Robotic Welding Engineer

Faurecia•Toledo, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader, is seeking a Robotic Welding Engineer to drive and support productivity, quality, cost improvement, and safety goals for the facility. This role will be responsible for supporting existing business and new product launches. The engineer will coordinate equipment improvements to ensure manufacturing, maintainability, and HSE requirements are met for all technical equipment, including robots. They will plan all development aspects of customer and facility-related projects, contribute to minimizing downtime and improving TRS (Total ઉત્પાદન સિસ્ટમ), and facilitate project integrity and success against identified goals. The position involves identifying and developing standards for equipment repair, spare parts inventory, setup, and operations, as well as facilitating and supporting production teams in continuous improvement activities. The engineer will develop and implement projects focused on cost reductions, safety, ergonomics, change-over, standardization, productivity, and product quality improvements. Additionally, they will facilitate new product launches and engineering change activities, including product quotations, equipment and tool purchasing, line manning and balancing, writing capital appropriations requests, and developing quality and production documentation. The role also includes coaching Process Technicians, GAP Leaders, and Manufacturing Associates on process troubleshooting, robot and equipment setup, process control validation, and proper gauging processes and procedures. The engineer will support the QRCI process, taking a leadership role in identifying root-cause problems and implementing corrective actions.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Technology, Information Technology or equivalent is preferred OR 10 years as a process technician and commitment to further education
Knowledge to design and integrate into systems new and existing
Ability to troubleshoot PLC Technologies
Create PLC application code using ladder logic, structured text, and ascii
Create HMI applications via GUI and scripting
Oversee production and implementation of designed systems
Responsible for continuous improvement of design process
Ability to program and troubleshoot servo control systems
Ability to connect and troubleshoot, program new logic
Knowledge of servo control systems and devices
Ability to setup modify job structure
Knowledge of PM procedures and TCP setup
Ability to create concurrent sub routines for multi axis cells
Ability to troubleshoot and remap I/O
Ability to create and trouble shoot ladder logic
Build user interface using IF panel builder
Have an understanding of FSU & DCS safety systems
In depth knowledge of controller electrical systems
Basic understanding of speed reducers and harmonic drives
Knowledge of welding, material handling, and plasma cutting applications

Responsibilities

Coordinate equipment improvements to assure manufacturing, maintainability and HSE requirements are met on all technical equipment including robots
Plan all development aspects of customer and facility related projects
Contribute to minimizing down time and improve TRS
Facilitate project integrity and success against identified agreed goals
Identify and develop standards for equipment repair, spare parts inventory, set up, and operations
Facilitate and support production teams in continuous improvement activities
Develop and implement projects targeted on cost reductions, safety, ergonomics, change-over, standardization, productivity, and product quality improvements
Facilitate new product launches and engineering change activities. This includes product quotations, equipment and tool purchasing, line manning and balancing, writing of capital appropriations requests, development of quality, and production documentation (process flows, FMEA’s, work instructions, line layouts, BOS charts, budgetary tracking)
Coach Process Technicians, GAP Leaders and Manufacturing Associates on process trouble shooting, set-up of robots and equipment, validating correct process control, using proper gauging processes and procedures, and other equipment and process related technical skills needed to safely produce good parts
Support QRCI process to take an active role in the identification of root-cause problems and take a leadership role in the implementation of short term containment actions and long term permanent corrective actions