Summary
Lead the Production Line Process Engineering team to ensure stable, efficient, and capable manufacturing processes. Drive production performance, process optimization, equipment troubleshooting, yield improvement, capacity planning, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop Production Process Engineers; assign priorities and manage engineering resources.
- Monitor and improve UPH, throughput, cycle time, capacity, utilization, downtime, yield, WIP, and schedule attainment.
- Identify production bottlenecks and lead data-driven process and line optimization.
- Support major equipment/process issues through root cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive actions.
- Drive yield, quality, scrap, rework, and defect reduction initiatives.
- Manage WIP accuracy and investigate physical WIP vs. MES discrepancies.
- Support capacity planning, staffing requirements, production ramp, and new product introduction.
- Develop and standardize SOPs, Work Instructions, troubleshooting guides, and process documentation.
- Provide daily production floor support, shift pass-down, performance review, and engineering escalation.
- Lead cross-functional improvement projects with Production, Quality, Equipment, Automation, and Manufacturing Engineering teams.
- Establish engineering standards, KPIs, and best practices across production lines.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field.
- 5+ years of manufacturing/process engineering experience, with leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
- Experience in high-volume manufacturing, automation, equipment troubleshooting, and process optimization.
- Strong knowledge of production metrics, data analysis, RCA, CAPA, and continuous improvement.
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Key Performance Indicators
UPH / Throughput | Schedule Attainment | Downtime | Yield / FPY | Cycle Time | WIP Accuracy | Capacity | Scrap / Rework | Engineering Action Closure
Work Environment
- Continually walking, lifting, carrying, grasping, reaching, stooping and crouching.
- Must be willing and able to work in a cleanroom environment around equipment and maintain protocol and dress-code, including a full-body gown and face mask, no perfume, and no make-up.
Physical Demands
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Ability to lift 50 lbs. of weight continuously.
Personal Characteristics
- Detail oriented.
- Adaptable to the change.
- Be a good team player.
- Committed to quality and safety.
Location
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This position will be on-site based in Sugar Land, Texas.
Why AOI?
- Flexible and competitive health (medical, dental, vision) plans offer the employee with the right options to meet individual needs
- Employer matching on 401(k) deferrals
- Unused PTO payout at end of the year
- Relocation package available within US
- Immigration sponsorships (Must be currently authorized to work in the US)
We do not accept unsolicited proposals from third-party recruiters or agencies. Contacting hiring managers directly may result in disqualification of submissions.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field
- Proven experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
- Strong leadership, teamwork, and communication skills
- Experience with MES/ERP systems
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and production goals
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Microsoft Office proficiency, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to interpret data and manage time efficiently
- Six Sigma management certification
- CAD design certification
- Ability to work in a cleanroom environment and follow gowning and safety protocols
- Ability to lift 50 pounds continuously
- Current authorization to work in the United States
What We Do
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. | NASDAQ: AAOI AOI is a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber optic networking products. We primarily serve three growing end-markets: cable television broadband, fiber-to-the-home, and internet data centers. We are vertically integrated with a product portfolio from laser chips, components, sub-assemblies and modules, to complete turn-key equipment. All three of our end-markets are driven by bandwidth demand fueled by the growth of network connected devices, such as video traffic, cloud computing and online social networking. To address this increased demand, CATV and telecommunications service providers are investing to improve their networks in competition to deliver voice, video, and data services to their subscribers. Rising bandwidth consumption is also driving demand for higher speed server connections in the internet data center market. As a result of these trends, fiber optic networking technology has become fundamental in all three of our target markets to meet these needs. Our vertical integration, broad product lines, and in-house design capability uniquely position AOI to serve these markets and offer us the flexibility to address tomorrow's fiber optic applications. To learn more about our company and products, we invite you to visit our website. Website www.ao-inc.com Facebook tinyurl.com/ycxcsbwx Instagram tinyurl.com/rqsbpk5 Twitter tinyurl.com/rd6dtvn
