- Company Name
- Windsor Machine Group
- Job Title
- Manufacturing and Launch Engineer
- Job Description
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Job Title: Manufacturing and Launch Engineer
Role Summary:
Lead tooling readiness, process validation, and launch execution for automotive seating components, ensuring repeatable, high‑quality production from SOP onward.
Expectations:
- Own manufacturing processes during ramp‑up and early production.
- Drive continuous improvement, root‑cause analysis, and corrective actions.
- Deliver robust tooling, fixtures, and EOL testing that meet quality, repeatability, and yield targets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and document fixture requirements, datum strategies, and tolerance stack‑ups for weld, checking, assembly, and EOL fixtures.
- Perform DFM/DFA reviews with product engineering to secure manufacturability from design to final assembly.
- Validate new fixtures through try‑outs, gauge R&R, tolerance checks, and robustness tests.
- Develop, audit, and update manufacturing process flows, PFMEA, and control plans for assembly, welding, plastic molding, foam/trim integration, and EOL testing.
- Conduct regular audits of processes, operator procedures, fixture integrity, and testing consistency.
- Lead root‑cause investigations for quality defects or process failures; implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Perform capability studies (Cp, Cpk), monitor yields, first‑pass yield, scrap, throughput, and downtime.
- Support new product introductions, production launches, and design or tooling changes through process validation.
- Coordinate with product engineering, quality, tooling, trim/foam, plastic teams, and operations across facilities.
Required Skills:
- Automotive tooling and assembly experience (welding, fixture, and EOL testing).
- Proficiency in GD&T, tolerance analysis, capability studies, SPC, PFMEA, and control planning.
- Strong problem‑solving, audit, and corrective action skills.
- Hands‑on shop‑floor orientation and cross‑functional communication.
- Familiarity with IATF 16949, PPAP/APQP, and audit practices.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Welding Engineering or equivalent.
- 5–10+ years in automotive manufacturing, preferably in seating, headrest/armrest, plastic molding/assembly, or welding fixture validation.
- Valid driving licence.