Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

What You Will Do

• Lead the industrialization of the product (headlamp or tail lamp) from the project award to the start of production.
• **Phase 1 - Design for manufacturability**:
  • Work with CAD designers and R&D to create a product designed for manufacturability (easy to assemble).
  • Challenge the project KPI using cardboard engineering (Lean Process Design).
  • Develop the specifications for the equipment following safety, ergonomic, and process rules.
  • Work with purchasing to select the correct equipment builder for the job.
• **Phase 2 - Equipment build and validation**:
  • Work with the equipment builder to ensure simple and strong design of equipment and tooling.
  • Follow the equipment builder progress during their design phase, manufacturing, and debugging.
  • Respect program timing and budget spendings.
  • Lead equipment and tooling validation at the equipment builder to match the requirements and PFMEA.
• **Phase 3 - Bring equipment on site and launch**:
  • Validate equipment at the Valeo-Seymour site with the industrial team.
  • Lead process audit, develop settings and machine capability.
  • Train manufacturing team on the new equipment (Operator, Technician, Engineers).
  • Achieve the program KPIs during the full day production run (Cycle time, Headcount, Downtime).
  • Lead line demonstration at rate in front of the customer.

What You Should Have

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical preferred).
• A minimum of 4 years experience in embedded process and/or assembly, preferably in the automotive industry or manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of overall equipment development process from specification to industrialization and validation.