Process Engineer in Farmington, Connecticut

Job Title: Process Engineer

Reporting : Engineering Manager

Mission of the position : Design, Develop & Optimize Manufacturing processes & systems to expand company capabilities with a focus on enhancing internal and external customer experience, quality and speed.

Company: Mott is a technology driven, high precision filtration company trusted by the world’s best technical and performance brands across four core markets: Medicine, Computing Power, Clean Energy, and Space Exploration . Our products can be found everywhere…including lifesaving medical devices, artificial intelligence, and missions to Mars! We inspire engineers to escape the ordinary to solve mission critical problems for our customers and have fun along the way. From customer support to new product development, ensuring world-class quality of our products is at the core of our strategy for success. You’ll work alongside smart, creative, motivated colleagues and have unlimited opportunities to learn, grown and contribute.

The company’s strategic vision is to deliver technological breakthroughs where none currently exist. Established in 1959 and located in Farmington, Connecticut (90 miles from NYC and Boston). The company has tripled in size over the last 5 years. Mott is poised for significant expansion over the next 5 years .

This is an in-person position based in Farmington, CT. Compensation package includes base salary, bonus, and 401k match. This is once in a lifetime opportunity to drive positive change and work in a dynamic, bureaucracy-free environment .

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support production to meet organizational metrics

2. Create production work documentation for new and existing products and processes.

3. Work instructions, standard works, etc.

4. Production routes and bills of materials

5. Focus on Safety

6. Liaison for all areas of organization (Sales, Quality, R&D, etc.) with respect to products and production capabilities

7. Capital equipment

8. Proper machine identification and validation plans

9. Justification process and documentation

10. Implementation process and documentation

Major Challenges:

1. Continuous improvement in parallel with productions needs to realize revenue.

2. Transfer and preservation of historical expertise and knowledge.

3. Ability to adapt to a change in priorities based on forecast and operational needs.

Expected Performance Outcomes:

1. Become a subject matter expert in the value stream you are based in.

2. Identify opportunities for improvement and implement corresponding solutions

3. Specific goals will be centered around enabling safe production at 100% quality while reducing the average cost per piece by 5% yearly.

Required Experience:

1. BSME – Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering with Operations Understanding.

2. Alternate Engineering degrees with relevant experience will be considered.

3. Manufacturing / Process Engineering experience with a focus on technical problem solving and transfer of development projects to production levels.

4. Proficiency in MS Office, working knowledge of ERP systems.

Skills:

1. Must possess a technical problem-solving mindset that enjoys resolving significant engineering challenges

8D, FMEA, Cause and Effect, 5 Why’s

1. Experience using Stage Gate process for development through production scaling

2. Lean and Six Sigma skills necessary to efficiently and methodically resolve technical challenges

3. Demonstrated experience in Design For Manufacturability

4. Assembly tolerancing

5. Fabrication, machining, and welding

6. Production scaling

7. Tooling/Fixturing

8. Value Stream Mapping

9. Manufacturing Cell design

Personal Attributes:

1. Results Driven

2. Self-directed

3. Detail oriented

4. Analytic thinker

5. Collaborative / Team Player

6. Multi-tasks effectively

7. Sense of urgency

8. Action oriented – Dedicated to completing priorities

About Us

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).