Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

In this key role, you will provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program—from initial concept through final assembly. This involves applying lean manufacturing principles to ensure the highest quality, most efficient processes and products possible.

Responsibilities

• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program, starting at initial concept through launch at the final assembly facility.
• Develop tooling and facilities based on product and process.
• Apply lean manufacturing principles.
• Lead virtual manufacturing assembly builds.
• Specify welding/adhesive/sealing conditions, joining strategies, tooling needs, and forming parameters.
• Drive resolution of manufacturing issues.
• Interface with Design and Release activities.
• Develop formal assembly process instructions and enter the process sheets into VPS system.
• Lead assembly tooling specification, purchase, installation, start-up, and commissioning at the assembly site.
• Track all open tooling and process issues and drive to closure, including meeting all exit criteria deliverables (cycle time, throughput, workstation readiness, etc.).
• Prepare management presentations.
• Define inspection strategies and control plans (e.g., CMM checks, go/no-go, gauging strategy).
• Drive quality, cost, and labor improvements.
• Support new model launches, including extensive travel, standing, and walking in a plant environment.
• Evaluate vendor process capability for body components and subassemblies.
• Work with fixtures, jigs, and datum strategies to ensure repeatable fit and finish.
• Analyze stack-ups and tolerance risks.
• Conduct trials, debug issues, and help transition process from engineering to production.
• Deliver dimensionally in-spec parts for their respective system and understand component data and system impact.
• Deliver cycle line layouts and work with assembly plants to ensure a complete operator/equipment workstation is ready for launch.
• Operate in stressful situations within timing constraints.
• Work with minimal direct supervision.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or related fields.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in manufacturing.
• Willingness to travel and support launch activities at North American assembly plants (USA, Canada & Mexico).
• Travel is required, including co-location at a North American assembly plant for 9 or more months depending on the scale of the vehicle launch (Michigan Assembly Plant).
• 2 or more years of Microsoft Office experience (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with virtual manufacturing tools.
• Solid understanding of vehicle body construction (materials, structures, joints, components, strengths, safety, durability, and proper function).
• Experience with tooling, process, quality, and/or facility equipment in a production environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of statistics (control charts, data collecting, etc.).

Pay

The pay range for this position is $37.00 - $50.00/hr. Individual compensation offered within this range will depend on qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, and internal equity.

Benefits

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital insurance.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available).
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents).
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Health Spending Account (HSA).
• Transportation benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave).

Schedule

• This is a fully onsite position in Dearborn, MI.
• Up to 40-50% travel required.