Milling Engineer

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, implement, and support milling and machining processes in a production environment.  Meet customer specifications and timing for new and existing products while meeting customer cost targets.
• Determine optimal machining processes to quote and implement new products. Minimize capital investment, labor, and variable costs including cutting tools.
• Implement environmentally friendly tool cooling strategies and ensure global health and safety requirements are met.
• Work with DURA plant personnel and cross functional teams to ensure flawless launch of processes for new programs awarded.
• Manage suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of equipment and tooling. Ensure all aspects of the assembly process meet specifications.  This includes the design, construction, production, assembly, trials, qualification and maintenance plans. Provide updates and status reports on the equipment to program leaders, management teams, and customers.
• Participates in DFM activities and discussion to improve product designs and manufacturing methods that support more robust processes and improved quality.
• Review product GD&T, fixture designs, and process simulations to determine manufacturing feasibility.
• Develop and maintain the PFMEAs.
• Support product change requests for new and existing products by developing process and cost and validating feasibility.
• Develop setup and work instructions to document and support processes.
• Lead the new program quotation process.  Estimate cost, equipment, and manufacturing layouts needed for new product launches. 
• Oversee dimensional qualification of new processes and process capability studies.
• Identify any destructive or mechanical testing that will need to be done prior to production launch.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years of related experience
• Experience with milling, turning, and sawing processes in both CNC and manual applications.
• Mastercam, Catia CAM, Alpha CAM or equivalent programming experience.  Candidate should be able to train plant personnel on programing and trouble shooting.
• Experience with 5 axis, multi-spindle milling on aluminum components.
• Must be proficient with standard and custom cutting tool selection, cutting tool coatings, determination of spindle feed and speed rates, and cycle time estimations.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.