Principal Engineer – Battery Manufacturing

Toyota North America•Liberty, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Toyota's North American Production Engineering Battery department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Principal Engineer to work in the Battery Seibi and Controls group. The responsibility of this role is to assure North American machine standards are integrated into all TBMNC Battery Production Equipment. Additionally, this role will play a vital part in setting machine specifications and standardization for global platforms. This position will establish key initiatives to meet business targets as well as strengthen Battery PE overall through Hoshin and cross-functional activities. The person in this role will support the NA PE Battery Department's objective to execute safe and standardized equipment through the Start of Production (SOP) across all TBMNC Battery platforms. The Successful candidate must exhibit Toyota Way leadership values with focus around Respect for People and Continuous Improvement Activity. Desired personal characteristics include perseverance, curiosity for enrichment learning, self-motivation, good communication skills, and humility. The successful candidate must be able to navigate complex problem solving at the regional and global levels. Additionally, the successful candidate must be effective at identifying and removing barriers that hinder progress of the Production Engineering department while integrating training opportunities that will allow the department to become stronger and sounder in battery manufacturing. As a subject matter expert, the successful candidate must decide, manage, and allocate work priorities to dedicated groups while developing and executing activity plans for said priorities and report their status to senior manager and above.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field or 5+ years of experience as a Toyota team member in a Machine Seibi or Controls Engineering role
Toyota experience (team member and/or contract experience applicable)
Experience in Toyota equipment specification planning and implementation for capital projects, including equipment trial readiness
Experience with Controls Reliability and Safety Circuit Analysis relative to North American and Toyota Standards
Experience in a role leading a cross-functional problem-solving team to gain consensus on a result impacting production equipment
Ability to work weekend and shutdown periods as needed including business travel, both domestic and international, up to 50% at peak times with an average of 25%

Nice To Haves

Battery Manufacturing Equipment experience
Experience working with shop layout efficiency improvement activities utilizing Material Information Flow Chart (MIFC)
OSHA 10 certified
Technical Inspection Associations (TUV) certification
Functional Safety Engineering and/or Controls reliability experience
Experience with multiple PLC platforms including, but not limited to: Toyopuc, Omron, Keyence, Mitsubishi, Allen Bradley, SICK, Siemens, Yaskawa, GSWorks, etc.

Responsibilities

Lead and participate in development activities for overall NA Battery PE Seibi and Controls to achieve process standardization. This will include developing, monitoring, and continuously improving systems to support the department’s mission and vision (i.e. shikumi, Job Safety Analysis, Denwacho, Safety Checks, technical training, etc.).
Support the NAMC to pursue continuous improvement and cost competitiveness activities through innovation and kaizen.
Lead and resolve technical and organizational issues including external vendors, suppliers, and customers while still achieving overall project KPI’s at the location.
Provide technical authority in controls reliability, network, data, andon, and machine safety
Analyze machine risk assessments, safety logic, and validation results to set direction for shop equipment controls.
Lead NA verification and validation processes including 3rd-party oversight and implementation of recommended countermeasures
Confirm equipment adherence to standards, lifecycle gates, and governance models
Calculate and analyze Sistema for component performance levels and recommend improved equipment design and sustainability
Create and/or standardize equipment specifications for efficient integration to production.
Develop machine standards based on North American specifications
Mentor current and new department members to assure conformance to Toyota work standards and provide task based OJD technical instruction and training
Review and revise machine electrical schematics using CAD based software
Participate and input to building UTT and Arc Flash countermeasure and results through analysis of “as built” prints and feedback to EZ Power models.

Benefits

A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount.
Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable).
Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
Paid holidays and paid time off
Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more
Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)
Relocation assistance (if applicable)