Serve as the primary engineering interface with contract manufacturers building your assigned hardware modules
Resolve technical issues affecting production, assembly, calibration, and testing
Support manufacturing builds by investigating failures, coordinating corrective actions, and driving issues to closure
Own technical communication with suppliers during production and integration activities
Own the technical success of your assigned hardware subsystem, tracking performance from manufacturing through system integration and verification
Coordinate issue resolution across Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, Firmware, Software, Manufacturing Engineering, Design Transfer, and Quality
Drive root-cause investigations and corrective actions
Support integration of hardware modules into the complete instrument, investigating integration issues and coordinating multidisciplinary solutions
Support verification activities including V&V testing, design verification, manufacturing validation, and reliability testing
Ensure subsystem readiness for major development milestones
Identify and execute opportunities to improve cost (COGS), BOM optimization, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and assembly efficiency
Execute engineering change orders and design updates, owning continuous improvement of your subsystem throughout development
Develop and modify mechanical designs using CAD, producing engineering documentation and release packages
Support tolerance analysis, DFM/DFA, and prototype evaluations