Ford Motor Company · 2 days ago
Adhesive Dispensing Engineer
Dearborn, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expFord Motor Company is investing over $50 billion to build advanced EV manufacturing facilities. The Adhesive Dispensing Engineer will lead the development of innovative adhesive solutions for high voltage battery packs, driving technological advancements and managing the dispensing process from prototype through production.
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Responsibilities
This is a hands-on role to actively develop state of the art dispensing technologies
Investigate candidate potting and dispense process strategies for new high voltage battery products
Downselect dispense equipment technologies to meet quality and cycle time targets. Lead the technical evaluation and selection of equipment and material suppliers. Manage the supplier relationship from initial quotes through equipment commissioning and final acceptance
Prove out new quality inspection and validation methods to ensure each dispense meets our requirements. You will ensure volume, bead, location, and ratios are all within specification
Run Design of Experiments to optimize dispense paths and flow rates to get the most volume in the least amount of time, and use statistical process control methods to monitor and maintain process capability once in production
Provide potting and dispense Design for Manufacturability (DFM) input and act as the central Manufacturing Engineering point of contact for all potting and dispensing activities with the Product Design team. Collaborate closely with Materials and Quality Engineering, and with Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) teams to resolve challenges and drive continuous improvement
Validate and optimize processes from early prototype builds through full volume production, leading and executing process trials on the manufacturing floor, and directly troubleshooting to resolving dispensing issues during initial capability runs
Drive proof-of-concept to green light new and novel materials, manufacturing methods, technologies, and suppliers
Evolve the potting and dispense knowledge base through standards and benchmarking
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering, Physics, or Manufacturing
5+ years of manufacturing engineering or equivalent relevant experience
Experience developing and implementing dispense processes and equipment in high-volume production: (expansion potting, syntactic potting, impingement mixing, sealants, cure-in-place gaskets, form-in-place gaskets, structural adhesives)
Experience with low and high viscosity
Experience with one part and multiple components adhesives
Experience with high volume adhesive dispensing equipment
Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T), and use of statistical analysis software (e.g. Minitab)
Preferred
Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Manufacturing
Demonstrated first-hand experience developing and implementing dispense processes and equipment in high-volume production: (expansion potting, syntactic potting, sealants, cure-in-place gaskets, form-in-place gaskets, structural adhesives)
Benefits
Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
Company
Ford Motor Company
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