Description
We're seeking a Paint Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our manufacturing team, you'll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we're constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency.
In this position, you'll serve as a primary technical expert responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of automotive paint finishes, from initial development through program implementation. This role involves qualifying advanced paint color technologies and providing critical engineering support to ensure seamless color harmony across various vehicle components and platforms.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing color technical support to core engineering during the development, qualification, and implementation of new programs
- Acting as a key resource in technical matters involving color development and color harmony for all Global Assembly Plants
- Identifying and replicating best practices and new color development and color harmony for all Global Assembly Plants
- Defining Paint shop baseline paint assumptions and specifications to maximize process reliability and color quality
- Providing training and coaching to technicians, managers, and manufacturing engineers in the organization
- Capturing and disseminating color specifications, guidelines, best practices, must/wants, and lessons learned across platforms to maximize the collective value of individual team's experiences
- Facilitating the development and release of new materials to advance our SQDCME objectives
- Supporting the color complexity reduction initiatives and driving actions to support the color complexity objectives
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical preferred) or Chemistry
- 5+ years' experience working in a manufacturing environment with Paint manufacturing processes
- Extensive knowledge and experience in Paint materials, Paint processes, and Color development
- Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to work in a team environment and a willingness to assume a technical leadership position in the organization and demonstrate potential advance
- Strong understanding of basic statistics, statistical process control (SPC), and proficiency with data analysis software such as MS Excel and Minitab
- Strong communication skills, and ability to organize and present information at all organization levels
- Ability to travel to support manufacturing sites, color harmony teams, and vehicle program launch teams
If you're passionate about innovation and want to make a real impact in the automotive industry, we'd love to hear from you!