Lead Manufacturing Engineer
 

LOCATION: Grain Valley / Missouri (US-MO), United States | BRAND: KB Signaling | REQUISITION ID: 8142 | JOB GRADE: 13 |

ON-SITE/REMOTE: On-site 

 

KB Signaling delivers unparalleled end-to-end wayside and onboard conventional signaling Control, Command, and Signaling (CCS) platforms and solutions. A trailblazer, we are driven to provide the best solutions for improved safety, performance, and lower overall operating cost for today’s transit and freight railway systems and operators in North America and beyond. Our team is fueled by innovation and grounded in solid values, like giving back to the communities where we do business and embracing sustainability to help protect our planet. KB Signaling is part of a global, high-tech company that will challenge you and help you grow. Discover your potential.

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

GV: Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Summary of the Role:

Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, the Lead Manufacturing Engineer would be responsible for defining, implementing, and controlling production process in assigned production areas at a low volume/high mix facility producing PCBA and electronics assemblies that are safety critical in nature for the railroad industry.

 

Responsibilities/duties

-Lead processes and automation in a high-mix, low-volume PCBA manufacturing facility

-Maintain production routings and optimizes process for cost effective production

-Provide the ready to serve support to the operation to ensure problem resolution and uptime

-Develop process, tool and technology roadmaps, along with business/CAPEX justifications

-Lead in the implementation of continuous improvement based on engineering analysis

-Program and refine recipes for automated PCBA assembly equipment (SMT, TH, Wave, Conformal Coat)

-Liaison between Operations and Engineering teams to advise on manufacturability, prototypes and support

-Provide mentoring to other Manufacturing Engineers, Technicians and interns.

-Collaborate with cross functional teams as the SME for PCBA manufacturing processes

 

Required Qualifications/Skills

-Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology

-5+ years of Electronics/PCBA/ SMT operation and process engineering

-Proficiency in Screen Print, Pick and Place, Reflow and AOI

-Demonstrated ability to lead people and projects

-Working knowledge of electrical testing of printed circuit boards and testing of electrical assemblies

-Experience with IPC standards J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610

-Demonstrate good time management, communication and problem solving skills

 

Preferred Experience

-10+ years of Electronics/PCBA/ SMT operation and process engineering

-Proficiency in Wave, Selective and Conformal Coating

-Experience with low-volume, high-mix PCBA manufacturing

-Experience with FUJI placement machines and programming

-Experience overseeing direct reports

-Experience with IPC standards 7711/21, IPC-A-620

-Experience with through-hole insertion, wave solder and conformal coating lines

 

 

What does KB Signaling have to offer you? 
- Competitive Health Benefits, including Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision and Virtual visits
- Company-paid Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Company-paid Short-Term Disability Coverage
- Voluntary life, Disability, and other Supplemental coverages
- Identity Theft and Legal Protection benefits
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Accounts
- Generous 401(k) plan
- Personal Paid Time Off
- Company-paid holidays 

 

KB Signaling Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.