Process Engineer and Digital Twin Lead - Aerospace

PPG•Shelby, NC

11d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Process Engineer and Digital Twin Lead - Aerospace, you will be responsible for developing a plant simulation that integrates two complementary simulation domains: (1) Discrete Event System simulation (DES) representing plant operations and material flows, and (2) physics-based process simulation representing unit operations and process behavior. Together, these will form a synchronized, executable digital twin supporting design, commissioning, and operations. Additionally, you will troubleshoot plant process systems, identify and optimize critical process variables, and maintain process documentation. With a focus on the continuous improvement of manufacturing unit operations, we can achieve best-in-class safety, quality, productivity, cost, and customer service standards.

Requirements

Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply
Bachelor's Degree in an engineering discipline, or equivalent.
2+ years plant simulation experience
3 + years process manufacturing engineering experience, preferably in a chemical plant or discrete manufacturing operation.
Experience with industrial data systems (IoT, SCADA, MES)

Nice To Haves

Lean manufacturing and/or six sigma experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Be actively engaged in safety; participate in site safety programs and ensure operational discipline and compliance with both company and regulatory safety standards and requirements.
Provide engineering support to improve manufacturing unit operations process flows, process capability, production yields, overall cost of goods sold, equipment reliability, waste minimization, and EH&S improvements through data-based decision making.
Lead development of site digital twin and maintain model through future site expansions. Link DES and physics-based simulations through co-simulation or orchestration layers to enable closed-loop, time-synchronized execution. Ensure consistent data exchange between flow-level and process-level models.
Provide day-to-day support to the manufacturing unit operations teams including the observation and analysis of production runs, root cause investigation of off-standard production runs, and the development of sustainable corrective actions.
Maintain and/or identify ways to improve the quality of our products, and adherence to quality standards, through continuous process improvement, DOEs, and operating procedure enhancement.
Be the technical liaison between new product development initiatives and the integration of them into manufacturing unit operations.