Manufacturing Engineer - Automation Controls

Manufacturing Engineer – Automation Controls

Base pay range: $90,000.00/yr - $/yr

Stabilus is a global leader in the production of gas springs and dampers on five continents. This position will be located in our U.S. Headquarters in Gastonia, NC.

In this role, the ideal candidate will play a key role in our manufacturing processes, bringing expertise in automation controls and electrical engineering to optimize production efficiency.

• Ensure assigned production equipment is running at optimal performance of OEE, and quality
• Plan machine projects based on necessary improvement activities.
• Maintain the required spare parts for the production equipment.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of procedural forms.
• Ensure timely and accurate investigation reporting.
• Perform daily production and downtime reporting per department standard.
• Routine review of production boards.
• Effective communication with all levels of management.
• Provide required written documentation as required.
• Follow downtime notification system, to include but not limited to the submission of open work orders.
• Adherence to IATF 16949 standards.
• Responsible for production of products to design specification.
• Adherence to QAP guidelines.
• Attain internal and external PPM targets.
• Offer technical support to internal stakeholders regarding new and existing machinery.
• Generate comprehensive customer documentation, including user manuals, programming diagrams, network diagrams, and electrical schematics.
• Coordinate with the Sales department to contribute insights for quote preparation as needed.
• Participate in machine inspection and run‑off processes to ensure alignment with design and equipment specifications, operational standards, and customer expectations.
• Develop electrical and control systems, both standard and custom, grounded in engineering principles. Engage in customer solution presentations.
• Define specifications for material and equipment procurement.
• Validate engineered systems (hardware and/or software) against specifications.
• Ensure seamless interface compatibility between designed machines and related equipment.
• Organize control system projects, encompassing scheduling, subcontracting, resource allocation, budgeting, and commissioning tasks.
• Oversee project workflow to guarantee timely delivery, quality assurance, and adherence to budgetary limits with support for both internal and external resources.
• Exercise fiscal responsibility to prevent project cost increases.
• Uphold compliance with pertinent safety objectives and legal requirements.
• Fulfill the requirements of internal and external product containments.
• Attain department spending targets.
• Attain department productivity and efficiency targets.
• Attain department overtime targets.
• Attain department changeover targets.
• Maintain standard crew sizes to obtain production targets.

• Actively participate in quality investigations through 8D teams.
• Ensure timely dispositioning (within 24 hours) of nonconforming material.
• Utilization of proper quality documentation.
• Respond to internal audit findings in a timely manner.
• Ensure utilization of Statistical Process Control as required.
• Responsible for schedule compliance.
• Review suggestions from the respective shift.
• Provide labor improvement initiatives.
• Provide process improvement initiatives.
• Manage projects to a successful completion within schedule and cost parameters.
• Assist in meeting cost reduction and quality improvement objectives.
• Provide technical assistance, guidance, and instruction to team members as needed.
• Adherence to lock‑out / tag‑out procedures.
• Ensure the equipment is operating to process parameters.
• Ensure machine cycle times are to standard.
• Review of downtime trends and recommend improvement.
• Maintain material identification in accordance with internal quality standards.
• Assure production tooling and supplies are present at desired levels.
• Responsible for attaining external customer delivery metrics.
• Will be partly responsible for the spending of over $4M dollars in MRO each year.
• Adherence to safety procedures and policies.
• Lead in accident investigations.
• Comply with company scheduled…