Plant Vehicle Engineer, General Assembly

General Assembly Support

• Support the launch and ongoing production in a General Assembly environment.
• Serve as the Plant Vehicle Engineering point of contact for General Assembly production and vehicle integration issues across structure, restraints, interior, exterior, and closure components.
• Help ensure General Assembly processes maintain product design intent, safety requirements, quality standards, craftsmanship expectations, and configuration requirements.
• Support plant readiness for General Assembly content, station execution, build sequence, repair methods, inspection standards, and launch issue closure.

Production Issue Resolution

• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve production issues related to installation, fit/function, craftsmanship, sealing, water leaks, wind noise, squeaks/rattles, trim fit, closure and body interfaces, 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.

Launch, Change & Cross-Functional Support

• Partner with Design & Release Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Production, Suppliers, Safety, End of Line, 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, readiness reporting, and lessons learned.
• Participate in Design for Manufacturing and Assembly reviews, PFMEA input, control plan reviews, station readiness reviews, and related product/process improvement activities.

Documentation & Process Improvement

• Review and support production documentation, including work instructions, inspection standards, quality alerts, repair procedures, and related process documentation.
• Support issue tracking, change management, quality systems, deviation/waiver processes, containment documentation, and production breakpoint control.
• Drive continuous improvement actions that reduce defects, improve first-time quality, minimize rework, and strengthen production robustness in General Assembly.

| SUCCESS FACTORS

• Improve first-time quality across General Assembly.
• Reduce rework, repair loops, and recurring production issues across structure, restraints, interior, exterior, and closure content.
• Improve launch readiness through effective build support, issue tracking, station readiness, and closure discipline.
• Improve containment effectiveness and accelerate issue resolution through clear triage, documentation, breakpoints, and validation.
• Strengthen feedback loops between the plant, Design & Release Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Production, Suppliers, and Service.

| WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Education and Experience

• 5+ years of related automotive engineering, manufacturing engineering, launch, quality, plant vehicle engineering, General Assembly, vehicle integration, 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, structure, restraints, interiors, exterior components, closures, or sealing 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.
• Working knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack-up, and fastening fundamentals, including torque, torque + angle, and clamp load.
• 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%.
• Must be willing to relocate to Warsaw, Indiana. Relocation assistance will be provided.

Working Conditions

• Position is fully onsite.
• Manufacturing plant environment.

Additional information

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.