Controls Engineering Tech

AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing; Bluffton (SC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Dauch Corporation is seeking a Controls Engineering Tech to provide technical engineering support for processes and engineers. You will act as a technical expert in the assigned area, maintain CNC programs, robot programming, and ensure cycle times are met.

Responsibilities include training operators, establishing loader points for automated lathes, assisting with maintenance and start-ups, and driving improvement projects to optimize assembly processes.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• 2 years engineering or manufacturing experience.
• Knowledge of CNC machining processes, G-code programming, assembly automation, leak testing, robotic loading and unloading.

Responsibilities

• Technical expert in assigned area.
• Maintain CNC programs and processes and any program changes.
• Maintain robot programming and any program changes. Ensure robots are operating properly.
• Ensure appropriate cycle time is maintained.
• Provide training to operations for tools, grinding, balancer, change-overs, gauges, chucks.
• Establish loader teach points for automated lathes (i.e. Fuji & Murata).
• Adjust robot teach points.
• Assist maintenance with repairs when needed.
• Assure proper preventive maintenance is completed.
• Assist manufacturing engineers with new job start-ups and problem solving process (Green Belt tasks).
• Produce trial run parts on new job start-ups.
• Implementation of improvement project.
• Trouble shoot assembly processes
• Maintain or improve cycle times for assembly processes
• Other duties assigned as needed

Skills

CNC Machining

G-code Programming

Robot Loading/Unloading

Automation

Process Improvement

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Fuji & Murata loaders

Job description

Job Posting Title

Controls Engineering Tech

Job Description Summary

We are DAUCH. We have the power to move the world.

At DAUNCH, we are looking for associates who push boundaries and drive solutions for the future. Innovators. Thinkers. Dreamers. Doers. No matter the role or function, every associate is a piece of what makes DAUNCH great. We’re growing and building #Team DAUNCH to be the best. Join us!

Job Description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Perform a variety of tasks, working under very minimal general supervision. Provide technical engineering support for processes and engineers.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technical expert in assigned area.
• Maintain CNC programs and processes and any program changes.
• Maintain robot programming and any program changes. Ensure robots are operating properly.
• Ensure appropriate cycle time is maintained.
• Provides various training to operations for tools, grinding, balancer, change-overs, gauges, chucks.
• Establish loader teach points for automated lathes (i.e. Fuji & Murata).
• Adjust robot teach points.
• Assist maintenance with any repairs when needed.
• Assure proper preventive maintenance is completed.
• Assist manufacturing engineers with new job start-ups and problem solving process (Green Belt tasks).
• Produce trial run parts on new job start-ups.
• Implementation of improvement project.
• Trouble shoot assembly processes
• Maintain or improve cycle times for assembly processes
• Other duties assigned as needed

Required Skills and Education

EDUCATION / WORK EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma.
• 2 years engineering or manufacturing experience.
• Knowledge of commonly known concepts, practices and procedures within a CNC machining production environment – CNC machining processes, G-code programming, assembly automation, leak testing, robotic loading and unloading of machine tools.

REQUIREMENTS

• Safety First Mindset
• Strong attention to detail
• Comfortable working in a cooperative, team oriented, fast paced environment.
• Desire to take ownership of your role including performance and attendance accountability.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Able to work around and with chemicals with proper safety equipment
• Job involves lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, exerts 25 to 100 pounds of force occasionally and exerts 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• Requires pushing, pulling, reaching, standing, walking, gripping and bending
• High mental and visual effort required
• Works in, around and beneath equipment

About Dauch

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [e-mail]. Dauch is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.