Total 3 job vacancies by Lakeshore Learning Materials, LLC

We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer - Plastics, North of Vietnam to collaborate with contract manufacturing partners, Lakeshore’s RD&D team and sourcing partners to ensure the successful development and production of furniture products. In this role, you will also support RCCA projects and troubleshoot manufacturing or quality issues as they arise. The ideal candidate has experience and expertise in toy or other plastic consumer goods, materials and manufacturing, as well as excellent troubleshooting skills.  

A day in the office looks like this:  

• Provide design for manufacturing feedback to U.S.A. Design & Quality Engineering team, ensuring quality, safety, aesthetic, durability and cost effectiveness   
• Communicate design and performance expectations to vendors to ensure successful product quality outcomes and communicate test plan expectations to the vendor  
• Support product development phases to ensure product meets requirements  
• Own and drive preproduction and production phase to ensure product meets requirements   
• Collaborate with vendors to develop manufacturing processes, tooling and techniques to ensure consistent and efficient product execution     
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Asia and U.S.A.   
• Clearly articulate status and progress of projects to Asia leadership and U.S.A.-based cross-functional teams   
• Partner with U.S. Engineering to execute DFMA and manufacturing feasibility   
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with multiple internal and external partners   
• Problem-solve inefficiencies in design and engineering processes   
• Provide detailed responses to product and technical requests   
• Act as the Lakeshore “engineering voice” to vendors   
• Drive root cause-corrective action as issues arise  

In a time of unprecedented expansion, we are seeking a Quality Engineer to join our team. The position requires reviewing product expectations and identifying appropriate safety, reliability and durability testing. In addition, the role requires coaching and training our RD&D team on appropriate testing standards to enable aligment of product design and performance requirements. Applicants should possess strong conceptional, analytical and problem-solving skills. The ideal candidate also has excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain testing requirements and results to a broad and diverse audience. 

A day on the job looks like this: 

• Present product test plans and test results to RD&D and Supply Chain to facilitate informed product decisions 
• Analyze test results to summarize product performance against testing requirements 
• Work with Quality Control on quality improvement plans 
• Lead suppliers’ process control 
• Identify industry standards for raw material and finished product testing 
• Collaborate with In-House Lab Manager to identify required testing capabilities 
• Participate in failure analysis and facilitate baseline testing for product improvement projects 
• Support root-cause analysis for customer service inquiries 
• Collaborate with Product Integrity and Compliance teams 

In a time of unprecedented expansion, we are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer, Furniture (North Vietnam) to collaborate with contract manufacturing partners, Lakeshore’s own Research, Design & Development team and sourcing partners to ensure the successful development and production of furniture products. In this role, you will also support RCCA projects and troubleshoot manufacturing or quality issues as they arise. The ideal candidate has experience and expertise in furniture products, materials and manufacturing, as well as excellent troubleshooting skills. Applicants also should have experience with CAD drawings, BOM, specs and tolerances. 

A day in the office looks like this: 

• Provide design for manufacturing feedback to U.S.A. Design & Quality Engineering team, ensuring quality, safety, aesthetic, durability and cost-effectiveness   
• Communicate design and performance expectations to vendors to ensure successful product quality outcomes and communicate test plan expectations to the vendor 
• Support product development phases to ensure product meets requirements 
• Own and drive preproduction and production phase to ensure product meets requirements   
• Collaborate with vendors to develop manufacturing processes, tooling and techniques to ensure consistent and efficient product execution     
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Asia and U.S.A.   
• Clearly articulate status and progress of projects to Asia leadership and U.S.-based cross-functional teams   
• Partner with U.S. engineering to execute DFMA and manufacturing feasibility   
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with multiple internal and external partners   
• Problem-solve inefficiencies in design and engineering processes   
• Provide detailed responses to product and technical requests   
• Act as the Lakeshore “engineering voice” to vendors   
• Drive root-cause corrective action as issues arise