RESS Battery Process Engineer

General Motors • Spring Hill, TN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

General Motors is seeking a Process Engineer to join its Spring Hill Battery Assembly manufacturing team, with an emphasis on testing equipment. The engineer will work within the Battery Assembly Manufacturing Engineering organization in the Pack Main Line, Super Phase Module lines, or both. Working directly with Production Leadership, the role designs, implements, and maintains Lean Manufacturing systems and provides technical expertise to sustain or improve safety, quality, throughput, and efficiency in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

The engineer supports production operations and equipment, leads installation, debugging, launch, and continuous improvement activities, and provides technical direction to vendors. The role involves mechanical and electrical troubleshooting, process and equipment development, data-driven problem solving, creation and maintenance of process and quality documentation, and collaboration with production, maintenance, machine builders, internal and external customers, and corporate teams. The position is onsite and requires willingness to work any shift, including periodic weekends and holidays. Relocation benefits are available to qualifying candidates under company policy. GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

• Ability and willingness to regularly work any shift and periodically work weekends and holidays.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of assembly or machining process development experience in Manufacturing or Manufacturing Engineering, including plant-floor experience and a background in Continuous Improvement.
• Experience troubleshooting equipment, including problem solving and debugging.
• Competency in GD&T.
• Understanding of pneumatic, mechanical, and control drawings.
• Understanding of part locating, mechanics, and machine design.
• Understanding of Theory of Constraints.
• Experience with Time Cycle Diagrams and Man/Machine Charts.
• Technical knowledge and ability in process engineering disciplines and the product development process.
• Ability to apply agile methodologies.
• Ability to use a computer, interpret blueprints and engineering drawings, and learn new systems.
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing concepts.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with business partners toward mutual goals.
• Understanding of quality systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects with autonomy and accountability for results.
• Initiative to go beyond assigned work to improve output or help others.

Nice To Haves

• At least 3 years of experience with Bauer Controls systems, including programming.
• At least 3 years of experience with Thyssenkrupp/Krause automation test systems, including programming.
• At least 3 years of experience with automotive electrical and leak-test equipment.
• At least 3 years of experience with QS-STAT or equivalent data analysis and collection systems.
• Experience with manufacturing requirements based on product, BOP/BOE, quality manual, and BIQ standards.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day production needs on the production floor and maintain strong relationships with Production and Maintenance teams.
• Engineer, design, build, implement, and maintain machinery, tools, and equipment.
• Provide technical guidance and support during significant downtime events.
• Design work operations to meet safety, quality, and efficiency requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement by eliminating waste and improving productivity and throughput.
• Evaluate bottleneck areas and support throughput and productivity improvements.
• Support change-management projects by developing and participating in production trials.
• Reduce costs by improving equipment uptime, cycle time, and quality metrics.
• Participate in Lean Manufacturing and implement GM’s Global Manufacturing System.
• Support standardized-work development and training, and coach production team members on Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Lead problem-solving efforts, analyzing data, identifying root causes, developing implementation plans, and resolving issues affecting assembly, quality, or throughput.
• Collaborate across organizational levels and with machine and tool builders on new equipment design and implementation.
• Create and maintain Process Flow Diagrams, Control Plans, and PFMEAs.
• Lead plant equipment installation, debugging, launch, and continuous improvement activities.
• Contribute feedback and lessons learned to the central process team for BOE/BOP updates.
• Direct the design, construction, integration, plant installation, launch, and continuous improvement of equipment and tools used to produce high-quality parts and propulsion products.
• Provide technical direction to and oversight of outside vendors working onsite.
• Develop and test advanced process technology.
• Apply GD&T to ensure manufacturing equipment, tooling, assembly processes, and quality verification procedures meet design requirements.
• Participate in Customer Quality, internal quality, Business Plan Deployment, and Launch Wall meetings.
• Identify equipment spare parts and submit stock requests.
• Author equipment Preventative Maintenance Plans and train Maintenance and Production teams to execute them.
• Support implementation of new processes and equipment.
• Proactively identify and pursue operational improvements, including cost and energy-use reduction and quality improvement.
• Support corporate and plant safety policies and provide technical support for manufacturing operations.
• Provide guidance on and/or implement electrical and leak-test equipment, including PLC, Bauer, and Thyssenkrupp programming logic updates.
• Work mechanically and electrically to solve tooling problems.
• Coordinate input from internal and external customers to understand needs for continuous improvement and product changes.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
• GM describes benefits and well-being support through its Total Rewards resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level