Senior Production Engineer - 12 months contract

Advanced Navigation is the world’s most determined innovator in AI robotics and navigation technologies across land, air, sea and space applications. Founded on a culture of research and discovery, Advanced Navigation's mission is to be the catalyst of the autonomy revolution. Fields of expertise include artificial intelligence, underwater sonar, GNSS, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, quantum sensors and photonics. 

Today, Advanced Navigation is a supplier to some of the world's largest companies, including Airbus, Boeing, Google, Tesla, NASA, Apple, and General Motors. Discover it for yourself: https://youtu.be/F7uAqs1gtuk

Overview of Position 

The Senior Production Engineer is responsible for ensuring that the material, people and equipment required to build a new product are set up in the Salesforce, tracked in Celoxis and organised on the production line. As a senior the expectation is to also influence the project direction so that scalability is taken into consideration at the conception of the project.

This role involves working closely with the project manager, purchasing, production engineers, R&D and production manager. This role is well-suited for a technically-minded individual with a high attention to detail and high capability to influence others to the commercial needs of the business.

Role & Responsibilities

• Utilising previous experience to assess new products for manufacturability and recommend design changes, production processes, suppliers and equipment to R&D for scaled manufacture.
• Support the production team by providing technical expertise to minimise production stoppages and meet targets
• Research manufacturing processes and evaluate them for potential to achieve production goals. Engage suppliers and form collaborative relationships that are mutually beneficial
• Perform root cause analysis on material failed at incoming goods, production failures and customer returned product to determine appropriate repairs and/or corrective actions to minimise scrap and/or improve product quality. Document findings and prepare customer/supplier reports. As well as managing supplier relationships to enable mutually beneficial outcomes in quality and cost.
• Perform repairs on product and/or provide instructions to enable technicians to repair products.
• Drive continuous improvement and manage change in the production team (by identifying systemic production issues, troubleshooting and advising the production team on technical process improvements together with R&D.
• Accountable for the implementation of new products into production;
• Inspection of the first production batch of new or modified components or assemblies.
• Verify production jigs and equipment for suitability prior to use in production.
• Train production team technicians against work instructions to support the new product.
• Support the development of our Quality Systems (especially QA/QC) to meet Advanced Navigation's quality targets.
• Complete detailed assembly training of Production Team Technicians.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor of Mechatronics, Electronics Engineering or Computer Systems and 10+ years experience in a similar position, in a similar industry;
• Established professional relationships with suppliers relevant to Advanced Navigation (PCBA, BON, Test Fixture Suppliers ).
• Experienced in the assembly & fabrication of cutting edge electronic technology products or similar; 
• Experience in operating equipment and the ability to learn how to operate equipment from suppliers in areas of expertise relating to (Level Tables, Dispensing, PCBA, Motion Simulators and others as applicable)
• Capable of upskilling quickly to develop deep technical capabilities in a challenging technical domain;
• Based in Sydney, able to work effectively with Perth and Sydney teams both remotely and locally across multiple stakeholders, including R&D Engineers and Production Technicians;
• Well developed, structured problem solving, fault finding and debugging skills;
• Strong attention to detail with an ability to provide accurate technical documentation;
• Be highly motivated with an energetic, responsive and decisive disposition;
• Strong knowledge of WHS practices;
• Proven high standard of attention to detail, time management and “follow-through”.
• Experience in production or production engineering for test systems
• Experience measuring and reporting on production metrics.
• Experience in defence or another highly regulated environment e.g. aerospace, defence, automotive, medical devices etc.
• Basic knowledge of software (Java, C, C++), electronics and mechanical design processes
• Experience in integrating test systems with other systems (ERP, Databases) for data and traceability purposes.
• Systems engineering knowledge is highly desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to understand complex technical concepts quickly
• Good stakeholder management skills

What are some of the benefits you will have access to?

You'll have access to industry-leading products with diverse applications within some of the most interesting and exciting projects worldwide. We’re growing a team of inspired, smart, and driven individuals from all sorts of backgrounds. With great opportunities for growth and variety, we strive to help each employee carve out the path that’s right for them.