Principal Engineer Ii Launch

Description Key Job Roles & Responsibilities: · Participate in CFT meetings
· Estimate manufacturing costs and investment for industrialization process.
· Lead and support plant operation activities to conduct launch builds.
· Maintain overall program timing plan for manufacturing activities
· Lead design for manufacturing activities and manufacturing feasibility assessments.
· Review, implement and create best practices and lessons learn for new products.
· Ensure proper implementation of manufacturing standards and process design.
· Lead all Manufacturing APQP activities and submit customer documentation as required.
· Develop and maintain process documentation (process flow, PFMEA, Control Plan, QPS)
· Monitor program costs against Gate 2 commitments.
· Prepare funding requests (PAR) and submit for approval.
· Coordinate Plant Build activities with cross-functional teams.
· Lead capability studies, MSA and process statistical data.
· Prepare PPAP documentation and develop Safe Launch Plans.
· Monitor Launch Performance of new products.
· Deploys Visteon Business practices, processes and systems regionally, developing local competence and expertize.
· Ensures optimum flow of information and material between customers, plants and suppliers
· Ensures that new programs under responsibility are planned and implemented in accurate/timely manner at planned costs.
· Develop and review design prototypes, perform test and finalize product design to facilitate mass production (DFM).
· Approve product design and test plans, review design and recommend adequate changes to the approved models before actual role out of new products.
· Participate in workshops to promote continuous product improvement initiatives to the programs to be launched.
· Prepare comprehensive project plans with technical objectives and detailed cost estimates.
· Arrange weekly meeting with OBO team to get final approval for the program industrialization.
· Meet customer's timeline of launch programs.
· Attend gate reviews and maintain reporting of launch phase activities.
· Develops and evaluates manufacturing capacity, and methods, used for new product launch.
· Recommends new equipment and manpower needs for new products.
QualificationsBehaviorsPreferred Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
Dedicated Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
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