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Brentwood Industries, Inc. · 1 month ago

Manufacturing Equipment Development Engineer

Reading, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

Brentwood Industries Inc. is a company that focuses on innovative manufacturing solutions. They are seeking a Manufacturing Equipment Development Engineer to lead the planning, specification, design, and implementation of new and modified manufacturing equipment while ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.

ManufacturingPlastics and Rubber ManufacturingWaste ManagementWater Purification

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the machinery design and development process, which includes conceptualizing new projects, performing feasibility studies, and creating project plans

Define, oversee, and manage machinery design and development project scope, timelines, and budgets for OEM, Vendor customized machines, and inhouse AME designs

Lead technical discussions with OEMs, machine builders, and system integrators to translate process needs into defined machine capability requirements

Review and approve vendor mechanical and electrical designs to ensure compliance with performance, safety, and integration requirements

Oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and support IQ/OQ validation activities

Ensure proper integration between new equipment with MES/ERP, Brentwood Best Practices for automation/controls architecture

Coordinate cross-functional collaboration among mechanical, electrical, controls, and digital engineering teams

Develop and maintain technical documentation including SOWs, equipment specifications, acceptance criteria, and integration documentation

Support creation of procedures for quality control, testing, maintenance, and operation of new equipment

Ensure compliance with OSHA, CE, NEC, and applicable global machine safety standards

Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to optimize equipment performance and reliability

Occasional travel required for vendor visits, equipment buyoffs, and site installation support

Execute Product Industrialization processes as required

Serve as primary liaison between OEMs, machinery vendors, and internal teams

Verify Equipment Requirement Specifications against vendors Design Specifications during the design and building of pieces of equipment

Execute Product Industrialization process as required

Qualification

SOLIDWORKSThermoforming EquipmentProject ManagementGD&TMES PlatformsMechanical/Electrical DesignMathematical SkillsReasoning AbilitySafety Standards KnowledgeCommunication Skills

Required

Lead the planning, specification, design, and implementation of new and modified manufacturing equipment

Oversee the development of equipment concepts, vendor-built machinery, utility packages, and end-of-line systems

Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, controls, and digital manufacturing teams

Emphasizes project leadership, OEM/vendor coordination, equipment capability validation, and integration of new equipment into thermoforming operations

Lead the machinery design and development process, which includes conceptualizing new projects, performing feasibility studies, and creating project plans

Define, oversee, and manage machinery design and development project scope, timelines, and budgets for OEM, Vendor customized machines, and inhouse AME designs

Lead technical discussions with OEMs, machine builders, and system integrators

Review and approve vendor mechanical and electrical designs

Oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and support IQ/OQ validation activities

Ensure proper integration between new equipment with MES/ERP

Coordinate cross-functional collaboration among mechanical, electrical, controls, and digital engineering teams

Develop and maintain technical documentation including SOWs, equipment specifications, acceptance criteria, and integration documentation

Support creation of procedures for quality control, testing, maintenance, and operation of new equipment

Ensure compliance with OSHA, CE, NEC, and applicable global machine safety standards

Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to optimize equipment performance and reliability

Occasional travel required for vendor visits, equipment buyoffs, and site installation support

Execute Product Industrialization processes as required

Serve as primary liaison between OEMs, machinery vendors, and internal teams

Verify Equipment Requirement Specifications against vendors Design Specifications during the design and building of pieces of equipment

Functional use of SOLIDWORKS 3D modeling software to generate fully detailed solutions to engineering problems and provide engineering drawings

Experience managing outsourced equipment builds, vendor qualification, and technical project leadership

Familiarity with MES platforms (Prophecy/Godlan) and Control Protocols

Functional understanding of mechanical/electrical design principles and the ability to review OEM design packages

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or managers and employees of organization

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume

Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Proficiency in SolidWorks, PDM, FEA analysis, creating and interpreting electrical mechanical and hydraulic schematics, and bills of materials

Familiar with regular plastic and metal materials

Familiar with machine safety control system design requirements, electrical design standards and panel design standards such as NEC UL CSA and CE

OSHA requirements associated with machine design

Applicable ISO 9000, and quality system requirements and policies

Preferred

Experience with thermoforming or plastics processing equipment

PMP certification or demonstrated project management experience

Benefits

401K w/employer match

Company

Brentwood Industries, Inc.

Brentwood is a leading provider of thermoformed plastic solutions to a wide variety of consumer, manufacturing, and environmental industries.

Founded in 1965

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

501-1000 employees

http://www.brentwoodindustries.com/

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