Manufacturing Engineer

American Seating is recognized for providing innovative seating solutions, and you’ll find our products in famous venues everywhere. Our reputation is not just built on a handful of breakthroughs, we have well over a century of engineering firsts and innovative product designs. This has positioned us as a leading solutions provider that consistently lives up to our significant record of success.

• To evaluate and improve manufacturing processes by applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; and soliciting observations from supervisors and operators.
• Provide manufacturing with tools and technical engineering support to implement new products and processes into production.
• Provide ideas for designs and assemblies and follow them through from concept through production.
• Work with Quality Engineering on corrective actions to improve overall quality and reduce customer complaints.
• Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
• Investigate new manufacturing processes and equipment and prepare capital requests with justification
• Improve American Seating’s current processes by removing constraints through a team approach.
• Identify and implement cost reduction projects
• Support new product launch’s by helping to determine new product costs

Minimum Requirements

• 4 year engineering degree
• 2-5 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering

Skills Required

• Candidates should be mechanically inclined with the ability to troubleshoot, often hands-on interacting with shop floor personnel.
• Preferred experience: CAD, Solidworks, Lean Manufacturing, Powdercoat, Upholstery, Metal Fab, Welding, and Assembly.