The Advanced Manufacturing team within Technical Operations and Product Scaling (TOPS) team as part of Robotics Delivery and Packaging Innovation organization serves as the critical bridge between product design and scaled manufacturing. Operating under the Design for Scale (DfS) framework, AME ensures that new automation products can be manufactured at scale with high quality and delivered on-time by establishing and validating manufacturing capabilities of scaled Contract Manufacturers.


Key job responsibilities
Advanced Manufacturing Engineers (AME)
AME professionals are responsible for applying Design for X principles to influence product designs and transition automation solutions from design to production. Key responsibilities include:
- Providing DFx guidance and feedback on electromechanical designs
- Guiding best practices on manufacturing tolerances using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Launching tooling with accelerated schedules
- Reviewing external production processes and identifying/mitigating risks
- Qualifying production processes based on dimensional data and control plans
- Driving internal and external PFMEA reviews
- Solving technical problems across manufacturing commodities
- Mentoring team members and design engineers
- Evaluating and approving Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
- Conducting root cause analysis for production, supplier, and field failures