Welding Process Engineer

Welding Process Engineer Job Highlights

Company Profile

Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to all automakers worldwide. The company proposes innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive driving.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Welding Process Engineer who is ready to tackle the challenges of the vehicle of the future and revolutionize the conditions of visibility for both drivers and passengers.

Educational Qualification

• The applicants should have passed a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from a college, tech center, or school.

Work Experience

• The candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of experience with plastic welding in the following areas: vibration, laser, hot plate, heat stake.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Capitalize and share the know-how of industrial processes in the domain of responsibility
• Lead lean design workshop
• Lead the industrialization of the new P1
• Participate in the design of new equipment and new line
• Production efficiency for APU specific metier or product efficiency for new product development specific metier

Industrialization (Mainstream for New Product Industrialization)

• Build action plans and follow-up to be ready for FDPR
• Define acceptance criteria for new equipment
• Design specific tools and validate supplier’s proposal
• Follow equipment development with the supplier
• Manage production equipment introduction using IPROM
• Participate in PFMEA and Control Plan
• Perform and/or collect capabilities of equipment and process
• Perform pre-acceptance and acceptance of the equipment
• Perform trials on the equipment and deliver reports
• Set up equipment and propose Process Validation Plan

Mass Production (Mainstream for APU)

• Be in contact with suppliers (improvement, support)
• Monitor QCDM and propose improvements
• Participate in APU QRQC
• Participate in SPV workshop
• Support production technicians (training, analysis, problem-solving)
• Survey equipment performance with optimization in mind
• Update routing on information system with SPV validation
• Work on cycle time reduction to optimize investment, material, and labor cost

Standardization

• Know, apply and promote standards (PG, sites, or corporate) in the domain of responsibility
• Supply the SPV rules
• Validate any standard evolution proposed by sites
• Validate PG RAISE and specifications standards created by standard owners

Work Environment

• Alert for the safety rules infringement
• Ensure respect of Safety and Environment procedures of Valeo Group
• Maintain 5S and report issues

Employer’s Statement

Valeo is an Equal Opportunity Employer.