AUTOMATION ENGINEER

For a leading Tier 1 multinational company in the Automotive sector, we are looking for a:

 

AUTOMATION ENGINEER

 

The figure, included in the Automation & IoT Department, reporting directly to the Division Manager, will have the following responsibilities:

 

To develop, in codesign with supplier during the preliminary concept of the product/project, the needed suitable automation solutions to guarantee the best balance between local labour cost and investment amount, consistently with process variable cost estimation in the offer phase
To define the technical specifications ( including machine description, capability with parameters and required standard,..) of the machinery or tools related to the involved section of the process ensuring the application of the standards
To collaborate with the Purchasing dept. in the supplier Machinery/ tools nomination phase through the offer analysis
To collaborate with Product Design for the tools feasibility
To manage the investments of the machinery / tools ensuring the adherence of the spending according to the foreseen cost in the offer phase
To define the supplier activities schedule for each machinery / tools, consistently with the overall product development Gantt.
To monitor the construction progress status, visiting periodically the supplier site and defining, in case of deviations, suitable recovery action plans agreed with Process Leaders
To ensure the supervision of the technical test of the machinery / tools at the supplier site, verifying the compliance with technical requirements and expected cycle time target; to give the approval for the machinery / tools transfer to the manufacturing plant according to the existing acceptance rules
To define the typology and the amount of materials and auxiliary tooling that are necessary for the testing of the machinery
To manage machinery / tools modification and tuning after each test
To organize, in case of specific dedicated project, the FMEA process in order to identify the quality risk of the product and put in place the automatic controls
To guarantee the availability of make components (by soft or hard tooling) consistently with the product development plan
To coordinate the machinery / tools handover to the manufacturing plant coordinating the activities related to the industrial trials in collaboration with the plant
To coordinate the installation and acceptance and of the machinery/tooling, monitoring and confirming its capability with the plant Production Engineering for the final approval
To provide the plant Production Engineering with the technical data (machine guide, utilization manual, spare parts list,..) concerning the new machinery / tools , supporting them in the training of the involved associates
To collaborate in the definition of the required actions to set up the area of the installation of the machine ( including water, air, electric energy ,..) and to guarantee the legal and safety compliance
To collaborate in the preparation of the preventive maintenance sheets/plan and manual
To collaborate with the Production Engineering of the plant in the machinery modification and improvements.
To support the plants in the kaizen activities collecting the improvement ideas and defining potential new standards
 

 

Skills requested:

 

Mechanical design
Basic electrical design knowledge
Machinery directive (Safety)
Vision Systems
Robots
Spec definition & Project management
Economics
English