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Equipment & Tool Engineer 3

Judge Group, Inc.Renton, WA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 6 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a competitive hourly rate and a fantastic opportunity to drive innovation in equipment and tooling development, where you'll collaborate directly with production teams to enhance efficiency and safety. If you're a passionate problem-solver with a desire for process improvement, you'll thrive in this environment, making a tangible impact on cutting-edge projects. Apply today to join a dynamic team and advance your engineering career!

Quick Overview

Salary
$60 - $65/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Renton, WA, United States
Posted
3 weeks ago
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Job Description

Location: Renton, WA Salary: $60.00 USD Hourly - $65.00 USD Hourly Description:
Job Description:

  • Typical projects involve gathering requirements from project stakeholders which generally include airplane Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Metrology. Develop project scope and evaluate alternatives to make/buy.
  • Develop specifications and/or designs using CAD system as required. Develop and debug software as required.
  • Provide equipment documentation as required. Provide project management, including obtaining and managing project budgets.
  • A successful candidate in this role will have passion, creativity, and an insatiable desire for process improvement and efficiency.
  • They will also have a strong desire to be out in the factory, interacting with mechanics, safety, and equipment services, and directly supporting the production system.
  • In Production Engineering, we need highly responsible professionals committed to upholding the highest standards of safety, quality, and integrity.

Primary Responsibilities

This is an equipment and tooling development, implementation, and improvement role. Your duties will include (but are not limited to):

Hardware and software evaluation and down select

Implement and validate upgraded hardware & software into automated control systems

Implement safety solutions to equipment

Analyze data to perform root cause analysis of systemic production issues of automated equipment

Develop, test, and evaluate software/hardware changes

Design, develop, and support equipment network technology and cybersecurity

Collaborate with Operations to develop and design data collection strategies

Develop design improvements of new production equipment to address systemic or obsolescence issues

Verifies equipment specifications (materials and software) included in final designs meet requirements

Troubleshoots current production issues related to quality, safety, and repeatability

Coordinates with affected parties to determine problems and implement solutions

Leads and manages projects involving the acquisition or modification of production equipment

Develops and releases bid and purchase specifications for equipment needs from suppliers

Collaborates with other members of your Engineering Team, as well as other departments such as fabrication, purchasing, finance, and operations

Maintains and improves data collection systems that track equipment performance metrics including OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and machine uptime.

Manages projects and comply with industry standards including electrical and safety codes

Develops and implements basic work-arounds and maintains configuration of hardware, software and documentation.

Assists and helps manage projects involving the acquisition or modification of production equipment.

Generates system specifications from production system requirements

Develops and releases bid and purchase specifications for equipment needs from suppliers.

Analyzes design/build concepts, to evaluate a producible design/build definition. Investigates alternative solutions to meet the producibility requirements.

Works in a cross functional team alongside manufacturing, quality, safety, services, research and technology, suppliers and vendors

Required Skills

Bachelor degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or chemistry (ABET is a preferred, although not required, accreditation standard)

3 or more years' related engineering work experience

Preferred Skils

3 or more years of experience working in a production environment

3 or more years of experience in electrical and electronic systems

Electrical or Computer Engineering Degree or equivalent

Experience with systems diagnostics and troubleshooting.

Knowledge of industrial networking, servers, and databases.

Programming experience with C#, Java, Visual Basic, or similar

PLC programming experience, e.g. Siemens, Rockwell, Fanuc, or similar

Experience in Automated Test Equipment with PXI, PCI, VXI, IEEE-488, RS-485, Can bus

Experience with computer aided design (CAD) with AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor or Catia

Experience administering Windows operating system

Proficiency in Microsoft products (Windows, Office, Project, Visual Studio, etc.)

Ability to communicate technical information

Project management skills

The ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Education / Experience

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years' related work experience(e.g. PhD, Master+3 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

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