Aperia is unlocking a new era of efficiency and sustainability for commercial vehicle fleets, by developing innovative hardware and data analytics solutions. Inventors of the award- winning and disruptive Halotm Automatic Tire Inflator, and the cloud delivered Halo Connect tire analytics platform. Aperia saves fleets thousands of hours of down-time every week, reduces the carbon footprint and environmental impact of the freight industry. Join us as we expand our product offering and take the next steps on our journey toward bringing the "backbone of our economy" into the automation age.
This position requires candidates to be authorized to work in the US on an ongoing basis without current or future employer sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B or other employment-based visas, and candidates currently on F-1, OPT, STEM OPT status are not eligible for this role.
Your Role
This position will be responsible for engineering production processes for new products and improving/scaling up current processes. Responsibilities will span across multiple disciplines from technical writing, equipment specification, process qualification, implementation of quality processes, supplier management, root cause analyses, and data processing. This role requires the development of ambitious plans, breaking them into tangible goals, and executing on agreed-upon timelines.
Your Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of our manufacturing operations
- Interact cross-functionally with Quality, Design Engineering, and Operations in order to resolve technical issues and non-conformances
- Engineer and validate new and/or improved assembly processes for efficiency and cost reduction
- Factory layout planning & execution of the plan
- Generate and organize process documentation including via flowcharts, PFMEAs, process documentation, and work instructions
- Create, release and implement Manufacturing Change Orders (MCOs)
- Lead investigations of production yield issues
- Collect, analyze, and report data to gain a deeper understanding of processes, address yield issues and identify strategic improvement opportunities.
- Document and execute non-standard builds from documenting processes to routing material handling, setting up manufacturing floor space, and reporting results
Skills/Qualifications
- Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering (or similar) degree required
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience in high-volume, low-mix production processes in the automotive or medical industries
- High acuity/aptitude for mechanical systems
- Ability to interpret and review technical drawings and schematics
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, preferably demonstrated by previous leadership roles.
- Familiarity with various manufacturing techniques: injection molded plastics, sheet metal, machining
- Experience performing PFMEAs
- Industry best practices (Kaisen/5S/Toyota Management principles)
- Statistics and Statistical Process Control
- Experience in PLM or ERP systems (Arena, Netsuite)
- Programming experience (JavaScript/Python/Matlab/LabVIEW)
Pay Range: $120,000 - $140,000
*Base salary only. Salary is dependent on multiple factors including, but not limited to, experience and location.
**Additional compensation may include equity, bonuses, stipends, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and long-term disability insurance.
