Advance Manufacturing Engineer

The Transportation Solutions Business Unit (TSBU) is a leader in delivering advanced innovations for the automotive industry. We specialize in enhancing powertrain, body electronics, safety, and infotainment applications with a focus on enabling Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric Transportation (CASE) technologies. Join our dynamic team to contribute to transforming the mobility landscape and drive solutions that ensure rapid and reliable delivery to our clients.

The Manufacturing Integration Engineering Team is responsible for delivering competitive manufacturing strategies and processes to our production operations. The MIE team members are core members, and technical project leaders on New Product Development teams. The Advance Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for leading the overall manufacturing strategy, providing coordination, and overseeing manufacturing technical disciplines. The Advance Manufacturing Engineer will be empowered to lead and drive resources to overcome barriers and to achieve financial and technical assumptions of the program.

• Lead representative for cross functional product design feasibility for manufacturing keeping a balance for operational manufacturing and product design function.
• Develop manufacturing strategies (time to market and time to volume) by working with the core functions and operations to generate alternatives to determine the best strategy based on project objectives.
• Develop process Flow and PFMEA in conjunction with stake holders.
• Support equipment and tooling design reviews prior to, and throughout the development cycle including on-site visits and involvement.
• Track and support process debug and trials. Create and execute qualification plans for manufacturing processes. Lead R@R and launch processes into the manufacturing facilities.

• 10+ years of strong technical project leadership within a manufacturing/shopfloor environment, and working with multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrates courage in dealing with unknown and challenging situations (problems, change, new opportunities)
• Familiarity with High Power / High Voltage connection systems
• Travel globally 15-20%

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field
• Experience in leading critical thinking and problem solving.
• Using decision making and economic thinking to propose and execute experiments to find new and better ways to do things; focus on results and outcomes.
• 5+ Years of direct operations or process development experience within a manufacturing facility
• Able to effectively compile, analyze and communicate data results to drive decision making within the core team.
• Automotive connector manufacturing and/or process development

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance (subject to eligibility criteria)

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.