CO-OP New College Graduate Process Engineer – Structural Ceramics - Oasis Materials

CO-OP New College Graduate Process Engineer – Structural Ceramics

Benefits: Medical, Vision and Dental

Duration: October 1^st through December 31^st, 2024

Job Type: Onsite, Exempt

Salary Range: $15,000 for the 3-month contract ($5,000/month)

Location: Poway, CA

Fralock is an engineered solutions provider of specialty components and subassemblies using advanced materials for high reliability, severe environment, and technically challenging applications. We develop and manufacture custom integrated solutions. Established in 1967, we are a critical solutions provider to Fortune 500 corporations, government, and targeted OEMs in a variety of industries including Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing, Medical and Life Science, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial, Electronics, and Energy. Fralock is headquartered in Valencia, CA with manufacturing locations located throughout Northern and Southern California.

VISION

To be recognized by our customers as a leading solutions provider of proprietary engineered advanced materials for high reliability, severe environment, and technically challenging applications.

MISSION

To create value, profitably grow, and share our success with all stakeholders.

CULTURE

• Respect – We treat others the way they want to be treated.
• Integrity – We practice a high standard of ethics in our business dealings with customers, suppliers and employees.
• Responsiveness – We have a sense of urgency in responding to internal and external requests, and work proactively to solve problems.
• Excellence/Competence – We empower our people to continuously improve and execute high quality work.
• Teamwork – We work together to achieve Fralock business objectives by communicating at a high level, by listening and having clarity in our expectations of one another.
• Individual Accountability and Personal Responsibility – We do what we have committed to do when we committed to doing it.
• Continuous Improvement across all segments of the company

This position requires access to information controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the successful candidate must be a "U.S. person" as defined in the ITAR and EAR (which generally means (i) be a citizen or national of the United States; or (ii) be a lawful permanent resident of the United States; or (iii) have been admitted to the United States as a refugee, or have been granted asylum, as specified under applicable law.

Job Summary

This role will be focused on Fralock's structural ceramics manufacturing business. This temporary position will support the structural ceramics team start up and qualify processes and equipment related to near net shape ceramic components at our manufacturing facility in Poway California. The Process Engineer will collaborate and support key projects, focusing on evaluating process capability and stability for equipment relocated from Rocklin California. This key hire will report to the Executive Director of Structural Ceramic Products while working and collaborating closely with Engineering, Quality, and Operations Managers to ensure the overall success of this growing segment of business at Fralock.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with design Engineers to start up and verify manufacturing processes and tooling performance on the factory floor.
• Be the contact point and support in timely manner manufacturing to analyze root cause, propose and implement corrective actions (immediate, and longer term) and document any manufacturing out of specifications problem reported by manufacturing operation (operator, supervisors, managers)
• Evaluate manufacturing process capability, methods, tooling, and CNC programs, applying Lean and Six Sigma principles.
• Manage selected Rocklin process transfer to Poway manufacturing, including process description, verification of process limits and specifications, editing and adjusting work instructions as needed.
• Ability to realize and implement Design of Experiments to improve process capabilities.
• Responsible for assisting the Poway team troubleshooting existing manufacturing processes.
• Lead realization of work instructions and training for key selected processes.
• Work within QA/QC procedures with an ability to understand their scope and application, as well as waiver documentation and procedures.

Required Skills

• At least 3 months experience in ceramic and/or glass component manufacturing
• Strong computer skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to analyze data and problem solve
• Learn to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Familularity with navigating ERP and QMS systems to locate data

Preferred Skills

• Self motivated, results and action oriented, and a strong team player
• A hands on aptitude
• Process Engineering knowledge
• Ceramic powder handling and process in knowledge

Experience Requirements

• Limited experience in one or more related engineering areas: ceramics, manufacturing, sintering, industrial, production, or quality

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering preferred or an Engineering related discipline.

All offers of employment at Fralock are contingent upon clear results of a background check. Background checks may include some or all the following depending on job title and responsibilities:

• Social Security Verification
• Prior Employment Verification
• Criminal History
• Personal and Professional References
• Motor Vehicle Records
• Credit History

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of a position.

Fralock provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.