Senior / Staff Manufacturing Engineer - Body

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement automotive body assembly equipment, tools, and scalable manufacturing processes.
• Lead block planning and concept factory layouts to optimize footprint, material flow, and utility routing.
• Collaborate closely with Vehicle Engineering teams during early design phases to influence product architecture for Design for Manufacturability.
• Define and validate core body assembly processes, serving as a technical resource for dissimilar metal joining, structural adhesive dispensing, mechanical fastening, and automated framing.
• Create and maintain detailed process documentation, including process failure mode analyses, control plans, and standard operating procedures.
• Act as a primary technical liaison with external equipment integrators and toolmakers, participating in equipment validation and final commissioning.
• Work collaboratively with team members to set technical standards and support junior engineers as the manufacturing organization grows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 8 years of manufacturing engineering experience, with a focus on launching automotive Body-in-White production lines, or equivalent experience.
• Technical expertise in advanced automotive joining technologies, automated framing systems, and dimensional engineering using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
• Experience developing technical specifications and managing deliverables with automation partners, including a willingness to travel for equipment buyoffs and line installations.
• Proficiency with industry-standard design and layout software, such as CATIA and AutoCAD.
• This position requires ~25% travel.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience scaling production within an automotive Body-in-White (BIW) or Paint shop environment.
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management and Manufacturing Execution Systems integration in an automated production setting.
• Experience utilizing advanced factory simulation and layout validation tools.