Robotics Paint Engineer

Quest Global - Troy, OH

Full-time - Mid Level

Troy, OH

10,001+ employees

Truck Transportation

About the position

The Robotics Paint Engineer will focus on planning, developing, and implementing new thermal spray, coatings, and paint processes for the restoration of aerospace components. This role involves providing production support, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring quality control in the application of coatings and paints.

Responsibilities

• Provides daily production support to troubleshoot issues with thermal spray systems, protective coatings, and paint.
• Selects, prepares, and mixes solutions or coatings according to formulas and specifications and creates spray recipes and sequences for spraying.
• Sets up and operates various configurations of manual, semi-automatic, and robotic spray systems.
• Generates, revises, documents, tests, and implements control programs for robotic, automated, and semi-automated spray systems.
• Trains technicians on new process implementation for thermal spray systems, coatings, and paint.
• Provides direction on proper routine and preventative maintenance for spray/coating equipment.
• Performs standardized testing on spray samples to ensure coating quality.
• Documents new thermal spray, protective coatings, and paint procedures in the form of technical data sheets and work instructions.
• Analyzes, develops and recommends methods to meet production requirements, improve economy and quality, and reduce turn-around-times for products and/or processes with supporting cost analysis.
• Establishes, analyzes, and acts upon measures of performance related to processes.
• Investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies relating to equipment and processes to reduce variation and improve reliability.
• Determines the actions necessary to develop and implement new spray processes and repairs from engineering data.
• Contributes to the planning and conduct of repair trials to generate data for new repairs or to support existing repairs.
• Analyzes and documents the results of repair trials.
• Proposes, researches, and performs cost benefit analysis for new equipment purchases.
• Coordinates and interacts with outside resources including contractors, equipment vendors, and supply vendors for process support, improvement, or repair development.
• Provides support, technical expertise and experience to the Engineering team necessary to develop new repairs on aerospace components.
• Remains current with state-of-the-art technologies for thermal spray, protective coatings, and paint processes.
• Responsible for observing all applicable safety requirements and reporting immediately any unsafe practices/conditions.
• Carries out special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
• 3-5 years experience in a manufacturing environment specializing in paint processes.
• Demonstrated ability to program Fanuc Robots.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.