Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data

Manufacturing Engineer - FIS

Job Summary:

Our client in Dearborn, MI is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer - FIS. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do:

• Constraint Management, Factory Information System and IIOT Monitoring Implementation, Act as liaison with Controls group to coordinate all controls and FIS updates.
• Coordinate and manage updates to FIS extended properties for New Model Programs.
• Ensure FIS is aligned with each plant's simulation model.
• Global FIS planning & costing support and coaching for other regions.
• Review and approve ACRs for FIS Applications.
• Review and approve all FIS pilots (reports, versions, etc.).
• Lead quarterly FIS reviews with N.A. Plant ME Managers and FIS Administrators to share Specification changes, FIS Strategies, and collect plant feedback.
• Contribute and support the L2, L3, & FIS Strategy & Governance Meetings to provide assessment, needs, and wants for Final Assembly Engineering.

Basics:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, or Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
• Background experience in Factory Information Services, Constraint Management.
• Support all Executive Constraint Management Meetings.
• Director of Manufacturing (DOM) Constraint Management Reviews.
• POP Committee.
• Roll-out new versions to DOMs and Plant Personnel.
• Assist plants with developing & interpreting Executive Throughput Packages.
• Review plant Executive Throughput Packages during bi-weekly FAE Constraint Review.
• 404 Throughput Status.
• Constraint #1 Action Matrix.
• Constraint #2 Action Matrix.
• Any Significant FAE Issues/Losses.
• Develop and maintain the Executive Throughput Package Pro Forma, including all Single Point Lessons and attachments.
• Maintain & update Productivity Operating Process / Constraint Management web based training for FAE. 
• Maintain Productivity Operating Process SharePoint website for Final Assembly documentation.
• 3 years of experience in Constraint Management and Factory Information Systems.
• Position fully onsite. 
• Travel - Both, local and out of state, combined 70%.

Preferred:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Factory Information System.
• Evaluate program assumptions and provide FIS cost estimates for new model program cost studies based on latest FIS Specification and Lessons Learned. 
• New Process Control Board Requirements.
• Process Control Boards at end of Useful Life.
• New Tooling Assets.
• New Conveyor Assets.
• Rebalance Configurations (assets & PCBs).
• Asset Revalidation.
• Provide IT with intitial estimate of drop counts, asset counts, & server counts.
• Develop initial SOW for FIS Integrators & FIS Launch Managers with a complete list of assets (tooling & conveyor) and Process Control Boards.
• Maintain and improve Global FIS Specification.
• Provide FAE input and signoff of all FIS specification revisions.
• Maintain and publish specifications for Final Assembly Process Control Boards.
• Review with Global Regional leads.
• Review and Incorporate Lessons Learned into Specification.
• Interface with IT on updates to IT FIS Standards, including PCBs.

How You Will Be Successful:

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “First”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Free training on all Altair products

Why Work with Us:

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

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