Process Engineer (Fine Wire Applications)

Adient•Palm Coast, FL

About The Position

As a Process Engineer (Fine Wire Applications) at Alleima Advanced Materials in Palm Coast, you will play a crucial role in developing, optimizing, and maintaining production processes for fine wire manufacturing. You are a seeker of knowledge, a problem solver, and a dreamer grounded in the realities of science and technology. With a solid understanding of metallurgical and mechanical principles, including wire drawing, annealing, and surface treatment processes, you will ensure efficient, high quality, and cost effective operations that meet customer and regulatory requirements. Your proficiency in MS Office applications and experience with data analysis tools and ERP/MES systems will be crucial in driving continuous improvement initiatives and supporting new product introductions. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English will enable you to effectively collaborate across functions, while your strong commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement will ensure compliance with Alleima’s standards. With a hands on, practical approach and a problem solving mindset, you will provide technical training and guidance to production personnel, contributing to developing process knowledge across the organization. We don’t just make products—we enable breakthroughs. Whether it’s helping someone with diabetes live more freely or supporting the next generation of neurostimulation devices, our work is purpose-driven and technically sophisticated. Our EVP pillars guide everything we do: Life-Changing: We create technologies that improve health and quality of life. Caring: We foster a culture of empathy, inclusion, and support. Advancing industries through materials technology. We are Alleima. Here to advance industries through materials technology. Our development and manufacturing of advanced stainless steels and special alloys are world-leading. It’s what we’ve been doing for over 160 years, and it’s still our reason to exist. Fueled by our desire to care, deliver and evolve, we benefit our customers, our people, and the future we share. And it’s how we relentlessly push products and processes to be more efficient, more profitable, and more sustainable. With close and long-standing customer partnerships, we advance processes and applications in some of the most demanding industries imaginable. Our passion for materials technology, metallurgy, and industrial processes helps customers become more efficient, more profitable, more sustainable, and safer.

Requirements

solid understanding of metallurgical and mechanical principles, including wire drawing, annealing, and surface treatment processes
proficiency in MS Office applications and experience with data analysis tools and ERP/MES systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
strong commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
hands on, practical approach and a problem solving mindset
provide technical training and guidance to production personnel, contributing to developing process knowledge across the organization
minimum of 3–5 years of experience in process engineering, manufacturing engineering, or production support roles
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Responsibilities

—Develop, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes for fine wire production, ensuring consistent product quality and process reliability.
—Lead and support process improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
—Analyze process data and production performance to identify root causes of deviations and define corrective and preventive actions.
—Collaborate closely with R&D, Quality, Production, and Maintenance teams to introduce new materials, products, and technologies.
—Establish and maintain process documentation, including work instructions, process parameters, and control plans.
—Support qualification and validation activities for new or modified equipment and processes.
—Drive efficiency improvements by reducing scrap, improving yield, and optimizing resource utilization.