Department

Global Manufacturing Hardware

Job title

Senior Production Engineer

Location

Taipei city, Taiwan 

About us: Iconic brand, tiny company.

Polaroid was founded in 1937 by one of the most seminal innovators of the 20th century, Edwin Land. His motto was, “don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.” In 2008, Polaroid shuttered its last factory, but a group of diehard fans came together as The Impossible Project to save instant film. Over 10 years later that start-up acquired what was left of Polaroid and today we’re again a small group of people passionate about empowering creators to change the world in the name of Polaroid. 

What we are building: tools for creators.

Throughout its 80-year history, Polaroid was at its best when we made tools for people to express themselves, push boundaries and move culture forward. In the next decade, we are getting back to this purpose. We're not solving small problems, and we're not addressing a small market; our goal is to make products that will make the world more meaningful and human.

Job description

The Senior Production Engineer role collaborates with the R&D team and provides technical advice for DFM. The role assists the R&D team and leads EMS PE and fixture teams to build up the production line, relevant assembly/test fixtures, and debug issues that are relevant to production for new projects during development. The role leads EMS PE and fixture teams to sustain the production after MP.

Objectives of the role:

  • Leading and arranging job loading for EMS PE and fixture members and making sure production relevant fixtures be delivered on time and success.
  • Cooperate with the relevant team to deliver assembly/test fixtures.
  • Assessing project requirements & providing technical advice.
  • Creating project plans, timescales, and specifications with project requirements.
  • Leading EMS PE and fixture teams to sustain the production after MP.
  • Creating project plans, timescales, and specifications with project requirements.
  • Arranging production engineering resources for project requirements.
  • Budget planning, review, and control for fixtures of the production line.

 Daily responsibilities:

  • Leading EMS PE and fixture teams to ensure assembly/test fixtures are safe, reliable, and efficient
  • Leading EMS PE and fixture teams to sustain the production after MP.
  • Leading EMS PE team to analyze and solve issues after MP.
  • Leading problem finding, failure analysis and initiating resolutions for all the post-production issues to achieve the production yield target and further enhancement.
  • Driving the corrective action plan and implementation of solutions across all internal and external functional teams to continue improving production and manufacturing quality

The ideal candidate:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical/ Electric Machinery Engineering.
  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in a similar production engineering function.
  • Proven experience in relevant production engineering techniques.
  • Confident working with internal stakeholders and external partners on design and production issues.
  • Experience in consumer products, ideally image and consumer electronics products.
  • Eligible to work in Taiwan and willing to travel frequently to suppliers across Asia and Europe.
  • Be fluent in English
  • Passion for photography and interest in how camera systems work
  • Technical acumen
  • Passion for team working, and project deliver
  • Consumer empathy
  • Analytical
  • Inquisitive

What to expect:

This is a full-time role based in our Taipei office. You will be reporting to the Manufacturing Manager and working closely with the Product Design and other Product Development teams. 

Contact

If you’d like to be considered for the role, please email your CV and letter of motivation with any other relevant information to Mason Chen (mason.chen@polaroid.com) and Cc Mel Huang (mel.huang@polaroid.com) or apply on LinkedIn.