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Form of workAlthough located at SEWS – Farmington Hills, Michigan Office, this is a flexible Work From Home position, which means an associate has the flexibility to work from home, but is expected to report to the local office as needed or required.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review new components, create issue prevention plan. Work with manufacturing to make sure the correct component use and take action for potential error.
- Determine appropriate component use. Terminal and wire seal selection based on wire type and size. Covering material selection based on material compatibility with wires.
- Work with cross functional team to resolve the issues raised from Customer and/ or wire harness manufacturing.
- Issue prevention based on lesson and learnt, take reoccurrence prevention action for design and manufacturing issues.
- Feasibility and efficiency review of wire harness design at cost study process. (communization, standardization, optimization)
- Process development for new technology and / or new wire harness production process.
- Profit improvement: Idea generation and kick off project to monitor/ follow up until implementation. Obsolescence prevention.
- Process improvement: Idea generation and implementation for Core/ Application team activities.
- Work with new/ existing Customers to understand specifications and requirements. Review new Customer specifications and requirements with cross functional team.
- Visit wire harness production and vehicle build site, take action to prevent potential issues, monitor and follow up this prevention action.
Qualifications:
- 4 year BS in Electrical Engineering/BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree with experience as an Application Engineering.
- 5+ years Application Engineering experience.
- Spanish language skill preferred
About Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc.
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. (SEWS) is part of the Sumitomo family of companies, a 400 year old brand with a reputation for quality and reliability. With the support of facilities throughout North America, SEWS has been delivering innovative solutions to automakers for over 30 years, and is a leading supplier of electrical distribution systems, components and electronics. SEWS is committed to technical development worldwide and with a global network of resources, is able to deliver a truly competitive advantage to each of our customers. Our associates are what drive Sumitomo’s continued growth, which is why we proudly offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, 401(k) with match, tuition benefits, paid holidays and vacation.
To learn more about us, please visit www.sewsus.com.
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About the Sumitomo Electric Group
Since the founding of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 1897 with copper wire production, we have developed many new technologies and products through innovative R&D activities based on Sumitomo Electric manufacturing technologies for electric wires and power cables. With more than 350 subsidiaries worldwide, we continue to introduce a wide variety of products that fulfill the expectations of society, in five business fields: Automotive, Information & Communications, Electronics, Environment & Energy, and Industrial Materials. We are a Fortune global 500 company.
To learn more about Sumitomo Electric Group, please visit http://global-sei.com.
Follow Us on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/sumitomo-electric
**Interested Candidates Should Submit Cover Letter and Salary History When Applying.** An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V
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