# Manufacturing Engineer

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Chihuahua, CHIH
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team in Chihuahua, Mexico.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in electrical engineering and experience with automation systems, including PLCs, robots, and variable frequency drives.

**Responsibilities:**

- Use Vis Plant monitoring software to review cycle times of automation and follow up on automation projects and installations

- Troubleshoot PLC, robot, and other automation problems supporting day-to-day production issues

- Reprogram automation for engineering changes and improvements

- Define, design, and maintain the plant controls strategy

- Review, approve, and load machine controls software

- Conduct Machine Acceptance for new and retooled equipment

- Review and approve technical drawings

- Prepare projects to improve machine controls and issue PIRs and orders

- Conduct technical reviews of recaps

- Provide technical support for energy efficiency activities

- Coordinate and support vendor installations in the plant

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering

- 2+ years of related experience

- Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls (RSLogix)

- Electrical background (electrician or technician)

- Experience with Allen Bradley Panel View, AB Servo, and AB VFD drives

- Familiarity with VFDs, Armor starts, encoders, and network/Ethernet controls

- Strong problem-solving skills, including 8Ds, FMEAs, and DMAICs

- Ability to independently troubleshoot all body equipment

- Fanuc robot experience

- Kawasaki programming, RS Logics, Microsoft Office

- PLC experience

- Ability to read prints, AutoCAD, interpret and modify electrical schematics

- Experienced in laser burning

- Strong understanding of conveyors system programming and body tooling techniques

- Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary

- Opportunities for career growth and development

- Collaborative and dynamic work environment

## Skills

### Required
- PLC logic and controls
- Electrical engineering
- Automation systems
- Vis Plant monitoring software
- Troubleshooting
- Reprogramming automation
- Machine controls software
- Technical drawings
- Energy efficiency activities

### Nice to have
- Fanuc robot experience
- Kawasaki programming
- RS Logics
- Microsoft Office
- PLC experience
- AutoCAD
- Laser burning
- Conveyors system programming
- Body tooling techniques
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma

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