Job Description

Manufacturing Engineer II

Position Summary:

Be an integral member of the business unit’s platform launch teams, while reporting to a central

manufacturing engineering functions. The manufacturing engineer primarily functions in planning

and prelaunch stages of product development.

Responsibilities of Position:

• Develop & Optimize Manufacturing Processes: Work with teams across manufacturing, quality, engineering, purchasing, and process design to create efficient production methods based on best practices and planned improvements. This includes designing work-cell process plans for platform launches.
• Support Early-Stage Design & Feasibility: Assist product engineering in assessing manufacturing feasibility during early design stages, ensuring smooth transitions to full production.
• Collaborate on Process Planning: Actively contributes to developing process flow diagrams, cost estimates, process failure mode effects analysis (PFMEA), and pre-production control plans. Ensure all tasks are completed on schedule, in coordination with the platform manager.
• Assess & Improve Process Costs: Evaluate production costs, identifying opportunities for automation and waste reduction to lower expenses. Include capital investments in labor or material-saving innovations in cost estimates.
• Drive Cost Reduction & Quality Improvement: Play a key role in ongoing cost-saving and quality enhancement initiatives, including structured VA/VE studies and plant-specific improvement projects.

Skill Requirements:

• Ability to analyze and solve problems using the 8D or similar approach.
• Working familiarity with statistical problem solving and statistical process control techniques
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years manufacturing plant experience
• Minimum 3 years’ automotive industry experience.

About Spark Talent Acquisition:

Spark Talent Acquisition is a recruiting and staffing company that connects great talent with great employers. We understand that finding a new position can be stressful and identifying top talent can be challenging. For us to maximize successful placement and retention, we start by listening to and understanding each of our clients. We believe in face-to-face interaction and having a solid understanding of our client’s business before placement. We pride ourselves in team development as it matches our purpose as an organization to continually create career opportunities.

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