Plant Vehicle Engineer, SUV General Assembly

About the role

We are looking for a hands-on Plant Vehicle Engineer, SUV General Assembly to support General Assembly launch readiness, production quality, and continuous improvement for vehicle configurations released as Open Air, Fastback, and Squareback.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Plant Vehicle Engineering point of contact for SUV-related production and vehicle integration issues across structure, restraints, interior, and exterior components.
• Help ensure General Assembly processes maintain product design intent, safety requirements, quality standards, craftsmanship expectations, and configuration requirements.
• Support plant readiness for SUV content, station execution, build sequence, repair methods, inspection standards, and launch issue closure.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve production issues related to SUV installation, fit/function, craftsmanship, sealing, water leaks, wind noise, squeaks/rattles, trim fit, roof/closure interfaces, second-row seating and restraints, fasteners, and component interfaces.
• Lead or support root cause analysis, containment, corrective action development, breakpoint coordination, and validation of permanent fixes.
• Analyze production data, audit findings, repair trends, teardown feedback, supplier concerns, and plant feedback to identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Partner with Design & Release Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Production, Suppliers, Safety, Vehicle Integration, and Service teams to resolve plant and vehicle-level concerns.
• Support engineering change implementation, prototype/pilot builds, breakpoint coordination, plant readiness, issue tracking, containment reporting, and lessons learned.
• Document production documentation, including work instructions, inspection standards, quality alerts, repair procedures, and related process documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement actions that reduce defects, improve first-time quality, minimize rework, and strengthen production robustness for SUV configurations.

Requirements

5+ years of related automotive engineering, manufacturing engineering, launch, quality, plant vehicle engineering, General Assembly, vehicle integration, SUV, or similar experience.

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field preferred; equivalent hands-on automotive launch, manufacturing, or product engineering experience will be considered.

Experience supporting vehicle development and launch, with an understanding of the product lifecycle from concept through production ramp and mass production.

Experience with General Assembly build execution, variant complexity, structure, restraints, interiors, exterior components, closures, sealing, roof systems, or SUV configurations preferred.

Skills

• Strong understanding of BOMs, engineering change control, manufacturability, assembly methods, process validation, quality metrics, design reviews, and cost-reduction methodologies.
• Strong technical, interpersonal, and communication skills with the ability to foster collaboration and build effective cross-functional relationships.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, schematics, technical documents, specifications, quality standards, and production process documentation.
• Experience with issue tracking, change management, quality systems, deviation/waiver processes, containment tracking, and production breakpoint control.
• Hands-on experience supporting assembly lines and driving improvements in build quality, process stability, and production robustness.
• Understanding of fit/finish, sealing, water leaks, wind noise, squeaks/rattles, trim alignment, seating/restraints, structural interfaces, exterior interfaces, and fastening-related concerns.
• DFM and DFA experience, with the ability to provide plant feedback into product and process decisions.
• Ability to work on the plant floor more than 50% of the time; ability to travel domestically up to 20%.

Benefits

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match