Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Main Responsibilities

Provide direct input to the Simultaneous Development Team (SDT) by doing the following:

• Provide manufacturing feasibility assessments for product design, engineering changes, scope changes and quality concerns.

• Develop process flow and plant layout requirements.

• Review product gaging and packaging strategies and assess the impact of those assumptions on the overall manufacturing strategy.

• Define capital equipment and tooling required and maintain adherence to the budget of the program.

• Project manage the procurement and acceptance of required equipment & tooling.

• Facilitate the implementation of production equipment/tooling into the manufacturing facility and any corresponding technical training.

• Complete Process FMEA and manage RPN risks.

• Assess the product, process, equipment and tooling strategies for potential ergonomic concerns and manage action items to resolve.

• Support customer part needs through pilot, testing, run-at-rate and internal process sign offs.

• Create and support continuous improvement projects.

Requirement

Education/Major Bachelors of Science Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering, Plastics or Engineering Technology required (BSME or BSMET or similar)

Work Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing engineering advanced manufacturing, process engineering, tooling, or similar

• Experience in Automotive/Manufacturing (Tier One Automotive interiors experience preferred, not required)

• Candidates must demonstrate solid skills in communication, interpersonal relations, and ability to inspire individuals to improve performance.

• Candidate must have experience communicating at multiple levels internally and externally

• Mechanical aptitude and analytical problem solving

• Work flow, line balance and takt time

• Experience with AutoCAD, PLC Programming, and Automation

• Leadership of DOE and data driven studies experience

• Six Sigma, Lean, Continuous Improvement training or experience

• Candidates must demonstrate technical and project management skills

• Familiar with entire product life including development, launch and production.

• Understands and demonstrates the ability to work with and improve documented manufacturing standards.

Language Skills Required: English (Fluency with Reading, Writing, Speaking) Job Qualifications1. Injection Molding:

• Tool feasibility

• Plastic part feasibility

• Plastic Materials

• Tool design & build

• RJG & Master Molder

• Robot & Process Equipment.

• Plastics Processing

• Standard Molding, 2K, IMD, IML,& Insert

• Others: Successful candidates must have the ability to travel within North America and abroad to meet launch requirements.

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Work Environment Often exposed to distracting sounds and noisy conditions. Personal protective equipment is required.

Essential Common Requirements for all Employees:

• International Operating System (IOS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related IOS requirements.

• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements.

• Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.

• Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements

• Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.

• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.

• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.

• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.

• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).