Description
We are seeking a Paint Manufacturing Materials Engineer to join our team at American Honda Motor Company in Greensburg, Indiana. The successful candidate will focus on materials such as adhesives and sealers used throughout the body structure, ensuring body in white structural integrity by establishing and leading systems to develop, implement, and sustain various welding and joining processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Control, investigate, and make proposals for joining equipment needs, acting as a liaison to vendors to optimize and standardize joining equipment.
- Meet requirements of new model development and maturation to achieve milestone targets and smooth launch.
- Develop testing and procedures for quality verification and inspection to prevent shipment of nonconforming product.
- Create and maintain sealer and adhesive quality reporting and documentation for the department.
- Perform destructive analysis of the body in white structure to ensure quality standards and targets are met.
- Provide engineering technical knowledge to manage nonconforming product evaluation, execution, and containment.
- Make, update, and revise training material for joining processes and conduct training.
- Optimize usage of joining sub-materials to reduce department operating expenses.
- Maintain regular communication with other facilities and collaborate on global joining activity.
- Lead and/or actively participate in department initiatives such as business plan, loss elimination, knowledge share/transfer, continuous improvement, and engagement.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Material Science or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent related experience.
- 0-6 years of experience based on education (manufacturing experience preferred).
- Knowledge of sealers and adhesives material properties and behaviors.
- Knowledge of materials application technologies.
- Knowledge of destructive testing and measurement practices.
- Experience with manufacturing processes and practices.
- Laboratory measurement experience.
- Good communication with internal and external groups.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Preferred ability to read and understand mechanical drawings – both 2D and CAD environment.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (PowerPoint design and Excel formulation).
- Familiarity with 6-axis robot systems (Fanuc and Yaskawa).
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary ($71,100 - $106,600 per year).
- Paid overtime.
- Regional bonus (when applicable).
- Industry-leading benefit plans (medical, dental, vision, Rx).
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown.
- Company-paid short-term and long-term disability.
- 401K plan with company match + additional contribution.
- Relocation assistance (if eligible).
- Tuition assistance & student loan repayment.
- Lifestyle account.
- Childcare reimbursement account.
- Elder care support.
- Wellbeing program.
- Community service and engagement programs.
- Product programs.