Facility Engineering Automation Engineer

Howmet Aerospace - Hampton, VA

Full-time

Hampton, VA

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Facility Engineering Automation Engineer at Howmet Aerospace is responsible for identifying and implementing new manufacturing technologies to enhance production processes. This role involves project management of equipment installations, development of robotic programs, and training manufacturing operators on automation equipment, ensuring efficient and accurate manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

• Project manage new equipment installations to automate and upgrade manufacturing processes.
• Development and maintenance of robotic programs used throughout Hampton's facilities.
• Design and program management of fixtures used within the robotic processes.
• Support/train manufacturing operators on the use of robotic automation equipment.
• Documentation of all changes to production programs for future correlation to downstream process outputs.
• Determination of key input variables within the automation process to ensure that process is robust against minor variations in casting dimensions.
• Determination/implementation of key output variables to validate that critical functions within a program/piece have completed successfully before running additional product.
• Support Manufacturing/Process owner in cross functional scrap initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering from an accredited institution required.
• Must be able to provide documentation in the original form establishing both your identity and your employment eligibility in the U.S.
• This position entails access to export-controlled items; must be able to lawfully obtain access to such items.

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years' experience in project management in an industrial environment.
• 3+ years' experience programming robotics.
• Experience with Motoman and/or Fanuc robots.
• Offline programming experience.
• Familiarity with fixture design for implementation in a robotic cell is beneficial.
• Prior exposure / knowledge of statistical analysis.
• Green Belt certification in Six Sigma.