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Senior Industrial Engineer

Lear Corporation
Southfield, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Feb 2026

About the role

 

Lear For You

 

We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams. We foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. What we are trying to say is we want to be more for you.

 

We are your path to a better career, a better future, and a better you.

 

Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, flawlessly manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we are one of the World's Most Admired Companies. 

 

Our teams are the secret to our success. They are empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we all understand that we must work together to win. 

 

Are you ready for a better career? A better future?

 

We're Lear For You. 

 

 

SENIOR FASTENING ENGINEER

SOUTHFIELD, MI – WORLD HEADQUARTERS

 

NATURE OF WORK: The Sr Fastening Engineer reports to the AME director. Drive and manage Lear torque standards across all North America plants.   

 

EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED (The following duties are typical for this classification.)

  • Audit/Track torque strategy across all NA plants in compliance with standard
  • Subject matter expert on all types of fasteners, threaded fastener, rivets
  • Drive innovations with fastening technology and automation
  • Fastening equipment hardware selection
  • MES data acquisition settings tracking and change request tracking
  • Lear torque standards updating and progression
  • Launch support, production support as issues arises with fastening
  • Meetings with customer on reviewing requirements, and production issues
  • Support the plants while working with corporate fastening engineers on new product
  • Leading torque training across plants to develop competence in all plants and support

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES:

  • Must be a self-starter, team player, work well with others, and have a positive attitude
  • Must be a creative thinker, results oriented, focused, and attentive to detail and accuracy
  • Subject matter expert on torque tightening strategies and their differences including multistep
  • Highly skilled at programing Atlas Copco controllers (legacy and current) like PF6000 and PF8 controllers using tightening and error proofing strategies like final angle, post view and self-tap
  • Expert on Atlas Copco torque equipment software like Tools Talk 2, Tools Net 8, Alture Optimize and Alture Maintain
  • Knowledgeable of networking basics. Open protocol, ethernet communication basics
  • Must have ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines
  • Self-driven and willingness to work long hours during installations, if required
  • Willingness to travel 50% of the time

 

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
  • 5+ years of fastener Engineering experience
  • Knowledge of Manufacture processes and Tooling
  • Strong Knowledge of MS Office – especially Excel

 

 

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

 

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.

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