Job DescriptionJob Summary Provide single point technical contact on engineering and technical topics and issues. Direct reports may include product engineers and designers.
Main 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)
Specific Requirements: Education
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Work Experience Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications:- 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
Common Requirements: 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.
Our Investment in You• Competitive Compensation Packages
• Generous Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Leave and Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits from day one
• Competitive 401k Match
• Rewarding Healthy Behavior Program
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Health Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company Discount Program
