Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Join our Simultaneous Development Team (SDT) as a Manufacturing Engineering Lead, providing expertise in feasibility, tooling, process design, and continuous improvement to bring new products to market efficiently and safely.

• 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/tools 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
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  Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering, Plastics or Engineering Technology (BSME/BSMET/Comparable).
• Experience
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  Minimum 5 years in manufacturing engineering, advanced manufacturing, process engineering, tooling, or related fields.
• Automotive manufacturing experience (Tier One automotive interiors preferred).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and interact at all levels.
• Mechanical aptitude and analytical problem‑solving.
• Proficiency in workflow analysis, line balance, and takt time.
• Experience with AutoCAD, PLC programming, and automation.
• Leadership of DOE and data‑driven studies.
• Six Sigma, Lean or continuous improvement training.
• Proven technical and project management skills.
• Knowledge of entire product life cycle from development to launch and production.
• Ability to work with and improve documented manufacturing standards.

• Welding (vibration, IR, sonic, hot plate, heat stake).
• Vision systems.
• Equipment design and build.
• Automated adhesive spray.
• Robotic automation.
• Lean manufacturing implementation.
• Press lamination.
• Punching.
• Automated edgewrap.
• Shop floor controls.

English – fluent reading, writing, and speaking.

Must be able to travel within North America and abroad. Work environment may expose employees to distracting sounds and is noisy; personal protective equipment is required.

• International Operating System (IOS) compliance.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) compliance.
• Product Safety compliance.
• Compliance with all function‑related requirements.
• Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information.
• Compliance with all company policies and procedures.
• Willingness to work additional hours or overtime as required.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers, vendors, and coworkers.
• Maintaining predictable, regular attendance; readiness to work at assigned location on time.

This job description is not exhaustive and may be amended at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made for employees with disabilities.