Manufacturing Engineer

About the position

Challenge's mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations. Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge's success! Together we own Safety! Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!

Responsibilities

• Performs research, design and development of manufacturing processes, including production flow, assembly methods and production equipment.
• Prepares and maintains detailed layouts of buildings and equipment.
• Coordinates the manufacturing launch of new/revised products, including establishing goals, training team members and evaluating results.
• Designs, develops, tests or sources and cost-justifies various tools, machinery and equipment for recommended manufacturing methods.
• Creates and maintains job elements sheets and standard work sheets.
• Performs product/process analysis for cost reduction, quality improvement and efficiency improvement.
• Represents manufacturing on cross-functional teams.
• Leads and supports lean manufacturing initiatives; including, cost reductions and productivity improvements.

Requirements

• S degree from a 4 year college or university in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, etc) or equivalent experience.
• Automated assembly experience.
• Cell layout experience.
• MS Office experience.
• BIW product understanding & experience.
• Sheet metal fabrication and assembly experience.
• AutoCad experience.
• Plexus experience.
• Process improvement skills.
• Throughput.
• Quality.
• Material flows.
• Operator utilization.
• Lean manufacturing knowledge.
• Exhibits problem solving & trouble shooting skills.
• Product dimensional data analysis skills.
• Previous GD&T knowledge.
• Interpersonal skills to work with others.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance.
• Voluntary Life and Long-Term Disability options.
• Employer 401k Match.
• ESOP shares.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Referral Bonus Program.
• Challenge Incentive Program.
• Paid time off.