Supply Chain Manufacturing Engineer – Electrical Wiring Interconnection System

Your role and your team:

As the supply Chain, our mission is to complete secure NPI programmes with our suppliers, to enable the smooth introduction and ramp up of our demand into our internal build lines, where the Lilium Jet will go through its final assembly steps.

You will be part of a team that is instrumental in driving the industrialisation of our external battery cell suppliers. You will lead EWIS and electrical production process development and deeply engage with Lilium suppliers on their manufacturing facilities. You will work with the suppliers to initially improve and optimize prototype production facilities and later do the same for semi-automated, high volume serial production lines.

Your Day to Day:

• Working as the manufacturing engineer, you will regularly visit our EWIS suppliers to steer and control the current production line
• You will identify bottlenecks and work with the supply chain manager to understand, report and optimize overall production capacity
• You will find solutions to stabilize and improve existing production processes, with the goal of improving quality and reducing cycle times.
• You will work with the supplier to decide on technical solutions to gradually automatize the production and help ramp up high volume production lines
• You will lead, both inhouse and with our suppliers, the development and improvement of new processes
• You will work with our design engineers to be the voice of manufacturing and drive design for manufacturing / design for automation during prototype, development and first article inspection.
• You will own manufacturing engineering APQP deliverables for NPI and secure completion
• You will support during the disposition of non-conforming parts and during the identification of the root cause from a manufacturing point of view.  

Your Profile:

Required:

• You are fluent in English
• You will have c.5+ years of experience in a manufacturing engineering role preferably in wiring harness or electrical components manufacturing
• You have demonstrated expertise in process development and process improvement
• You understand and can apply the concepts of lean production
• You understand technical drawings and how individual tolerances add up to a tolerance stack
• Excellent communications maturity. Ability to build trust and consensus and secure commitment from all team members.
• You have a willingness to take risks in decision making.
• You have the ability to self-manage and prioritise tasks.
• You have a can-do mindset, an ability to understand and analyse a problem and come up with solutions.
• You have willingness to regularly travel in Europe as well as worldwide for supplier visits.

Desired:

• You are fluent in German
• You have a Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar
• You have experience in wiring harness and electrical components manufacturing
• You have experience in using the PPAP/APQP processes
• You have experience in Manufacturing Readiness Level or Technology Readiness Level development
• You have knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and inspection capabilities and requirements relevant to Electrics and Electronics.
• You will have demonstrable capabilities in influencing design through Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and RCCA activities.
• You have a technical understanding of Electrical Drawings & Requirements
• You have an understanding of electrical test equipment

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