Senior Manufacturing Engineer NPI - Night Shift

The New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer - Night Shift is responsible for leading manufacturing readiness activities supporting new product introductions, engineering changes, and production launches within assembly and fabrication operations at the San Antonio manufacturing facility. The role requires collaboration across Operations, Quality, Product Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and supplier teams to ensure manufacturing readiness throughout the product development and launch lifecycle.

As International Motors continues to grow in San Antonio, we are expanding our production operations with the introduction of a night production shift. The night shift is Monday through Thursday from 5:30 PM to 4:00 AM
, with production planned to begin in early 2027. This is a salaried position supporting a manufacturing operation. While the primary schedule aligns with the designated production shift, employees are expected to provide operational support as needed to meet business objectives. This may require working outside normal production hours, including extended shifts, production startup activities, recovery efforts, and occasional weekend support based on operational requirements.

Shift Differential: 10% differential upon transitioning to Night Shift work schedule.

• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) and Manufacturing Product Introduction (MPI) activities for new vehicle programs, engineering changes, and manufacturing process improvements.
• Evaluate manufacturing impacts of new products, engineering changes, and process modifications.
• Develop and implement manufacturing process flows for assembly and fabrication operations.
• Lead manufacturing readiness reviews to ensure personnel, tooling, equipment, documentation, and processes are prepared for launch.
• Support pilot builds, manufacturing trials, production launches, and ramp-up activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve manufacturing issues and achieve launch milestones.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEAs, Standard Work Instructions, SOPs, Process Change Requests, and Manufacturing Buy-Off documentation.
• Create and maintain manufacturing layouts using AutoCAD.
• Lead time studies, line balancing, labor analysis, and capacity assessments.
• Develop and maintain labor standards to support workforce planning and manufacturing capacity.
• Identify tooling, fixtures, gauges, equipment, and infrastructure requirements for new product launches.
• Support station readiness reviews and capital expenditure planning.
• Coordinate tooling and equipment installation, validation, and startup activities.
• Support MES and ERP system integration for new products and manufacturing processes.
• Analyze manufacturing performance data using Excel, Power BI, Minitab, and related engineering tools.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions using structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Coordinate supplier readiness and support equipment and tooling validation.
• Communicate project status, risks, and recovery plans to leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Ensure manufacturing processes meet safety, quality, and operational requirements.

• Bachelor's degree and at least 1 year of product manufacturing experience

OR

• Master's degree and no experience

OR

• At least 3 years of product manufacturing experience

• Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this…