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process engineer Redmond, WA

Job description

At Meta, we’re developing the future of AR/VR. Within our Optics & Display Process organization, we are building a talented team of hardware engineers with competencies across a variety of fields. The Advanced Manufacturing Engineer will be working closely with design, engineering and external manufacturing partners to understand, develop and implement a high-yielding, stable process to enable high volume manufacturing. The ideal candidate will have a technical background in optics, physics, manufacturing or equivalent experience in the field with shipping optical components and modules in mass production for consumer devices. Ideal team members are adaptable and resilient, eager to approach unfamiliar problems with curiosity and tenacity, and are able to influence our research and development teams to be more efficient while keeping an eye on the long-term goal of mass production.

Advanced Manufacturing Process Engineer Responsibilities:

Member of technical team responsible for cross-functional engagement with internal and external partners to support ramp readiness and execute operation and delivery of modules
Understand end-to-end process flow, tool requirements, and interplay between design/process by engaging with internal designers, analyzing datasets, and forging relationships with our external manufacturing partners
Drive cost and cycle time reduction through line balancing, process optimization, and applying lean principles
Drives development and execution of plans for transfer of New Technology Introduction (NTI) to high volume manufacturing for our display module sub-assembly
Communicate and drive accountability for specifications, manufacturing metrics, and line qualification requirements to external vendor
Works with internal partners to identify vendors and support vendor roadmap development for high volume production processes and equipment
Cooperatively own tool and process specifications with cross-functional team leaders
Support data validation for design and process robustness by evaluating limits of design/process windows
Partner with external vendor in troubleshooting, yield improvement, FA/CA and mitigating any technical issues
Influence process/equipment/site convergence as it relates to meeting design requirements and manufacturability targets
Willingness to travel to manufacturing sites as and when required

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Applied Physics, Optics, Material Science OR equivalent experience
3+ years of vendor management experience with demonstrated experience to navigate communication channels between internal and external partners.
Clear communication skills with cross functional partners and management.
3+ years of first-hand experience with end-to-end optical component and module processing, front-end and back-end processes
3+ years of hands-on experience in statistical process control and data analysis, using tools such as JMP, Tableau, Matlab, or equivalent
Knowledge in KPIs of optical devices, such as brightness, contrast, uniformity, MTF
Knowledge and implementation of Design-for-manufacturing (DFM) concepts to optimize yield, throughput, efficiency, CPK
Knowledge of assembly equipment and materials

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters or P.h.D in Physics, Applied Physics, Optics or Material Science.
Experience with high volume manufacturing of optical devices in a CE environment
Experience working with an external vendor as a contract manufacturing partner.
Proficiency in structured technical problem solving techniques and methodology
Six Sigma certification and/or training (DMAIC or DFSS)

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