Lean Manufacturing Engineer Lead (Remote)

Role purpose

Responsibility to assure a smooth transition of products from the initial design phase to the high volume manufacturing phase, up to the end of life.

The person will be in charge of the Process Design and Development, according to the Lean Manufacturing rules, in order to enhance product performance and functionality, to improve quality and manufacturability and to recommend changes to reduce the overall manufacturing cost of a product for different market needs (OEM, AM and OES + Industrials Product).

Key tasks and accountabilities:

• Assures manufacturing process development work-outputs are in line with APQP and project plan: Define and development the processes flow of new and existing products according to Lean Manufacturing Rules and industry 4.0 methods; process FMEA and control plan; process verification reports (also provided by other team members); process final qualification and readiness.
• Ensure the design of the production flows and PFMEA analysis of new products bringing to the attention of the product designers the performance data of the manufacturing equipments.
• Support Quality and Manufacturing team during PPAP and Customer audit.
• Drafts high level technical specification for Tool Design team to enable the design and construction of assembly and test tools and equipments.
• Responsible for corrective actions and/or improvement on processes issued.
• Collaborates with all the team/function involved with the aim to release to the production the equipment and the process according to the performance level foreseen.
• Report on the progress of projects.
• Collaborate and communicate with other departments, customers, suppliers and other service providers.
• Workstation optimization based on Lean approach.
• Develop, implement and support cultural change across the organization and drive improvement based on Lean approach.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Production planning and coordination
• Supervision of production in terms of dates, quantities and quality
• Standardization of production and test processes
• Support advanced quality planning with a focus on design for manufacturability (DFM).
• Proactive risk identification, assessment, and mitigation for HW production
• Excellent knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools: Kaizen, VSM, 5S, Six sigma, Kanban.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing and fabrication processes such as electronic assembly, mechanical assembly, design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Excellent understanding of Quality Standards required in mass Automotive or Consumer product manufacturing (FMEA).
• Good oral and written communication skills in English.
• Support the selection, management, and auditing of suppliers

*** PLEASE NOTE: The role can also be based in Italy – Varese ***