Manufacturing Engineer
First Light Technologies is a fast-growing, award-winning designer and manufacturer of solar-powered outdoor lighting products.
We work with customers globally to make the world a better place by changing how the world does outdoor lighting – easier, more resilient, and less environmentally impactful. Last year alone, our lights avoided the emissions equivalent to driving over 30 million kilometers in a car.
Recent Awards and Accolades:
- Recent recipients of multiple LIT Product Design Awards for the BFL and PLB Series.
- Included on the Globe & Mail list of Top Growing Companies since its inception.
- Five straight years on the Growth 500 list of the fastest-growing companies in Canada.
- Six consecutive years on the Ready to Rocket Cleantech List.
If this sounds like something you’d want to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit a resume and cover letter to HR@firstlighttechnologies.com
Location: Victoria, B.C.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will develop and maintain production equipment and processes from the project phase through to production release. You will also maintain and refine our existing production equipment and processes, to improve both performance and manufacturability.
Responsibilities
- Designs, implements and manages production workstations, test fixtures and jigs.
- Implements and maintains production documentation and procedures.
- Ensures that products meet required specifications for quality, function, and reliability prior to delivery.
- Participates in product testing.
- Applies knowledge of mechanical/electrical engineering to drive containment and corrective action implementation into production.
- Designs and optimizes floor plans and production workflow.
- Implements and reports value stream KPIs.
- Conducts time studies and targets improvements that will make the most impact to production quality, time, and cost.
Skills and Qualifications
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Exceptional attention to detail, analytical skills and problem solving.
- Ability to handle multiple jobs and adapt to a rapidly changing work environment with fluctuating priorities.
- Strong project management skills.
- Mechanical design experience is required.
- Electrical design experience desired.
- SolidWorks and MS Office Suite experience required.
- Altium experience desired.
- Knowledge of adhesive dispensing is desired.
- Experience in automation is an asset.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of relative work experience
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please send your resume and cover letter in confidence to: HR@firstlighttechnologies.com
We want to thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.