AFP Manufacturing Engineer - Salt Lake City, UT

Afp Manufacturing Engineer

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) designs, develops, and manufactures advanced composite components in order to help our customers push the frontiers of innovation. Our core strength is our ability to produce highly tailored, complex composite components. With our unique blend of products - including 3D woven structures, traditional and non-traditional 2D composite structures, and discrete through thickness reinforcement technologies, to name a few - AEC is able to produce composite components and products which meet performance and cost specifications often beyond the reach of metallic or conventional laminated composites.

This position is accountable for the development and implementation of the manufacturing process for automated fiber placement parts for aerospace structural applications.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist with diagnosing and troubleshooting equipment related issues pertaining to advance fiber placement (AFP) machines. Work with machine manufactures to expedite repairs to avoid schedule impact.
• Define plans to support; equipment qualification, total productive maintenance (TPM), and spare parts.
• Initiate process improvements focused on cycle time reduction, machine efficiency, and defect reduction.
• Generate and maintain equipment, Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis PFMEA, and risk matrix.
• Provide reliability and maintainability input to the design of new projects, standardization and selection of equipment/parts and components.
• Assist with the execution and control of test plans.
• Generate and maintain work instructions pertaining to parts fabricated using AFP processes.
• Disposition nonconformances related to parts fabricated using AFP processes

Working Conditions

• Indoor production environment, duties performed indoors, adequate lighting and comfortable temperatures. Frequent exposure to moderate noise and machinery with mechanical moving parts. Ability to work 24/7 schedule and be available as business situations require. Travel may be required

Physical requirements

• Occasionally positions self to move an item >10 lbs.
• Frequently move about the production floor and office area to attend meetings or trainings
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 75% of the time
• Frequently operates a computer, enters data into systems, verifies information, etc...

Shift

Day

Shift Information

Monday - Friday 7am-330pm

Experience/Education/Skills

• 3 years related experience with Engineering Degree
• Experience in robotics and or multi-axis equipment.
• Establish project budgets and schedules.
• Assist in the development of autonomous maintenance processes in collaboration with equipment engineers and reliability operators.
• Generate equipment specifications and assemble equipment work packages.
• Familiarity with the mechanics of AFP machines including; segmented compaction rollers, bi-directional tensioners, re-direct roller systems, individual tow cut-clamp-restart (CCR), and laser based heating methods.
• Experience with automated fiber placement machines, 3-axis positioners, rotating mandrel systems, fiber delivery systems, laminators, or similar.
• Analyze the predictive maintenance data and initiate follow-on corrective work.
• Optimization of composite manufacturing processes that utilize Carbon and Glass Fibers, Thermoset Epoxies (Autoclave and Out of Autoclave) and BMI material.
• Knowledge of root cause / corrective action processes and techniques.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran