What you'll do:

• Lead cost-out events and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Apply Lean-Manufacturing and 6-Sigma Techniques to eliminate waste, reduce process variation and to deliver products that meet customer expectations.
• Participate in concurrent engineering efforts and critical design reviews to minimize product development costs and maximize useful life of products.
• Conduct Design for Manufacturing and value engineering initiatives as applicable.
• Develop work breakdown structures as a tool to develop cost estimates and to identify opportunities for cost reduction.
• Participate in new product development projects using program management tools to articulate deliverables and maintain schedules.
• Develop and integrates new processes and methodologies as to provide competitive advantages for the business.
• Compose Capital Appropriation Requests (including payback and net present value analysis) for acquisition of equipment to support emerging and existing technologies.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 70-mile radius of Davenport, IA will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Minimum of three (3) months of internship or co-op experience in engineering or manufacturing.
• Experience with Lean/6-Sigma/Continuous Improvement.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
• Electrical Engineering experience.
• Product life cycle management experience.
• AS9100/TS16949 experience.
• Precision machining experience.

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