About this role
Job title: Assembly Process Engineer - Bonding
Location: Anderson, SC, U.S.A, OPmobility Exterior USA LLC
Job duties: Engineer, launch and troubleshoot automated assembly and high performance bonding equipment, including industrial robots; automated polyurethane adhesive dispensing systems; high frequency ultrasonic welding systems; laser cutting systems; automated inspection and vision systems; fastening/assembly tools; and PLCs to manage sequence of operations, to support high volume production of painted plastic automotive exterior components including liftgates, bumpers, rocker panels and grilles, delivered to original OEMs. Develop/standardize bonding and assembly processes using 2K adhesives, validating surface treatment technologies like flaming and priming to ensure superior adhesion on low-surface-energy substrates.
Travel requirements: Required travel to our manufacturing plants in Greer SC; Normal, IL; Spring Hill, TN; and Toledo, OH, to support, validate, and troubleshoot installation, debugging, deployment, and commissioning of automated assembly and bonding equipment to achieve production readiness and Start of Production, up to 8 weeks P/A (equal to 15% in annual travel).
Education: Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Materials Science/Engineering, or related.
Experience: Twelve months’ experience as Engineer or related, engineering and launching automated assembly and high-performance bonding equipment, including robots; automated adhesive dispensing systems; and ultrasonic welding systems, to support production of plastic automotive exterior components, or related.