Manufacturing Engineer

Redwood Materials is looking for a Manufacturing (equipment) Engineer with extensive experience in equipment installation and commissioning custom and automated equipment to develop advanced solutions for Electrical Deposition Machining (EDM).

Responsibilities will include:

• Support installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Facilitate communication between different trade and internal organizations.
• Become experts in how the EDM works and operates.
• Principles include electro chemistry as well as mechanical winding.
• Troubleshoot and solve process and equipment issues.
• Individuals will need to complete root cause analysis, and be able to articulate how we are solving problems.
• Understand the how and why a pc of equipment operates to conduct engineering trials, and train operations.
• Support manufacturing improvement projects.
• Design and fabricate tooling and fixtures.
• Develop equipment documentation for operation and maintenance.
• Equipment ownership.
• Fabricate and assemble new equipment from prototypes to production.
• Create recovery paths, and direct activities to recover from unplanned down time.
• Complete Job Hazard analysis.
• Strong proficiency in the use of hand and power tools, with knowledge to recommend alternative solutions.

Desired Qualifications

• Strong mechanical aptitude with a background in industrial equipment/processes.
• 3-5 years of hands-on engineering experience and detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
• Metal fabrication and machine shop experience preferred.
• Nonindustrial hobbies like automotive repair or wood working preferred.
• Good computer skills; MS Office, etc.
• Solid Modeling 3D CAD experience preferred.
• Welding experience preferred.
• Electrical troubleshooting experience preferred.
• The ability to work through problems autonomously.
• Focus on solving problems safely and efficiently.
• Willingness to learn new skills to move jobs forward.
• Ability to reason through a problem in multiple ways.
• Crane and forklift operation experience preferred.
• A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!