Manufacturing Process Engineer

Mill is a waste prevention technology company reimagining what it means to eliminate waste, starting with food. We build smart systems and infrastructure for homes, businesses, and municipalities that transform food scraps from landfill-bound waste into valuable resources, including chicken feed. Tens of thousands of Mill’s residential food recyclers are already helping households divert millions of pounds of food scraps every year, paving the way for our upcoming launch of Mill Commercial—the industry’s first end-to-end solution for managing, understanding, and preventing food waste in commercial environments (e.g. grocery, restaurants, food services). At Mill, we are passionate about building easy-to-use, beautifully designed technologies that keep food in the food system and out of landfills.

This role is located 2-3 days onsite at our Guadalajara office and manufacturing plant.

About the Role:

As Mill's Manufacturing Process Engineer you will manage and drive the manufacturing processes through which Mill's products are developed and produced. This role will design and optimize systems and procedures used by our Contract Manufacturing (CM) partner and Tier 1 suppliers. Responsibilities will include designing/sourcing fixtures, reducing CT, implementing design and assembly process updates and optimizing assembly line layout.

Responsibilities Manufacturing Process Engineer:

• Work closely with Mill's Electrical and Mechanical Engineering product design teams in San Bruno, CA to perform "Design for Manufacturability" and "Design for Assembly" reviews on new and existing products.

• Increase production capacity and efficiency by optimizing manual assembly processes as well as identifying and implementing new and enhanced automated assembly.

• Design and develop fixtures/tooling - including selection and coordination with suppliers.

• Create, update and maintain manufacturing documents for pre-production and production.

• Collaborate with engineering to resolve customer quality issues related to manufacturing process issues.

• Qualify the manufacturing process on each new product introduction, including working with our CM partner to ensure appropriate line layout, work instructions, operator training, etc. are in place.

• On site support at Sanmina Planta 8 Ixtlahuacan de los membrillos as required.

• Drive cost reductions and product quality improvements through manufacturing yield and CT enhancement programs.

• Work with Mill Engineering & Logistics to set up Reverse Logistics Triage Testing systems/processes and work with Mill Customer Service on implementing RMA processes.

• Interface between Mill's, San Bruno Engineering and CM to provide technical support on Mill required Labels for DVT, PVT, and MP Runs accordingly.

• Interface between Mill's, San Bruno Engineering and CM to provide technical support on Mill required Serial Numbers for DVT, PVT, and MP Runs accordingly.

Skills/Experience Required:

• 3-5+ years of experience as a Manufacturing Process Engineer or related field.

• Engineering degree (B.S. Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Mechatronic Engineering)

• Strong electro-mechanical background.

• Expert knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, supplier management, and statistical process controls.

• Advanced working knowledge of Excel.

• Knowledge of CAD (NX) and ability to write scripts to aggregate and analyze defect, yield, and productivity data.

• Exceptional problem solving, communication and teamwork skills.

• Ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.