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Volt is immediately hiring Lead Equipment & Tool Engineer in Tukwila, WA.

As Lead Equipment & Tool Engineer you will:

• Develops program and project requirements, develops highly complex equipment and tooling concepts and designs solutions, including alternatives for the Production System.

• Validates analysis of technical data, influences product engineering design and makes robotics, automation, or technical recommendations to support production system integration.

• Leads the creation and modification of equipment and tooling definition at the program level.

• Executes project plans, provides input to Make/Buy decisions and partners with Procurement to meet program schedule, cost, and quality targets.

• Ensures compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic factors, and regulatory requirements.

• Leads gated reviews and develops plans for production readiness, preventative maintenance, and spares.

• Validates contractual performance milestones.

• Develops and implements workarounds and maintains configuration of hardware, software, and documentation.

• Conducts studies and make recommendation for disposition of assets.

• Validates contractual performance milestones, maintains configuration control, conducts technical reviews, and prepares plans for productions readiness, preventative maintenance, and spares.

• Evaluate customer and/or operational needs to define and coordinate mechanical support equipment performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces.

• Provide engineering expertise during production development activities, developing program and project requirements of highly complex equipment and tooling solutions, including alternatives for the Production System, in the areas of mechanical design, assembly, integration, & test.

• Participate in equipment and tool inspections/demonstrations to ensure requirements are met.

• Lead Root Cause/Corrective Action (RCCA) efforts and drive results of the RCCA to production.

• Aid engineers or technicians with returning equipment to production.

• Conducts training for Production and Maintenance personnel.

• Provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements.

• Creates and implements maintenance workshops with production and maintenance personnel.

• Ideal candidate will be a mechanical engineer who has done design work.

• This team supports a variety of programs ranging from technology development to initial production, and as such is seeking a highly responsible professional committed to upholding the highest standards of safety, quality, and integrity to support and grow our organization through the development and implementation of Best Practices and Standard Work across all business units.

• A successful candidate in this role will have passion, creativity, and an insatiable desire for process improvement and efficiency.

• They will also have a strong desire to be out in the factory, interacting with mechanics & production engineers, to directly support the production system by designing Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (GSE).

• Being able to identify not only short-term production needs but also anticipate long-term end-of-life equipment & tool requirement is critical to our overall lifecycle strategy.

• Use extensive experience and judgement to plan and accomplish tasks, have the ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to building a positive culture; in addition, be accountable, adaptable, work as an empowered team member, and be a strong communicator.

• Strategic decision-making skills, analytical skills, and project management skills are highly desired.

This is a 12 Month full time Contract opportunity.

The ideal candidate will have:

Clearance Required: Active Top Secret

Required Experience:

• Proficiency in Model-Based Definition and Drawing-Based Definition utilizing CATIA V5 with configuration management in ENOVIA and/or Teamcenter.

• Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

• Hands-on experience with production equipment troubleshooting related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

• 9 years of experience in interacting with customers (both internal and external), at all levels, on a one-on-one basis and in group settings.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience with Model Based Engineering, Data Integration, and a solid understanding of the Enterprise Standard Gated Practice.

• 4 years of relevant experience in Digital Transformation.

• Experience with programming, integrating, or troubleshooting industrial controls from OEMs.

• Experience in automation and robotics.

• Familiarity with RCCAs and the tools used to conduct them (5 Why, Fishbone, KNOT charts, etc).

• Experience with stress analysis hand calculations and results validation with any one or more of the following programs - RISA, Nastran, Abaqus, Ansys, Autodesk.

• mechanical or aerospace engineering degree.

Education Requirements:

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years' related work experience, Master+7 years' related work experience).
• ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Pay Rate: $65.00 - $78.00 per hour

• Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

Benefits: Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please click here or call (866) -898-0005.

Volt does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Job ID : 422202