Company Background Information

Ultralife Corporation serves its markets with products and services ranging from portable power solutions to communications and electronics systems. Through its engineering and collaborative approach to problem solving, Ultralife serves government and defense and commercial customers such as the medical device, metering, and energy storage markets across the globe.

Southwest Electronic Energy (SWE), an Ultralife Company, is a leader in advanced battery solutions for downhole MWD, Subsea Vehicles, Subsea Oil & Gas Infrastructure and other industrial lithium and lithium-ion applications.

Position Location: Missouri City, TX

Job Summary:

Outstanding Problem Solving Capability and Accountability: Able to work directly, or as part of a team on unusually complex problems, provide solutions that are highly creative and able to drive for results. Will lead teams to accomplish same.

Supervises a team of direct reports, with goals aligned on long-range targets per organizational strategic goals, set by the COO. Determines and pursues courses of action essential in obtaining desired outcomes. High Impact to the Company: Decisions directly impact the organizations ability to achieve its objectives and the image of the company. As the Supervisor, there will be direct reports in the Mfg. Eng. and the NPI groups. orking with and through your staff to achieve the goals and objectives assigned, you will be responsible for training and growing your team to utilize the strengths of each member and grow the knowledge base of the engineering group.

Essential Functions*: (Listing of specific duties in each area in order of importance)

Work closely with your team to ensure training and cross training to develop and strengthen the goals and objectives set for the individuals and the team.
Mentor, reward, discipline staff as required to maintain a cohesive effective team able to maintain quality, innovate and improve throughout the Operations team, advancing the success SWE.
Manufacturing Engineering NPI deals with design-for-manufacturing, product transition from the design phase to quality process, manufacturing and product sustaining. This position will focus on building the processes and infrastructure needed for each department during the transition from product development to manufacturing. It will involve some or all of the following depending on the product:

1. Quality Engineering

Work with all departments to establish a quality system detailing process and functional requirements to meet organizational goals.

2. Design for Manufacturing

Review and input of design for reliable repetition, cost effective, high quality production.
Throughout development and into product launch, manufacturing considerations must be interwoven with design that assures both feasibility of production and production at least cost.
Leading and defining documentation, and tests to ensure product meets the design requirements early in the product development life cycle (starting at project concept) and continues to drive conformance through PDRs (preliminary design review), CDRs (critical design review), prototype build and validation.
Automation of testing, process, data gathering, record maintenance, test equipment for QC, Production, Vendors

3. New Product Introduction and Manufacturing Sustaining

Defines manufacturing processes, production targets, costs, contracting approaches and even competitive factors.
Participates in the approval and selection of sub-contractors, as well as monitoring their performance as needed.
Creates manufacturing plans for prototype, pilot production and full production.
Owns demonstrating production readiness and documenting same via the RTP (release to production) checklist. This includes production tooling, facilities, manufacturing methods/workflows and test flows.
Sustains the manufacturing process by minimizing scrap and rework. Analyzes trends.
Attends project reviews and design reviews. Presents updates at project reviews on manufacturing readiness and issues.
Able to analyze engineering CAD models for manufacturing readiness and reproducibility

4. Product Validation

May create or contribute to the product validation plans, performs validation tests and presents validation results, conclusions and recommendations to SWE staff.

5. Test Engineering- IQC and production test plan and implementation

6. Product Sustaining-

Participates in resolution of issues and root cause/corrective actions meetings.
Provides technical support to manufacturing engineering, the manufacturing floor, manufacturing vendors sales and customers.
Works with design team to ensure hardware, software, mechanical fixes to root cause are developed and implemented.
Identifies production yield and test coverage issues and develops improvements.

Education / Training / Skills / Experience:

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

REQURIED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Knowledge of Surface Mount Technology (SMT) manufacturing processes and ability to conduct failure analysis.
Manufacturing Monitoring Systems (MES, SPC, etc) and how to apply manufacturing statistics and design of experiments.
Experience in lean manufacturing
Experience in Six Sigma
2-5 years Lead or Supervisory experience

PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Familiarity with eCAD, including schematic capture and board layout (Altium).
Some programming experience (C# or Python).
Experience with 3D CAD modeling tools and comfortable with modifying 2D drawings (Solidworks).
Experience with 3D printing.

REQUIRED EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

BS in Electrical Engineering

8-10 years experience in the design and/or integration of embedded systems

Proficient in English, both verbal and written

COMPUTER AND EQUIPMENT SKILLS

Required Skills and Knowledge:

Familiarity with eCAD, including schematic capture and board layout (Altium).
Some programming experience (C# or Python).
Experience with 3D CAD modeling tools and comfortable with modifying 2D drawings (Solidworks).
Experience with 3D printing.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Able to lift 40 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits to include medical, dental, matching 401(k), disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts and paid time off.

Ultralife Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our Human Resources department via phone at 315- 332-7100

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