Lead Production Support Engineer

Adient Aerospace is a joint venture between Adient and the Boeing Company. Boeing brings a deep knowledge of Aerospace, and Adient is a world leader in automotive seating. At Adient Aerospace, it is our mission to deliver innovative seating design through precise operational excellence, resulting in a superior customer experience. We bring the right pieces together, in precisely the right way, at precisely the right time.

Adient Aerospace is looking for a Lead Production Support Engineerto join our team on site in Huntington Beach, California. We are looking for highly proficient individuals who are collaborative, value diversity, enjoy working as a team, and share our passion to succeed. We invest in our employees with opportunities for professional development and we offer competitive benefits.

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JOB SUMMARY

The Lead Production Support Engineer serves as a pivotal leader connecting manufacturing teams, physical products, and the broader Engineering organization. This role carries the responsibility of translating identified issues into engineered solutions while driving cross-functional collaboration and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Leveraging a robust foundation of engineering expertise and practical experience, the Lead Production Support Engineer will define, investigate, and implement solutions, ensuring the timely closure of complex challenges.

SUMMARY OF JOB DUTIES - Essential Functions (Other duties and projects may be assigned or requested.)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Coordinate and distribute workload assigned by Engineering management to the Production Support Engineering team.
• Act as the primary liaison between engineering teams and assigned internal customers, programs, and products, establishing strategic priorities and objectives to enhance product reliability and performance.
• Lead the management of problem reports, structuring internal communications and establishing a daily cadence for updates on assigned programs and products, ensuring alignment and accountability across teams.
• Provide comprehensive daily updates on problem resolution progress, leveraging data analysis to identify trends and opportunities for proactive intervention.
• Collaborate closely with Project Engineers to synthesize feedback from problem report data and ensure the dissemination of lessons learned across the Engineering organization, driving continuous product and process improvement initiatives.
• Employ advanced analytical and problem-solving methodologies to expedite resolution of complex issues, particularly under tight deadlines, while mentoring team members in best practices.
• Utilize engineering expertise to translate technical issues into actionable language, guiding change management processes to implement effective solutions.
• Lead the execution of defined changes, applying design, modeling, and drafting skills, while overseeing the work of Project Engineers to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Strategically manage time and priorities to ensure the timely resolution of defined issues, aligning efforts with internal and external demands and company goals.
• Deliver clear and impactful communication regarding problem resolution, both verbally and through written presentations, to ensure a broad understanding of outcomes and implications.
• Leverage feedback from internal and external stakeholders to champion the optimization of designs for manufacturability and assembly, enhancing overall product quality.
• Provide technical support to internal and external customers, ensuring the Engineering team is appropriately involved and informed throughout the process.
• Serve as the Engineering representative on the Material Review Board (MRB), leading the disposition of non-conforming products and advocating for engineering solutions that uphold product integrity.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS – Education, Knowledge, and Experience

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