SUMMARY: Provides assistance to Manufacturing Engineers, Design Engineering, and production departments. Reviews processes and procedures to determine predictability of new builds and improvements on existing builds including prototyping, repairing machinery, and trouble shooting fixtures/tooling.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: Other duties may be assigned. Assists in prototype development by debugging, modifications, assembly, testing and inspecting. Detects failures and makes recommendations to Manufacturing Engineers and Design Engineers to make parts producible. Reviews customer drawings and evaluates feasibility, and dismantles, repairs, or sends off defective equipment. Perform, aide, or give direction on periodic preventive maintenance or general repair on equipment or machinery.Programs machinery and equipment such as programmable controllers, electrical testers, and marking equipment.Reviews documentation such as manufacturing procedures, BOMS, drawings and routers.Operates computer terminal to input and retrieve data and create or update documentation. Provides specialized training to production employees and technical direction to production trainer. Provides assistance to Engineers to adapt existing design to perform correctly in new design requirement. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES Requires knowledge typically acquired through:Completion of a High school diploma or general education degree (GED),Six months to three years related experience or training; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees of organization.Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common factions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Strong working knowledge of computer, equipment and procedures.QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, talk, hear, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, and controls, and reach with arms and hands. The employee may be required to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.(Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability/Vet)This job may require applicant to conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.