data streams, and fixtures to improve process metrics
- Responsible for servicing and maintaining various types of kitchen equipment including steam, electric, gas, food preparation, ware washing and disposal equipment
- Define resources requirement for specified takt time – equipment and machinery list, manpower calculation with skill and semiskilled bifurcation and no of jigs and fixtures
- Design electrical architecture and electronic circuits, including consideration of processor requirements and integration, system timing and bus loading
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing and six sigma concepts
- Wafer Fab Engineering Experience, ideally with compound semiconductors
- Semiconductor processing experience either wet or dry etch process equipment
- Technical understanding of semiconductor processes and equipment
- Consistent history of continuous process improvement
- Ability and desire to assume a technical leadership role within the organization
Fabrication Engineer Job Description
- Design hardware, source components, develop schematics, manage layout, and test prototypes to validate hardware
- Design and manage build of complex vehicle wire harnesses
- Debug and Bringup of vehicle systems
- Ensures quality tools and procedures are sufficient for obtaining quality goals
- Maintain and update departmental labor standards for area of ownership
- Analyzes work flow in department, determining best layout for operating philosophy
- Provides cost estimates on new product for budget/planning
- Successfully maintain processes that produce parts that conform to internal and external specifications
- Monitor process yields and cost, recommend and implement quality improvements based on these metrics
- Ensure that all defects are analyzed through to root cause and corrective actions are implemented and sustained
- Working knowledge of applied statistics (SPC/DOE)
- Automotive component/system design
- Automotive electronics, hydraulics, pneumatics
- Strong hands on fabrication and assembly skills
- Strong CAD skills (CATIA preferred)
- Design & build using low volume manufacturing techniques