.LF operations - ME Product engineerDescription:As a Mechanical Engineer within the Product engineering team in the Operations & Quality Lab, he/she:Actively participates in the New Products Design phases working closely with R&D labs providing the required inputs from Operations perspective (manufacturability, serviceability, cost).Drives the transition from early prototype stages to volume production at Worldwide Manufacturing Partners (MPa), working closely with other HP organizations in Asia, responsible for production management.Holds the engineering responsibility after production starts and improves the product and its related processes to optimize final product quality, cost and manufacturing efficiency.All these activities take place in an environment of worldwide manufacturing and distribution, working with external Manufacturing Partners, as well as internal partners such as R&D, Supply Chain, Planning or Go-to-market.Key Responsibilities:New product generation (development phase):Understand and analyze new product subsystems and components to: Improve product reliability and quality, providing Design for manufacturing and serviceability feedback to R&D.Ensure design is compatible with the chosen manufacturing processes.Specify, design/outsource and qualify manufacturing equipment, tooling, tests and processes to guarantee industrialization.
Provide onsite/remote support to early production builds that happen during design phases (either in BCN or in the MPA overseas).New product launch (introduction phase):Guarantee that product launch can be done successfully in manufacturing by ensuring the readiness of manufacturing equipment, tooling, tests and processes and by following up manufacturing metrics to correct deviations in order to achieve the right level of manufacturing stability.Execute transfer of product design and manufacturing processes "know-how" to engineering Team(s) at manufacturing partners and HP team supporting production.Cost reduction:Review existing products design to reduce the parts and manufacturing costs: Identify opportunities and develop proposals.Evaluate technical feasibility of cost reduction proposals.Recommend projects to management where they are technically and financially sound.Manage execution of the projects through partners.Current products engineering responsibility:Identify and solve the causes of product quality and reliability problems: Conduct failure analyses on products, materials and components, from customer and manufacturing data.Work with partners (within and outside HP) to identify and design solutions.Work closely with Customer Assurance and field services (post-sales) teams to effectively capture the main customer issues and drive their resolution.Job Requirements:We are looking for someone with a solid technical background in manufacturing & industry processes