Equipment Joining Technician, Manufacturing Engineering

Equipment Joining Technician

As an Equipment Joining Technician you will be reporting to the Joining Engineering Manager. This position has an AWS shift pattern with day or night shifts available. The primary responsibility of this role is to provide guidance, correction, and documentation to operations teams in all BIW shops regarding breakdowns, continuous improvements, and standardization. The candidate should be able to independently create and implement sustaining practices with standardized procedures that serve as guideline for preventive maintenance, failure mode identification and fast response on breakdowns (proven hands on is required).

Responsibilities

Respond to production downtime and support breakdown recovery of joining equipment. Diagnose joining equipment faults and joint non-conformance and implement corrective actions. Coordinate joint validation with cross-functional teams to ensure joint conformance.

Maintain joining process applications implementing best practices with the goal to improve equipment longevity, process quality and controlled preventive procedures. Fault examples: resistance checks, blowhole recovery, C-factor, hi/low current, tip dress faults, excessive adhesive squeeze out, mislocated laser brazing seam, wire feed issues, remote welding cooling systems, cover lenses, etc.

Extensive theorical and proven hands-on experience working with welding and joining technologies using Kuka and Fanuc robots in BIW, including equipment and process operation to successfully respond to alarms and determine root cause while troubleshooting an issue during production.

Fully understand robot positions and speed to diagnose expulsion, arcing, adhesive application, stick-out, tip dress, cooling, contamination, nugget form / size / location, etc.

Support projects during factory acceptance testing, installation, commissioning, validation, and transfer of ownership to production teams related to manufacturing engineering CapEx projects along with its joint development & validation lead by Engineering.

Study technologies to expert-level of understanding, utilizing internal & external technical resources to fully understand, teach and lead implemented technologies to achieve structured improvement & standardization plans with long term vision to achieve company and department objectives.

Support / assist Maintenance in troubleshooting difficult breakdowns and chronic equipment failures. Provide technical training to maintenance, production, and other internal resource groups. Working in a hands-on capacity in a production environment to fully understand scope, impact, and associated challenges. Provide technical support to production, maintenance, quality, and other groups as required.

Requirements

Technical degree or certification or proven equivalent experience

3+ years of experience with joining equipment and processes for BIW automotive: Self piercing rivet, remote welding, spot welding, material dispensing, and laser braze

Proficient in downtime and daily pass down reports along with root cause analysis documentation

Full hands-on and understanding of electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems

Understanding quality reports and their failure modes is a plus

Kuka & Fanuc experience for day-to-day joining process (robot path & position teaching is a plus)

Proven interpersonal skills and ability to objectively resolve conflict within a large group along with effective communication skills, both verbal and written

Compensation & Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction

Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution

Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Company paid Basic Life, AD&D

Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Tesla Babies program

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation $32.00 - $48.27/hour + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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