Senior Advanced Process Engineer

Cooper Standard•Surgoinsville, TN

2d•$114,442

About The Position

DUTIES: The Senior Advanced Process Engineer is responsible for providing technical direction and support to Cooper-Standard manufacturing facilities. This position will facilitate the standardization of processes byproduct line, including the development and maintenance of standards used for equipment specification and procurement, cost estimating, and the sharing of best practices within cooper standard. This position works closely with sales, engineering, finance, purchasing and cost estimating. Primary responsibilities include working closely with Cooper-Standard’s manufacturing facilities to reduce costs, improve quality and achieve advancements in both process and product technology. Leads the search and implementation of new or improved equipment/tooling/processes to satisfy changing production requirements. Work with outside machinery suppliers, machine shops, plant engineering and maintenance in these efforts. Assist in the validation of new processes as necessary. May be required to obtain/negotiate approval or revisions to customer product specifications. Initiate projects and tasks through creative insight, leveraging manufacturing and product knowledge. Confirm feasibility/capability of proposed product/process improvements using statistical methods. Assist in the transfer of products and process between manufacturing facilities for assigned technologies. Will act as communicative link between Cooper-Standard technical and manufacturing sites, including other global regions, for the purpose of process development, best practice exchange, standardization, etc. Keep current on developments related to manufacturing and product technology through meetings with suppliers, customers, trade publications, etc. May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering.
Five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related position.
5 years of technical experience in forming double wall braze tubing
5 years of experience of how of brazing process, furnace brazing, conductive and inductive brazing processes
4 years of experience of eddy current testing process
5 years of experience with copper plating process
5 years of experience of Metallurgy specific to brazing process in lieu of copper plated steel and forming process
5 years of experience of design double wall forming process tooling
5 years of experience of troubleshoot double wall forming process in respect to tooling, brazing, defect detection etc.
4 years of experience of inert gas mixed with Hydrogen and their relationship to brazing molten copper without causing liquid metal embrittlement

Responsibilities

providing technical direction and support to Cooper-Standard manufacturing facilities
facilitate the standardization of processes byproduct line
development and maintenance of standards used for equipment specification and procurement, cost estimating, and the sharing of best practices within cooper standard
works closely with sales, engineering, finance, purchasing and cost estimating
working closely with Cooper-Standard’s manufacturing facilities to reduce costs, improve quality and achieve advancements in both process and product technology
Leads the search and implementation of new or improved equipment/tooling/processes to satisfy changing production requirements
Work with outside machinery suppliers, machine shops, plant engineering and maintenance in these efforts
Assist in the validation of new processes as necessary
May be required to obtain/negotiate approval or revisions to customer product specifications
Initiate projects and tasks through creative insight, leveraging manufacturing and product knowledge
Confirm feasibility/capability of proposed product/process improvements using statistical methods
Assist in the transfer of products and process between manufacturing facilities for assigned technologies
Will act as communicative link between Cooper-Standard technical and manufacturing sites, including other global regions, for the purpose of process development, best practice exchange, standardization, etc
Keep current on developments related to manufacturing and product technology through meetings with suppliers, customers, trade publications, etc
May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description