Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

United States - TN - Chattanooga

• Essential Functions of Job:
  • Provide manufacturing feasibility assessments for product design, engineering changes, scope changes and quality concerns.
  • 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.
• Additional Responsibilities:
  • 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.
• 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).
• Specific Requirements:
  • Required Education Level: Bachelor’s Level Degree.
  • Science Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering.
  • Plastics or Engineering Technology required (BSME or BSMET or similar).
  • Equivalent work experience may also be considered for certain positions.
• Required Qualifications (Experience Level, Skills, Knowledge):
  • 5-9 Minimum Years of Experience.
  • 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, advanced manufacturing, process engineering, tooling, or similar.
  • Must be able and willing to travel and work at customer sites, including industrial manufacturing plants which might require climbing, lifting, or working in confined spaces.
• Preferred Qualifications (Experience Level, Skills, Knowledge):
  • 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.
  • Mechanical aptitude and analytical problem solving.
  • Work flow, line balance and takt time.
  • Experience with AutoCAD.
  • 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 ability to work with and improve documented manufacturing standards.