Equipment Reliability Expert

Job Title: Sr. Equipment Reliability Engineer

Description:

We are seeking a skilled Sr. Equipment Reliability Engineer to play a critical role in ensuring the reliability of our production equipment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying a reliability SCADA system for manufacturing, driving investigations and owning design improvements for tooling, laying out industrial electrical control panels, and creating schematics.

Responsibilities:

• Design and Develop: A reliability SCADA system for Starship manufacturing
• Investigate and Improve: Design improvements for all starship manufacturing tooling, with a focus on electrical/automation
• Lay Out and Create: Industrial electrical control panels that are compliant with NFPA79/NEC/UL508A codes, and create electrical, pneumatic, and fluid schematics
• Own Improvement Plans: Equipment improvement plans for maintenance strategies and equipment availability to maximize production equipment availability
• Develop Solutions: Engineering solutions to repetitive or high consequence failures on critical equipment through Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Create HMI Screens: Aesthetically simple HMI screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting
• Analyze and Create Programs: Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) to create proactive reliability programs for critical equipment
• Coordinate Cross-Functionally: Drive process improvements, design iterations, and complete equipment overhauls
• Integrate and Ensure Maintainability: Integrate with internal tooling, automation, and production teams to ensure maintainability of design is incorporated into new internally designed equipment
• Develop and Implement KPIs: Maintenance and reliability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive equipment improvements and organizational efficiency
• Provide Technical Support: Technical support to production, maintenance management, and technical personnel

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree: Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, reliability, or operations

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Understand Component Functions: Developed understanding of mechanical, fluid, and electrical component functions
• Software Experience: Experience using Microsoft SQL and PowerBI
• Read and Understand Schematics: Ability to read and understand equipment schematics, P&ID, GD&T and OEM manuals
• Maintenance and Reliability Knowledge: Basic understanding of maintenance and reliability KPIs; OEE, MTBF, MTTR
• Detailed Oriented and Organized: Detail oriented, organized, and able to demonstrate a high sense of urgency
• Process Integration and Electromechanical Systems: Process integration and electromechanical/mechatronic systems experience
• Robotic Weld Applications: Experience in a variety of robotic weld applications (Kuka, ABB & Fanuc)
• EPlan CAD Experience: Electrical schematic CAD experience using EPlan
• PLC Programming Experience: PLC programming experience, preferably Siemens TIA Portal & Beckhoff TwinCAT 3
• HMI and SCADA Programming Experience: HMI and SCADA programming experience
• Field Bus Networks: Field bus networks, serial communication and Ethernet communication
• Hands-on Experience: Hands-on experience building and commissioning high quality electrical control panels and electro-mechanical systems
• Codes Knowledge: Knowledge of NEC, NFPA 79, UL508A codes
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Fast-Paced Environment: Experience in fast-paced iterative design and manufacturing environments
• Solve Complex Problems: Experience solving complex problems with little to no supervision, on schedule, as an individual or as a member of an integrated team

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Physical Effort: Physical effort including standing, lifting, and carrying equipment up to 30 lbs. unassisted
• Work Environment: Ability to work in outdoor environments as needed
• Extended Work Hours: Must be available to work extended hours and some weekends
• Travel: Willing to travel for short trips as needed, up to 10% travel