{"id":4319944,"url":"https://alion.io/job/lear-material-process-engineer-advanced-materials","title":"Material Process Engineer, Advanced Materials","company":{"id":1797416,"name":"Lear","domain":"lear.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/lear-com","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":99,"open_postings":10,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0.1,"time_to_fill_p50_days":26,"computed_at":"2026-11-14T05:58:10Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Southfield, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AutoCAD","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Project","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-13","last_verified_at":"2026-11-14T19:24:28Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Lear For You\nWe work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.\nA path to a better career. A better future.\nOur teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we’re named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.\nThey’re the secret to our success-empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.\nAre you ready for a better career? A better future?\nJob Description\nMATERIAL PROCESS ENGINEER, ADVANCED MATERIALS\nSOUTHFIELD, MI / WORLD HEADQUARTERS\nAs a Material Process Engineer on the Advanced Materials team, you will develop and implement material-flow, warehouse, and intralogistics solutions for Lear's North American just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing facilities. The role supports new program launches and existing operations by translating production requirements into safe, scalable, and cost-effective material-handling concepts, facility layouts, equipment specifications, and implementation plans. You will work cross-functionally with plant operations, program management, engineering, supply chain, IT/OT, purchasing, finance, safety, and external suppliers from early concept through launch stabilization and operational handoff.\nResponsibilities\nYour work will include, but not be limited to:\nRepresent the Advanced Materials team in new program launch planning and guide program and plant teams toward material-flow solutions that support a safe, stable, and successful launch.\nDevelop end-to-end material-flow concepts for receiving, storage, replenishment, lineside presentation, empty-container return, work-in-process, and finished-goods movement.\nCreate and maintain facility, warehouse, supermarket, and lineside layouts using AutoCAD or equivalent tools, incorporating aisle strategy, equipment interfaces, ergonomics, safety, fire-protection, and future expansion requirements.\nPerform capacity and supply-chain studies, including PFEP analysis, inventory and days-on-hand requirements, storage density, dock and route capacity, labor demand, equipment utilization, and launch-volume scenarios.\nBuild digital models and discrete-event simulations to validate concepts, identify constraints, size equipment and labor, and improve current and future plant operations.\nBenchmark, evaluate, and implement Industry 4.0 and warehouse-automation solutions, including ASRS, AMRs, AGVs, vertical lift modules, conveyors, shuttles, flow racks, automated storage and retrieval, and related control systems.\nDefine functional requirements and interfaces for warehouse management, warehouse control, SCADA, MES, ERP, and other operational technology systems in partnership with IT/OT and controls teams.\nLead RFI and RFQ activities, including scope-of-work development, technical specifications, bid clarification, supplier evaluation, commercial and technical alignment, and award recommendations.\nManage projects from concept through installation, commissioning, validation, and handoff, including schedule, budget, risks, open issues, change control, and stakeholder communication.\nDevelop acceptance criteria and support design reviews, simulation reviews, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, user acceptance testing, ramp-up, and post-launch performance verification.\nPrepare capital requests and cost-benefit analyses using labor, space, inventory, quality, throughput, safety, and operational-risk impacts; present recommendations to senior management for approval.\nPartner directly with plant management and operations leaders to implement continuous-improvement projects that improve material flow, warehouse design, labor productivity, space utilization, inventory accuracy, safety, and launch readiness.\nIdentify internal and external supply-chain constraints, determine root causes, develop countermeasures, and drive implementation through closure.\nDevelop standards, design guidelines, lessons learned, and reusable specifications that improve consistency across Lear facilities and future programs.\nTrack project performance against defined targets and support operational handoff through training, documentation, spare-parts planning, maintenance strategy, and sustained-performance follow-up.\nExperience Requirements\nYour Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, supply chain management, logistics, or a related technical field.\nTwo to four years of experience in material flow, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, logistics, or a related function; experience leading projects or workstreams is preferred.\nDemonstrated ability to convert production and supply-chain requirements into practical layouts, equipment concepts, specifications, and implementation plans.\nStrong analytical capability, including data analysis, capacity modeling, business-case development, and structured problem solving.\nAdvanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; working knowledge of Microsoft Project or comparable scheduling tools.\nAbility to build effective relationships with plant employees, cross-functional teams, senior leaders, and external suppliers.\nStrong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nDemonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, influence without direct authority, and drive decisions and implementation.\nSelf-directed and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and changing launch requirements with limited supervision.\nAbility to work effectively in manufacturing and construction environments and comply with applicable safety requirements.\nRequirements Continued\nBonus If You Have:\nAutoCAD experience and the ability to develop or review 2D facility and material-flow layouts.\nExperience with discrete-event simulation or digital-modeling tools such as Twiserian, ProModel, or similar.\nKnowledge of lean manufacturing, PFEP, material presentation, supermarket design, tugger or milk-run routing, line balancing, and continuous-improvement methods.\nExperience in an automotive manufacturing facility, preferably a JIT or just-in-sequence environment.\nExperience with warehouse automation technologies such as AMRs, AGVs, ASRS, vertical lift modules, conveyors, shuttles, flow racks, and automated picking or replenishment systems.\nExperience with WMS, WCS, MES, ERP, SCADA, controls, or industrial system integration.\nExperience developing equipment specifications, managing suppliers, supporting capital approvals, and executing FAT, SAT, commissioning, or launch validation.\nWorking Hours/ Expectations:\nHybrid schedule with four days per week in the office or at a manufacturing facility, based on business and project needs.\nTravel up to 25%, with periods of increased travel based on program launch timing, supplier activities, installation, commissioning, and plant support.\nFlexibility to support off-shift, weekend, or extended-hour activities during critical installation, testing, launch, or issue-resolution periods, as needed.\nAdvantages of working at Lear in the Advanced Materials Group\nDirect exposure to senior management, plant leadership, program teams, and global engineering functions.\nOpportunity to influence material-flow strategy from early concept through launch and operational stabilization.\nBroad, end-to-end understanding of Lear's supply-chain, manufacturing, and launch processes.\nHands-on experience with advanced automation, digital engineering, operational technology, and large-scale capital projects.\nOpportunity to develop standards and solutions that can be reused across multiple Lear facilities and programs.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nLear Corporation is committed to fair, merit-based employment practices and equal opportunity.\nWe provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.\nApplicants 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. 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