Bonding Process Engineer – Automotive Manufacturing

Dauch; Gallatin (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Dauch Corporation is seeking a Process Engineer to join our Gallatin, TN manufacturing team. You will coordinate bonding process control, run DOE studies, and implement improvements on the shop floor to improve yield, quality, and cost efficiency.

You will collaborate with engineering and production, lead capital project activities, and ensure compliance with quality systems and customer requirements. A Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years’ experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in metallurgical, chemical, or materials engineering.
• 2+ years in heavy manufacturing or chemical industry.
• Proficient in Excel.
• Experience documenting training materials, SOPs, FMEA, etc.

Responsibilities

• Analyze bonding process performance (yield, scrap, UPH, Cp/Cpk) against requirements.
• Audit bonding process failures and develop cost-effective solutions.
• Assess need for bonding process changes based on trends.
• Conduct DOE and statistical studies to improve bonding quality, reliability, cost.
• Transfer new bonding technologies into mass production.
• Investigate trends, failures, deviations to identify root causes.
• Plan and implement bonding process control schemes (SPC, SOPs, PFMEA).
• Establish testing methods and define control targets.
• Hands-on bonding machine setup, parameter tuning, validation.
• Cost/benefit analyses for improvements, automation, tooling.
• Participate in Internal Quality Audit Team.
• Preliminary evaluations for new equipment.
• Lead bonding process design and line integration.
• Prepare cost estimations for bonding capital projects.
• Collaborate with Engineering on capital projects.
• Support supplier qualification and bid evaluation.
• Oversee equipment installation, IQ/OQ/PQ, ramp-up.
• Train employees on bonding standards and certification.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

2+ years experience

Excel proficiency

Documentation skills

Manufacturing exp

Education

Bachelor's degree in metallurgical/chemical/materials engineering

Job description

Dauch Corporation is seeking a Process Engineer to join our Gallatin, TN manufacturing team. You will coordinate bonding process control, run DOE studies, and implement improvements on the shop floor to improve yield, quality, and cost efficiency.

You will collaborate with engineering and production, lead capital project activities, and ensure compliance with quality systems and customer requirements. A Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years’ experience are preferred.