Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Main Responsibilities

• Provide direct input to the Simultaneous Development Team (SDT).
• 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.

Education:

Bachelor's Level Degree in 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

• 5+ years minimum 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

• Experience in any of the following areas is a plus but not a necessity:
• Vacuum forming (IMG, IMGL, & IMGS) >>>
  Preferred
• Press lamination & automated edge fold
• Robotic laser scoring
• Robotic laser drilling
• Robotic glue application
• Robotic milling
• Robotic flaming
• Robotic drilling
• Camera vision inspection
• Vibration welding

• 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.

• Quality Systems:
  Understand, apply and meet all function related YF 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).