At Gentherm, we say, “It’s about the person.” We’re with you on a cold winter day when you turn on your heated seat and steering wheel or helping manage patient body temperature in the operating room, recovering room or intensive care units. We take a human approach with everything we do.
As the global market leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies for the automotive industry we embrace the opportunity to create and deliver extraordinary solutions that make meaningful differences in everyday life. We do this by improving health, wellness, comfort and energy efficiency.
We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and combine that with our global leadership to deliver results. Working at Gentherm provides you the opportunity to not only shape the future of the automotive and medical industries, but also influence your career throughout the company. You will be engaged, challenged and inspired by our team to deliver leading thermal technologies that positively impact lives around the world.
LEAD ENGINEER, PROCESS SMT
IMPACT and OPPORTUNITY
Lead and drive the New Product Introduction process, develop programs, and implement tools in the process.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the development and implement improvements for surface mount technology (SMT/THT) and back-end equipment issues such as wave and selective soldering, laser markers, SPI machines, reflow ovens, conformal coating machines, etc.
- Identify and improve product quality (yield), process capability (CPKs), and product reliability.
- Implement customer engineering changes.
- Implement cost savings across the entire production line.
- Provide corrective actions for non-conforming products.
- Determine and provide relevant process data to the ERP system (SAP).
- Manage preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance schedules.
- Equitably distribute the workload among engineers/areas of responsibility based on their programming and integration competencies and skills, monitoring the committed delivery dates for each activity/project to ensure the effective development of each assignment.
- Quote, develop, and implement changes to equipment, processes, and assembly stations required by clients for continuous improvement implementations.
- Ensure and coordinate the development and approval of production process requirements in accordance with documents established by Gentherm in coordination with Testing, Process, Quality, and Design Engineers and, where applicable, with clients, considering Client/Design specifications. This includes internal standards for the purpose of each product, both internally and externally.
- Provide support to the Production, Quality, and Engineering departments within their area of responsibility to maintain established KPIs (OTD/Yield/OEE).
- Oversee the registration of all newly added or newly created equipment, as well as existing equipment, in the Operations/SAP system, as appropriate, for the creation of the corresponding PM and MI routines.
- Implement new process, measurement, and work systems, etc., as well as improve existing ones to comply with continuous improvement based on detected internal and external failures.
- Coordinate and ensure the delivery of the necessary documentation for training and release of equipment to production and maintenance, serving as a quick reference for questions regarding future audits and/or production requirements throughout the equipment's useful life.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree in Electronic, Mechatronic, Mechanical, or Electromechanical Engineering.
- Minimum 6 years of experience in Process and Maintenance positions, or similar.
- Basic knowledge of Core Tools (PPAP, PFMEA, APQP, Control Plan).
- Soldering Specialist:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Soldering Processes (Wave Solder), Conformal Coating, and Electromechanical Systems, or equivalent knowledge.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Solid knowledge of SMT/THT and back-end processes. Equipment such as routers, wave and selective soldering, laser marking machines, pinners, plastic injection molding machines, SPI machines, reflow ovens, conformal coating machines, and Parylene.
- Basic knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
- Solid process knowledge of IPC 610/7711/7721.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Soldering Specialist:
- Knowledge of CQI-17.
Gentherm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
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