Manufacturing Engineer - (CNC)

Opportunity To Unlock Your Creativity
Think of all the times you were held back from trying new ideas because you were boxed in by bureaucratic legacy processes or old school tactics. Having a growth mindset is deeply ingrained into our company culture since day 1 so Fictiv is an environment where you have the creative liberty and support of the team to try big bold ideas to achieve our sales and customer goals.

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Fictiv, youll be surrounded by supportive teammates who will push you to be your best through their curiosity and passion.

Your role as a Manufacturing Engineer will be to support and drive improvement to our critical manufacturing functions. We have two sets of customers our builders, who order parts through us, and our manufacturing partners, who manufacture and assemble these parts and you ll be consistently working at the interface between the two. At Fictiv, we believe in creating the world s premier platform for hardware manufacturing, and you ll be playing a critical role in making that happen.

In your role as the Manufacturing Engineer, you will be reviewing and analyzing the manufacturability and costs associated with CNC machining submitted by our builders. In this role, you ll also be using your Mechanical Engineering background and knowledge of manufacturing processes in order to determine what design changes may need to be made to our builders design specifications in order to meet their needs. By developing highly competitive proposals and quotations that meet the requirements called out by our customers, you will be assisting in bringing products to market faster in a wide range of industries (and helping to accelerate Fictiv s growth)

You will report to the Costing and DFM lead.

1. Package review - Study the package provided by Sales to determine scope of work, manufacturing feasibility Lead time details
2. Should be able to define best suited manufacturing process, machine selection, cycle time calculations setup costs
3. Should be able to generate Should cost using in house calculators Fictivs software recommendations
4. Manufacturing Partners quote scrutiny. To check whether the provided quote is correct in terms of optimized raw material, machining secondary processes costs
5. Should be able to negotiate with Manufacturing partners on quotes provided and get the best costs out to ensure a win win situation
6. Should be able to understand secondary process eg Anodising, Zinc plating, Chemical conversion coatings with respect to their type, class, service class, methods etc
7. Preparing RFQ package to Manufacturing Partners referring to capability capacity plans
8. Calculator Generations - Use own machining expertise understanding of process cost drivers to develop cost calculators
9. DFx Feedback - Should be able to study the 3D Model, 2D prints to determine the manufacturability of the part highlight key points that involve a design change recommendation
10. Automation Feedback - Provide feedback to Quoting SOftware team to improve accuracy of automated quoting of our manufacturing services
11. Packaging costs - Should be able to develop packaging concept provide the same to Logistics team for generating Shipping costs
12. Follow up with Sales for Quoted RFQs feedback on weekly basis also provide feedback to Manufacturing partners about quoted RFQs status
13. Work with CFT in evaluating value deals for project management validation, project de risking, quality documentation
14. Should be able to handle Assembly product structure
15. Help clear technical queries during MP Quoting
16. Maintaining reports for Opportunities quoted won/lost, conversion ratio etc
17. Participate in Manufacturing Partners QBR with CFT to address cost issues, conversion ratios etc

1. 6-8 years of relevant work experience
2. Meticulous, detail oriented, inclination for documentation
3. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English required
4. Self-starter, manages time efficiently, able to complete work in a timely manner without active supervision
5. Enjoys sharing knowledge and teaching others about manufacturing processes
6. 4-year Mechanical Engineering degree
7. 3D model 2D print review with good proofreading capabilities
8. 5, 4, 3 Axis Milling, Turn Milling, Grinding, Gear hobbing, Spark wire EDM, Gun Drilling processes
9. Strong GD T background
10. CNC machines specifications/technical data
11. CNC programming for milling turning
12. Turning Rotating tools selection , grades of inserts for turning Milling, Insert specification
13. Work holding devices for CNC Turning Milling centers
14. Recommended cutting conditions for work materials classified by ISO
15. Materials (Chemical compositions, Mechanical Thermal properties) : Stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy steel, aluminum alloys, Tool steel Titanium plastics and their associated ASTM, ISO, IS, DIN MIL standards.
16. Heat treatment : Normalizing, Tempering, Annealing, Case hardening, Quenching
17. Secondary processes : Anodising, chemical conversion coatings, Zinc plating, Nickel plating, tin plating, Bead blasting their associated standards eg MIL , ASTM , ISO
18. Secondary processes : Painting Powder coating
19. Inspection instruments methods to help improve DFM feedback
20. PPAP documentation
21. ISO 9001 : 2015 Documentation
22. AS9100D documentation
23. Proficient written oral communication skills
24. Excel Google sheet expertise
25. Undergone training on cutting tools through Sandvik, Kennametal etc
26. Production costing background
27. Packaging estimation : concept to development

Interested in learning moreWe look forward to hearing from you soon.