Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

PPG is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our Aerospace Business in Huntsville, AL. The position supports multiple operations involved in the assembly of aircraft transparencies, covering safety, quality, manufacturing performance improvement, process and capital improvement, and personal growth.

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline technical support to production teams, referencing technical documentation and utilizing critical thinking to resolve problems and direct operations.
• Manage small-to-medium sized process improvement projects, evaluating and implementing new technologies, equipment, materials, tools, processes, and procedures.
• Optimize existing equipment and processes to reduce scrap, downtime, and manufacturing costs, increase process/equipment capacity, and introduce automation technologies.
• Improve process/product data collection capabilities to enhance data visibility and support decision-making.
• Lead Root Cause / Corrective Action efforts to identify and eliminate defects and product variability.
• Create and revise work instructions for manufacturing processes and document experiments, projects, and RCCA activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, with preference for Mechanical, Manufacturing, or similar disciplines.
• 3+ years of experience in technical manufacturing roles.
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with production associates on the manufacturing floor.
• Familiarity with interpreting technical documentation, including drawings/blueprints, bills of materials, material specs, operating procedures, and equipment technical manuals.
• Familiarity with structured RCCA tools and project management tools is a strong plus.
• Experience with discrete manufacturing, glass processing, composite part layup, PLCs, robotics/automation, clean rooms, lamination, thin-film coatings, polymer films, aviation industry requirements/standards (AS9100), Minitab or similar statistical software packages, Six Sigma principles, and ERP systems is a plus.

About PPG

PPG is the world's leading supplier of aircraft transparencies, serving worldwide markets with the full range of product designs. The Huntsville manufacturing facility is a complex, job-shop environment where simultaneous production is in progress on hundreds of product designs using a wide variety of complex technologies. Products are produced in relatively low volume and have very high unit value. New product introductions occur continuously.

Equal Opportunity Employer

PPG is committed to providing equal opportunity employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or veteran status. We also consider adjustments due to disabilities in the hiring process. For more information, please contact recruiting@ppg.com.