Intern - Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Company Description

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.

Job Description

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Reporting to the Engineering Manager you will be part of the Caldicot operations team working as a Manufacturing Systems Engineering Intern.

What’s attractive about this opportunity?

This position will allow the successful applicant to make immediate impact on the productivity of the Caldicot manufacturing facility, contributing to its continued success and growth. The role provides exposure to most functions of the business and may provide a foundation for broader opportunities in design, development and manufacturing.

More details on the expectations and responsibilities in this position:

• Applying lean-manufacturing principles to deliver factory-wide productivity and throughput improvements
• Maintain metrics for productivity and throughput measurement
• Identify most impactful opportunities around cycle times, non-value-added activity, bottlenecks, etc., in support of business goals
• Facilitating cross-functional teams in the application of the Demming Improvement Cycle (PDCA/DMAIC)
• Implementing changes in relation to workplace organisation, data flows, line balancing, scheduling practices, etc.

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree-level educated in a manufacturing/engineering related discipline
• Experience of working in a manufacturing facility preferred. Training and development support will be provided

Personal Qualities

• Improvement driven and results focussed.
• Good grasp of manufacturing system principles
• Practical and resourceful
• Structured and systematic approach to tasks and communications
• Strong team facilitation and project management abilities