Senior Product Engineer

Howmet Aerospace • Whitehall, MI

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About The Position

This role designs, documents, and continuously improves investment casting manufacturing processes by combining deep domain expertise in Process Engineering with AI-enabled analytics to reduce waste, improve throughput, and shorten cycle times. The position collaborates closely with the AI deployment team to ensure production data is clean and usable for model training, then pilots and implements AI-driven process control and problem-solving on the factory floor. The role also ensures all changes meet safety, quality, and regulatory requirements while delivering measurable business outcomes.

Requirements

• BS in Industrial/Mechanical/Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution
• 5+ years manufacturing experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Extensive Investment Casting domain knowledge

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Six Sigma, Lean, and basic data tools (Python/Tableau a plus)

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and optimize manufacturing processes, incorporating AI analytics for efficiency gains, waste reduction, and cycle-time improvements.
• Analyze real-time production data (from sensors/IoT) to identify bottlenecks and recommend AI model-driven changes.
• Provide manufacturing domain knowledge as it relates to process engineering (materials, processes, KIV-KOV relationships), to guide AI model development, feature selection, and validation of AI recommendations.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to ensure processes generate clean, labeled data for training models; implement AI recommendations on the factory floor.
• Lead pilot projects for AI-based process control and agentic problem solving (e.g., waste / scrap reduction) and validate ROI.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards while introducing AI tools.

What This Job Offers

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