Production Engineer

On January 1, 2021, Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Keihin Corporation, Showa Corporation and Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. merged to form Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., a world-leading mobility solutions provider focusing on advanced mobility technologies within the fields of electrification, autonomous driving, and connectivity to help reduce environmental damage, decrease traffic accidents, and improve comfort.  The name "Astemo" is derived from the words "Advanced Sustainable Technologies for Mobility" and describes the mission of the integrated company to "provide a safe, sustainable and comfortable mobility life through technologies that contribute to an advanced and sustainable society". Our people are at the heart of achieving these goals, and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

We recruit and develop people from diverse backgrounds who can bring their skills and experience to our organization and make us even more effective.  Own the Future and become a part of the team.  We have a current career opportunity as a Production Engineer.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

•    Finds problems, plans, and implements improvements for existing product and manufacturing process issues.
•     Develop and maintain document quality system for new and existing programs (PFMEA, control plan, process flow, work instructions, and inspection documents).
•      Performs research, development, evaluation, installation, operation and maintenance of manufacturing systems, processes, and equipment to meet requirements.
•     Coordinates the manufacturing launch of new/revised products including establishing goals, training team members, and evaluating results.
•    Gives input to product design based on design for manufacture/design for assembly philosophy.
•      Performs cost-benefit analysis for product and/or manufacturing process cost reduction, quality improvement, and improved efficiency.
•      Leads or participates in Kaizen activities to ensure continuous improvement in manufacturing processes, products, components, raw materials, and equipment.
•     Prepares and maintains detailed layouts of building floor space, equipment, and tooling.
•     Performs routine activities accurately and promptly per instructions and procedures.
•   Train Production and Maintenance Associates to improve technical knowledge and troubleshooting skills on the production shop floor.
•   Performs other work as assigned by Management.

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