Senior Assembly Process Engineer

Schneider Electric has an opportunity for a Senior Assembly Process Engineer to work a Hybrid schedule based out of the Greater Nashville, TN area.

Individual responsibility covers everything from conception to full qualified line and process hand off to operations partners for new product development projects.

Position Details:


* Participate as a team of assembly engineering specialists to industrialize assembly processes for new product development.


* Act as safety and health champion for New Product Development assembly outputs (peer review, ergonomic, environmental, quality...)


* Conduct Design For Assembly (DFA) risk study / Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) with Design Engineering assessing critical characteristics, risks, and developing mitigation plans.


* Ensure assembly process deliverables are aligned with global assembly process practices.


* Understand and modify automated equipment/machine specifications and their detailed designs and BOMs.


* Identify portions of assembly process where automation will deliver solid benefit to cost tradeoff.


* Understand and be able to modify if needed mechanical design drawings for electrical controls requirements (Creo)


* Apply digital tools to assembly procedures, operator training.


* Conduct financial assessment on the assembly process design based on unit volumes and maximizing return on capital employed.


* Document the technical and generic specifications of the assembly process design including line layouts, station layouts, information management, capacity and workload balancing, preferred component usage, etc...


* Prepare an assembly value add target cost estimate based on costing models and use this to optimize the total cost and Industrial strategy decisions.


* Participate in the supplier selection and contract review process with Purchasing for outsourced assemblies then monitor progress and lead the qualification of equipment when it's complete.


* Obtain plant acceptance and provide the final sign-off on tool and process for project deliverables while following the principles of Schneider Performance System (SPS)


* Stay current on developing trends in industry regarding assembly processes, methods, and competencies.

5+ years of experience in assembly line development which includes significant level of automation

PLC programming (ex.

Unity / EcoStruxure Control Expert, ProWORX, SoMachine / EcoStruxure Machine Expert)

Experience configuring and designing HMI systems

Experience configuring and modifying MES and MIS systems (ex.

AVEVA)

Experience in large data analytics and software used to create the algorithms (ex.

R, Scala, Python, Julia)

Knowledge of communication protocols (Modbus, Modbus TCP, CAN, Profibus, etc)

Basic understanding of UL61010-1 Standard, NFPA 79, National Electric Code

Modify PLC and HMI programs for automated equipment/machines.

TRAVEL:
Travel required up to 60% (domestic an...