Production Engineer

• Develop, optimize, and standardize hard turning processes for high-precision components.
• Support the industrialization of new products and processes from prototype to serial production.
• Analyze process capability, cycle times, scrap, and cost drivers to improve productivity and quality.
• Select, test, and optimize cutting tools, fixtures, machine settings, and process parameters.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead or support continuous improvement initiatives in machining, quality, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with production, quality, maintenance, tool engineering, and R&D teams.
• Prepare and maintain process documentation, work instructions, and technical reports.
• Support root cause analysis for deviations and customer complaints related to hard turning processes.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and manufacturing standards.

Production Technology Engineer – Hard Turning

• Digital Engineering & Simulation Design and execute digital simulations and statistical analyses to validate value streams, layouts, and processes before physical implementation
• Develop and apply digital engineering methodologies — integrating products, processes, and resources — throughout the entire production lifecycle
• Perform digital verification of feasibility for manufacturing concepts, using data-driven approaches to reduce risk and accelerate decision-making
• Plan, simulate, and implement machine interlinking concepts using Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), from initial concept through to full-scale deployment
• Evaluate and integrate new automation technologies, assessing their impact on cycle time, tooling, quality, and material flow
• Partner with production teams to identify, analyze, and resolve manufacturing issues using statistical and digital tools, ensuring root causes are addressed sustainably
• Initiate and lead structured troubleshooting processes based on live production data, driving corrective actions through to completion
• Work closely with Schaeffler's global manufacturing technology networks — including division, business division, and business unit groups — while maintaining strong alignment with regional stakeholders.

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Production Technology Engineer – Hard Turning

Engineer, Production Simulation, Digital Engineering