Manufacturing Engineer – Advanced Assembly

Hands-on Manufacturing Engineer role at Lutron’s Austin Manufacturing Facility focused on technical ownership and continuous improvement of the Ketra advanced packaging emitter line.

Responsibilities

• Own technical performance for the Ketra advanced packaging emitter line, including quality, yield, throughput, uptime, cost, and process stability.
• Monitor and analyze production data and KPIs to spot emerging issues and improvement opportunities; drive continuous improvement actions on the line.
• Lead containment, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions for problems involving process, equipment, materials, or product.
• Improve manufacturing processes and equipment capability, including standard work, process controls, cycle time, yield, and reliability.
• Partner with Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering teams to introduce new equipment, products, and processes into production.
• Participate in design reviews and provide Design for Manufacturing feedback for new products.
• Plan and execute production evaluations; communicate findings and recommendations clearly to engineering and plant stakeholders.
• Coordinate with the plant, engineering, suppliers, and other specialists to implement solutions effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering, or another related field.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 for all degrees earned.
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing, process engineering, equipment engineering, automation, test engineering, product engineering, quality engineering, or a related hands-on technical role.
• Ability to solve open-ended technical problems in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Experience using data to investigate problems and drive measurable process improvements.
• Strong logical and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to learn new equipment, processes, and technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to work effectively across technical and operational teams.
• Willing and able to work hands-on with manufacturing equipment and spend significant time on the production floor.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. and will not require Lutron to sponsor a work visa (including H-1B), either immediately or at any time in the future.
• Lutron does not offer work visa sponsorship for this position.

Experience That Would Be Helpful

• Automated manufacturing or assembly equipment.
• Electronics or electromechanical manufacturing.
• Controls, robotics, machine vision, or industrial automation.
• PCBA, SMT, semiconductor packaging, optoelectronics, or other precision assembly processes.
• Die attach, wire bonding, or wedge bonding.
• Manufacturing equipment troubleshooting.
• New product introduction or manufacturing process launches.
• Lean manufacturing, DOE, SPC, root-cause analysis, 8D, or similar improvement methods.
• SQL, MES systems, Power BI, Minitab, Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel, or other manufacturing-data tools.
• High-reliability manufacturing or standards such as MIL-STD-883.