Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Global. Collaborative. Innovative. Together, we will transform the automotive interiors industry. Together, we will redefine the ways people experience life onboard vehicles.

Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

United States - SC - Fountain Inn

Main Responsibilities

Provide direct input to the Simultaneous Development Team (SDT) by doing the following:
1. Provide manufacturing feasibility assessments for product design, engineering changes, scope changes and quality concerns.
2. Develop process flow and plant layout requirements.
3. Review product gaging and packaging strategies and assess the impact of those assumptions on the overall manufacturing strategy.
4. Define capital equipment and tooling required and maintain adherence to the budget of the program.
5. Project manage the procurement and acceptance of required equipment & tooling.
6. Facilitate the implementation of production equipment/tooling into the manufacturing facility and any corresponding technical training.
7. Complete Process FMEAand manage RPN risks.
8. Assess the product, process, equipment and tooling strategies for potential ergonomic concerns and manage action items to resolve.
9. Support customer part needs through pilot, testing, run-at-rate and internal process sign offs.
10. 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, PLCProgramming, 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 Qualifications

• Tool feasibility
• Plastic part feasibility
• Plastic Materials
• 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.

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 meetall 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 meetall 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 towork for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).

Yanfeng is a leading global automotive supplier, focusing on interior, exterior, seating, cockpit electronics, and passive safety, and is exploring new business actively. Yanfeng has more than 240 locations and approximately 67,000 employees worldwide. The technical team of 4,200 experts is in ten R&D centers and other regional offices, with complete capabilities including engineering and software development, styling, and test validation.

Focusing on Smart Cabin and lightweight technology, Yanfeng supports automakers to explore future mobility and provide leading cabin solutions.

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