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Design for Manufacturing (DFM) & Design for Assembly (DFA)\nPartner closely with Mechanical, Electrical, and Systems Engineering teams during product development.\n\nDrive DFM and DFA reviews throughout the product lifecycle to reduce manufacturing complexity, cost, and assembly time.\n\nIdentify opportunities to simplify assemblies, reduce part count, improve tolerance stack-ups, and increase manufacturability.\n\nProvide feedback on component selection, fabrication methods, and assembly approaches to improve product robustness and scalability.\n\n3. Yield Improvement & Production Support\nEstablish manufacturing KPIs and yield tracking systems.\n\nAnalyze production data to identify root causes of defects, failures, and inefficiencies.\n\nLead failure analysis and corrective action (FACA) initiatives to improve process capability and product quality.\n\nDrive continuous improvement projects focused on yield, cycle time, labor efficiency, and cost reduction.\n\n4. Quality & Test Development\nDefine manufacturing quality requirements and inspection strategies for components, assemblies, and finished products.\n\nDevelop acceptance criteria, inspection plans, and quality checkpoints throughout the manufacturing process.\n\nEstablish functional test requirements and validation procedures for payloads, subsystems, and completed systems.\n\nCollaborate with Engineering and Quality teams to develop automated and semi-automated test solutions where appropriate.\n\nEnsure manufacturing processes consistently produce products that meet performance and reliability requirements.\n\n5. 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