Manufacturing Process Engineer

Take over technical responsibility for final assembly line:

• Lead and/or participate in Industrialization Projects in defined areas of expertise targeting design, construction, installation and modification of manufacturing and assembly equipment.
• Ramp- up line to serial production.
• Production support and improvement.
• Problem solving.
• Quality planning (P-FMEA, control plan, production relevant documentation, special characteristics).
• Change management.

The responsibilities of this position are divided in 4 areas:

Industrialization:

• Implement Lean Manufacturing principles in existing processes.
• Contribute knowledge of manufacturing processes to Design for Manufacturability activities.
• Develop and maintain APQP documents such as PFMEA, flow charts.
• Develop and maintain process documentation such as Set-up Instructions and Work Instructions.
• Lead and provide input for the specification, design, build and launch of new processes.
• Lead in procurement and installation of new equipment.
• Provide and maintain project timelines and budgets.
• Lead contact to machine or equipment suppliers.

Optimization:

• Monitor productivity and improve and stabilize Manufacturing KPIs (Technical Availability, Reject Rate, Scrap, Downtime, CPKs, Cycle time)
• Methodical problem solving by using 5-why, Shainin, 8D, 6 Sigma, DOE, SCIP, PDCA.
• Support activities to address safety and quality for the assigned manufacturing line using 6S.
• Execute standards on the shopfloor by supporting operations.
• Develop, maintain, and support procedures, instructions and training material (PQI, CP, CO).
• Definition of measures for closing the target gap for VA and implementation (Cost Engineering & Benchmarking).

Quality planning:

• Review and update P-FMEA, be the interface to FMEA moderator
• Creation and update of control plan
• Definition and handling of special characteristics
• Implement Dummy standard
• Creation and revision of process control cards and flow charts
• Creation and evaluation of capability studies
• Creation of inspection and acceptance documents
• Planning and implementation of firewalls
• Presentation of quality planning documents during audits/customer visit
• Execute the quality planning.

Manufacturing planning:

• Responsible for target achievement of all relevant key performance indicators in area of responsibility (e.g.: OEE, productivity, defect costs, costs and invest)
• MAE and budget planning, tracking and requesting, ordering (Preparation of functional specifications
• Change management on product level, incl. plant enablement and ramp-up/stabilization and software changes model maintenance points
• Collaboration in new projects/ SE teams / coordination in IPN network
• Define, Validate, Release and install production process and equipment according to Bosch standards (Integrations on line, new projects, participate in QGCs, Design for Manufacturing)
• Creation of work and production and test instructions as well as standard process data sheets.

Requirements

Education:

a) Minimum level: Bachelor’s Degree (B.S./B.A.) from a five-year college or university.

b) Expertise: min. 3-5 years of related manufacturing experience relocating lines or installing lines; or experience in optimizing running manufacturing assembly lines. Experience preferable in automotive industry.

Soft skills:

• Analytical and logical thinking.
• Self-driven individual, fast paced and driven.
• Responds with an open mind to changes and new ideas with future orientation.
• High sense of responsibility.
• Accurate and self-disciplined.
• Supports a working environment of “lessons learned”.
• Advanced English skills.

Technical skills

• Solves problems across functions (Journeyman Certification complete)
• Problem solving methods
• Advanced knowledge of specialized field (Kistler, Vision Systems (Cognex, Keyence), Acoustic, Belt Tensioning, Plasma Cleaning, Screwing processes (Rexroth), TIA, Cyber Security)
• Data Analysis (MAS)
• Statistical knowledge (capabilities)
• 6 Sigma basic knowledge
• Microsoft Office and Power BI
• Basic Project Management skills (Demonstrates project management skills including planning, prioritizing and monitoring)
• Siemens PLC Programming Language STEP7 & TIA (preferred)