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Title:  New Process Development Engineer, Sr

Career at Bourns:

If working for an organization with a long history of technological innovation and high advancement potential in a supportive, collaborative, and positive work environment are top considerations for your next career move, then you need to look at the opportunities at Bourns.

Bourns was founded 75 years ago with the guiding principles of providing breakthrough technology solutions, high-quality products, responsive service, and exceptional value. Those principles still hold true today and have instilled a culture that is committed to excellence and ethical operations. As a leading provider of advanced components for power conversion, circuit protection, and motion control sensing solutions, Bourns employs more than 9,000 people in 21 countries and operates 17 manufacturing centers and 15 R&D facilities. Our customers and partners rely on Bourns to meet strict design requirements and satisfy international standards in a broad range of industries and applications. We achieve this stature because Bourns employees excel in the development of new products and continuous improvement processes that keep the company a global leader in delivering outstanding service.

Job Description:

JOB TITLE: New Process Development Engineer, Sr

Location: Heredia, Costa Rica

 

JOB ROLE

Provides process design and development support for the Gas Discharge Tube (GDT/IsoMOV) product line.  This engineer will provide leadership in the design and documentation activities related to GDT/IsoMOV manufacturing processes and working with the NPD team to bring new processes to the manufacturing floor.

The New Process Development Engineer is expected to allow innovative GDT/IsoMOV designs to be manufactured at acceptable costs.  Poke yoke, automation and process control will be the cornerstone of successful projects.  The GDT/IsoMOV Process Engineer will be a key driver of changing our manufacturing mentality from yield-based thinking to process control thinking.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design and develop new GDT/IsoMOV manufacturing processes that support our best GDT/IsoMOV designs.  This includes providing full documentation of GDT/IsoMOV manufacturing processes including PFMEA documentation, machine concept drawings, factory layouts concepts, and tooling drawings.
  • Perform and document experiments on various aspects of GDT/IsoMOV processing elements to drive to optimal process controls given certain manufacturing space and cost constraints.
  • Lead assigned investigations that may reveal certain weaknesses in existing processes and recommend process design changes to correct those weaknesses

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

Communication and negotiation are key skills that will help lead to success in working with other team members as well as production management and associates. A friendly disposition would be a tremendous asset for the engineer in this role.

 COMMUNICATIONS:

ORAL:           Excellent verbal skills are required to clearly communicate goals and concepts to all levels of employees, customer engineers and vendors. 

WRITTEN:    Excellent written skills are required to issue specific work instructions, present ideas, concepts, and solutions to all levels of employees, customers and vendors through PowerPoint presentations, emails, Excel & Mini-Tab graphs & charts, Word reports, etc

 

SCHEDULING AND PLANNING:

         Must plan, evaluate and commit to new product development tasks and schedules in MS Project. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: Technical bachelor’s degree, preference for Electromechanical Engineering,  Mechanical Engineering or similar.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

A working knowledge of inorganic chemistry, electrical circuits and mechanical engineering is required.  Experience in designing and performing Designed Experiments in Mini-Tab is crucial.  Excellent skills in manipulating and charting data in MS Excel is a must. MS Project, MS Word and MS PowerPoint are all key software applications that will be in play daily. 

OTHER SKILLS:  A working knowledge of Quality Systems is key to working the NPD process.  Time management and organizational skills are needed to juggle several projects simultaneously.  SolidWorks 3D CAD and/or FEA modeling skills are a highly valuable

Bourns is an equal opportunity employer. At Bourns, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Employees fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law. Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. Disclaimer: this job post is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all essential responsibilities, skills, tasks, or requirements associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position posted, the Company reserves the right to modify or change the essential functions of the job based on business necessity.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

If you are results-oriented, have the drive to find industry-leading ways to meet ongoing technological challenges, and go the extra mile to maximize customer relationships, then we invite you to apply to join the Bourns team. 
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