Advanced Manufacturing Engineer –Material and Thermal Processing

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer –Material Application and Thermal Processing

Lux Wall is focused on the product development, scaling, and commercializing of innovative Transparent Insulation products and solutions for the built environment. Lux Wall’s vacuum insulated technology, Enthermal™, delivers a step change in energy performance, eliminating convective heat transfer and drastically reducing conductive and radiant heat gain and loss within buildings. The result is up to 45% in energy savings, while improving comfort and noise reduction.

Lux Wall has the potential to redefine building performance globally and forever change the way buildings are designed and constructed.

We are excited to offer you an opportunity to work at Lux Wall, Litchfield, MI for roughly 6 months. This assignment will allow you to gain valuable experience and broaden your skill set. Following this period, you will transition to Lux Wall’s Factory 2 plant in Detroit, MI, where you can apply the insights and expertise gained during your time  believe this will be a rewarding experience that will strengthen your career development within our organization.

The Advanced Manufacturing Engineer –Material Application and Thermal Processing will be responsible for specifying, designing, installing and optimizing manufacturing tools. They will ensure that assigned tools are designed and built on time and to the performance required to support the company’s technology and business goals. This position will be actively involved in design and implementation of future manufacturing facilities and will support the company’s growth goals.

• Write equipment specifications and RFQs for new and used equipment.
• Evaluating existing processes and procedures to identify areas that need optimization.
• Present proposed equipment designs at scaling design reviews to solicit feedback from scaling team and leadership team.
• Collaborate with equipment suppliers and integrators to ensure equipment meets performance and cost requirements.
• Collaborate with the cross functional team and supply chain to issue POs for equipment.
• Take the lead with mechanical and electrical contractors to install the necessary equipment and infrastructure for new manufacturing tools.
• Ensure that all equipment is installed and operated in a safe manner and has appropriate engineering controls, where applicable, to ensure safe operation.
• Specify, design, install and conduct FAT/SAT for new equipment builds.
• Together with the operations team, ensure that all technicians are trained on the operation and safety of all equipment.
• Collaborate with the high volume manufacturing team to launch all manufacturing tools.
• Ability to select appropriate components to maximize system performance and control cost.
• Participate in PFMEA, Control Plan and SOP generation associated with launches.
• Experience with PLC programming a plus.
• Complete capability studies for new processes.
• Experience Designing and Maintaining Machine Vision applications. Cognex and Keyence experience preferred.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are met on time and within budget.
• Prepare and present technical documentation, reports, and project updates to stakeholders.
• Analyze production data to identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains.
• Help build preventative and predictive maintenance requirements.
• Ensure programmed systems achieve critical targets including output per hour, process yield, unscheduled downtime, MTTR, MTBF, number of required operators and other critical parameters per manufacturing planning and targets.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated experience with new equipment design, builds, installation and debugging.
• Experience with material application equipment and technology, such as roll coating, nozzle dispense, digital printing and pad printing.
• PLC programming and communication, including Rockwell and Siemens a plus.
• Extensive experience commissioning new equipment.
• Experience in Ignition software.
• Experience with robot…