Equipment Engineer

Role Overview

Pacific Scientific EMC is seeking a hands-on, solutions-driven Equipment Engineer to support production operations, maintain and improve manufacturing equipment, and develop robust tooling solutions that enhance process capability, safety, and throughput. In this role, you will respond to emergent equipment issues, drive tool and equipment improvements, and ensure production assets remain reliable, stable, and aligned with engineering specifications.

You will also support sustaining engineering efforts by developing new tooling concepts, upgrading existing fixtures and equipment, and optimizing tooling performance to improve manufacturability, quality, and long-term operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical owner for production equipment, tooling, and fixtures, ensuring operational readiness and rapid response to downtime events.
• Troubleshoot complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and sensor-based issues related to production equipment and tooling.
• Develop, design, and release new tools, jigs, and fixtures that improve assembly repeatability, ergonomics, safety, and quality.
• Review equipment and tooling designs, update engineering drawings, and revise related procedures to maintain configuration control and compliance with engineering standards.
• Review and interpret engineering drawings to ensure manufacturability and proper tool/equipment requirements.
• Author maintenance procedures, tooling setup instructions, calibration methods, preventive maintenance plans, and work instructions.
• Support sustaining engineering by monitoring equipment performance, identifying degradation trends, and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Track and analyze equipment and tooling performance metrics (e.g., downtime, MTTR, MTBF, failure modes) to identify issues and drive data-based improvements.
• Apply continuous improvement tools and methodologies to enhance equipment reliability and extend tooling life.
• Collaborate with automation, maintenance, manufacturing engineering, design engineering, and quality teams to specify equipment upgrades and introduce new technologies.
• Lead tooling validations, capability studies, and equipment acceptance testing (FAT/SAT).
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, optimize cell layout, and enhance tooling and equipment integration within production processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Export Control Requirement: Due to U.S. Government contract requirements applicable to this position, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment in this role.
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics, or related technical discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 3+ years of experience supporting production equipment, tooling design, sustaining engineering, or manufacturing operations.
• Experience with production equipment, tooling design, fixtures, and mechanical systems.
• Exposure to automation equipment, sensors, electro-mechanical systems, pneumatic actuators, or PLC-controlled processes.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks or comparable CAD platforms for tooling and fixture design.
• Demonstrated use of continuous improvement methods and reliability-focused engineering practices.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with hands-on mechanical aptitude.

• Ability to balance day-to-day production support with long-term equipment/tooling projects.

Work Location & Travel

This role is on-site and based in Chandler, AZ.