Humanetics is a high-tech global industrial technology group. We engineer extraordinary safety, digital, and sensor solutions for critical environments to put humans at the heart of industrial design. We are the pioneers of crash test dummies and a leading provider of virtual simulation software, integrated crash test systems, precision sensors, specialized fiber optics, and laser-based material engineering. Our highly specialized solutions are used in the development of every car on the road today, space missions, guidance systems, operating theatres, biomedical devices, haptic surgery, energy generation, semi-conductor chip manufacturing, and many applications at the cutting edge of human innovation. Our sensor and measurement capabilities create data from critical environments and deliver precision tools to enable customers to answer critical questions and empower decisions that drive performance. When we innovate, humans thrive.
Role Purpose: This position has the responsibility to monitor, control, and improve the manufacturing processes used to produce the parts in the rubber, vinyl, foam, silicone, and urethane molding departments. This includes responsibility for defining and documenting processes used to prepare for molding, mold parts, and trim parts after they are molded.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Works with outside vendors to find or formulate new compounds, manufacture the compounds used by production to high quality standards, and qualify new compounds and vendors of raw materials for production.
- Develops, documents, and validates the test methods used to qualify, monitor, and improve the quality of the raw compounds.
- Research new methods to better control and tune the compounds and manufacturing processes.
- Troubleshoots manufacturing problems to eliminate defects, and supports manufacturing as needed.
- Leads rubber, vinyl, foam, silicone, and urethane mold design projects to assure that new molds meet all requirements of the molding department and are completed on time.
- When necessary, molds parts to assist manufacturing or to do prototyping
Education and/or Experience:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in related technical field such as engineering, manufacturing or chemistry.
- Additional training in problem-solving techniques (i.e. Statistical Quality Control/Statistical Process Control, lean, SPC, DOE) is preferred.
- Experience with PPAP, FMEA and Control Plans preferred.
- 3 years process engineering experience is required.
- A six-sigma black belt certification is preferred.
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Humanetics is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer
