Halter is hiring a
Production Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Production Engineer to drive high-quality assembly at our factories in Asia, supporting mass production of cutting-edge low-power hardware through hands-on support in the factory.

Requirements

• A Senior-level Production Engineer with 5+ years of experience
• Production of electro-mechanical products is preferred
• Willing to be based at our main production facility to facilitate real-time oversight of production, and travel as required to other locations around Asia. Travel is estimated at 15-20% of your time
• Previous experience analysing production data and utilising statistical process control methods
• Confident in implementing production quality standards and manufacturing best practices, for example: ISO, IPC standards, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, and Lean Manufacturing
• Experience in the design, implementation, and maintenance of highly reliable assembly processes and test systems for high-volume electro-mechanical products
• Experience with a broad range of production processes including electronics assembly (SMT, thru-hole soldering), final assembly, production data & test frameworks (Hardware Testing Framework on Python), and production reliability testing (burn-in tests, Highly Accelerated Stress Screening)
• Experience with mechanical parts manufacturing (injection moulding) is desirable

Responsibilities

• Rapidly responding to an issue in production by taking a first principles approach, developing a recommended plan of attack and putting it into action with internal team members and support staff at the CM
• Making changes to a test system to improve gauge repeatability and reproducibility
• Prioritising factory activities through systematic reviews of yield, statistical process control data and test system performance
• Auditing supplier production processes to highlight and resolve areas of risk
• Delivering feedback to a supplier on areas of improvement and following up with on-site visits to see improvements in action
• Planning and implementing line improvements to unblock capacity in rate-limiting processes
• Tracking cycle times and assisting in manufacturing cost negotiations
• Working with the team at the CM to find ways to minimise wasted actions on the line through optimising movements, station layout, or automation

Benefits

• We will set you up with the space to do your best work in the factory with great equipment, snacks and drinks
• Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth