Fastening Engineer Lead - SME

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Job Description

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

Responsibilities

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

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Experience Requirements

• 8+ years of fastener engineering experience
• Knowledge of manufacture processes and Tooling
• Strong knowledge of MS Office – especially Excel

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.

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 country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.