Engineering Launch Lead - Plymouth, MI

We’re proud of our Tier 1 supplier legacy for manufacturing propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components, and assemblies around the globe.

• Lead the assembly process meetings and maintain the assembly equipment and tooling timing charts.
• Interface with all internal departments to ensure they are kept up to date on the assembly equipment and tool status.
• Manage and maintain the assembly project including tool designs, equipment fabrication, tryout materials, and launch support.
• Maintain assembly equipment and tooling program open issues log and lessons learned log.
• Manage all engineering changes.
• Responsible for performance feedback and leadership of all direct reports including mentoring, coaching, counseling and corrective action when situations dictate.
• Manage all risks and engineering changes to stay within capital and tooling targets.
• Oversea project to ensure timelines are met to achieve PPAP.
• Responsible for working with the Plant team to coordinate the install around the production schedule and other plant activities.
• Interface with customers and suppliers as appropriate.
• Responsible for overall coordination and communication of launch activity and goals.

This full-time salary role is a part of our Corporate Engineering team and reports to the Sr. Assembly Engineering Manager.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in an automotive/metals/assembly environment, and two (2) years of project management experience.
• Experience in metal joining a plus.
• Proficient in troubleshooting and correcting work flow problems.
• Experience in manufacturing concepts.
• Project management experience in design, fabrication, and installation of assembly equipment and tools.