SITE ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT BONDING PROFESSIONAL

OPmobility SE; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

OPmobility Exterior USA LLC in Anderson, SC seeks an Assembly Process Engineer - Bonding to launch and optimize automated bonding lines for exterior automotive components. You will work with robots, adhesive systems, ultrasonic welders, and vision checks to ensure high-volume production readiness.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and about 1 year of engineering experience with similar equipment. Travel to Greer, IL, Spring Hill, TN, Toledo, OH, and local plants is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Materials Engineering or related.
• About 1 year of engineering experience in automation and bonding equipment.
• Experience with robots, ultrasonic welding, and adhesive systems preferred.
• Willingness to travel to multiple plants for installation and start-up.

Responsibilities

• Launch and troubleshoot automated bonding equipment for high-volume production.
• Develop and standardize bonding processes using 2K adhesives.
• Validate surface treatments to ensure adhesion on challenging substrates.

Skills

Automation

Robotics

PLCs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Materials Engineering or related

Tools

Industrial robots

Ultrasonic welding systems

Adhesive dispensing systems

Laser cutting systems

Vision systems

PLCs

Job description

Job title:

Assembly Process Engineer - Bonding

Location:

Anderson, SC, U.S.A, OPmobility Exterior USA LLC

Job duties:

Engineer, launch and troubleshoot automated assembly and high performance bonding equipment, including industrial robots; automated polyurethane adhesive dispensing systems; high frequency ultrasonic welding systems; laser cutting systems; automated inspection and vision systems; fastening/assembly tools; and PLCs to manage sequence of operations, to support high volume production of painted plastic automotive exterior components including liftgates, bumpers, rocker panels and grilles, delivered to original OEMs. Develop/standardize bonding and assembly processes using 2K adhesives, validating surface treatment technologies like flaming and priming to ensure superior adhesion on low-surface-energy substrates.

Travel requirements:

Required travel to our manufacturing plants in Greer SC; Normal, IL; Spring Hill, TN; and Toledo, OH, to support, validate, and troubleshoot installation, debugging, deployment, and commissioning of automated assembly and bonding equipment to achieve production readiness and Start of Production, up to 8 weeks P/A (equal to 15% in annual travel).

Education:

Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Materials Science/Engineering, or related.

Experience:

Twelve months’ experience as Engineer or related, engineering and launching automated assembly and high-performance bonding equipment, including robots; automated adhesive dispensing systems; and ultrasonic welding systems, to support production of plastic automotive exterior components, or related.