Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Yanfeng•Monroe, MI

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide single point technical contact on engineering and technical topics and issues. Direct reports may include product engineers and designers. Yanfeng is committed to developing our employees through opportunities like development programs, continuous learning, mentorship, and volunteerism. Our industry-leading team is looking to recruit highly motivated and engaged talent. Upon joining Yanfeng, new employees will get a detailed introduction through our comprehensive onboarding process. Advance your career with personal and professional growth as a part of our global team! As one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, we are creating the future of mobility as a collaborative, global team. With a focus on sustainability and innovation, as well as a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we are a company with an established history and a bright future. In North America, Yanfeng is focused on enhancing the mobility experience through the design, development, and manufacturing of automotive interiors, seating, electronics, and passive safety systems. Founded in Shanghai in 1936, Yanfeng’s history of innovation and craftsmanship have since expanded the business globally. Currently, Yanfeng has more than 240 locations and approximately 55,000 employees worldwide.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
Business Operating System (BOS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related BOS requirements.
Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements.
Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements
Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.

Nice To Haves

Jenoptik laser weakening
vibration welding
flame treat
robotic sewing
press lamination
ABB, Fanuc, and Kuka robots
IMGL and IMGS vac forming
auto edge folding
sonic welding
heat stake welding
robotic spray paint

Responsibilities

Understand customer engineering organization, and build relationships with engineering and technology key “decision makers”.
Understand customer product issues and opportunities for product improvements.
Ensure OEM engineering groups understand technical and manufacturing capabilities.
Support teams with program specific issues.
Inform customer engineering leadership of significant launch or production related issues (“no surprises”).
Provide single contact point to OEM engineering.
Provides Leadership to his Group following the YFAI leadership expectation model.
Prepares strategic decisions.
Plan resources and budgets.
Communicates with peer engineering managers and shares best business practices.
Leads group of lead engineers and engineers / technicians to develop a multi part product (system) or multi step processes to a set of requirements defined by “customer”.
Responsible for using all YFAI standards and systems (BOS, PLUS, Lean, CPP, CMP, EPIC, BEP).