Howmet Fastening Systems (HFS) is seeking a Machine Design Engineer – Automated Fastener Equipment for our aerospace fastener plant in Fullerton, CA
Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Machine Design Engineer to design, develop, and improve high-speed automated equipment used in the manufacturing of fasteners and other precision components.
The successful candidate will have strong mechanical design skills and hands-on experience developing automated machinery, tooling, fixtures, feeding systems, assembly equipment, and production automation. This person will work closely with manufacturing, process engineering, controls, and production teams to take concepts from initial design through prototype, build, installation, and production launch.
This is a hands-on engineering position for someone who understands not only how to design a machine, but also how that machine needs to operate in a high-volume, high-speed manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop high-speed automated machinery for fastener manufacturing and assembly.
- Develop machine concepts, layouts, mechanisms, tooling, fixtures, and material-handling systems.
- Create detailed 3D models, assemblies, drawings, bills of materials, and manufacturing documentation.
- Design systems for feeding, orienting, transferring, forming, inspecting, assembling, and packaging fasteners.
- Apply principles of mechanical engineering, machine kinematics, pneumatics, hydraulics, and automation.
- Design for high cycle rates, reliability, repeatability, maintainability, and operator safety.
- Work with controls engineers to integrate servo motors, sensors, actuators, PLCs, vision systems, and robotics.
- Develop and improve machine tooling to maximize production rates and tool life.
- Work with suppliers and machine shops to manufacture and qualify components and tooling.
- Support machine assembly, debugging, run-off, installation, and production launch.
- Troubleshoot mechanical problems during machine development and production.
- Analyze machine performance and implement improvements to reduce downtime and increase throughput.
- Develop preventative-maintenance requirements and critical spare-parts recommendations.
- Participate in design reviews, FMEA activities, root-cause analysis, and continuous-improvement projects.
- Ensure equipment complies with applicable machine safety and industry standards.
- Travel periodically to manufacturing sites and suppliers as required.