Plant Issue Resolution Engineer - Body & Closure Systems

Overview

Hire Art is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company hire a Plant Issue Resolution Engineer - Body & Closure Systems to play a critical role in ensuring the quality and build readiness of autonomous vehicles during manufacturing. This is a full-time, in-person role located in Hayward, CA, United States.

Schedule:

40 hours per week. Expected pay: 80.50 USD per hour.

• Lead the triage, containment, and resolution of issues identified during general assembly and end-of-line testing across door systems, latches, actuators, sealing systems, access panels, glazing, and body structures.
• Define and execute short-term containment actions, including rework plans, part quarantines, and build flow protection.
• Lead cross-functional root cause investigations across design, manufacturing, process, and supplier teams while driving Design for Manufacturing (DFM) improvements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to implement permanent corrective actions (PCAs) and prevent issue recurrence.
• Support prototype builds, production trials, and engineering changes to validate corrective actions and improve manufacturability.
• Develop and maintain metrics, dashboards, and reporting to track issue health, closure rates, recurrence trends, and PIRT performance.

• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related technical discipline
• 6+ years of experience within automotive OEMs, robotics, aviation, or other complex hardware manufacturing environments supporting manufacturing, product engineering, or sustaining engineering
• Strong understanding of vehicle body and closure systems, including doors, latches, actuators, sealing systems, access panels, glazing, and body structures
• Proven experience leading root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions within production, manufacturing, or field environments, including new product launches
• Strong cross-functional communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

• Experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM), production process optimization, Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or electric vehicle (EV) systems
• Familiarity with tools such as 3DX (Dassault), DELMIA, SAP ME/MII, Jira, Confluence, SQL, Python, or data visualization platforms
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs
• Employer (Hire Art) subsidized healthcare benefits (Eligibility begins on the first of the month following 60 days of service)
• Hire Art covers all costs for short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401k package

This is a full-time, ongoing contract position staffed via Hire Art. It will be available to candidates who are local to the Hayward, CA area.

Hire Art values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. We are not able to sponsor visas or employ corp-to-corp.