Launch Industrial Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Industrial Engineer – Launch passionate about workforce optimization, ergonomics, and flawless new-program launches. In this role, you will be the technical leader and strategist ensuring that launch programs start with the optimal hourly headcount distribution, based on workload studies, capacity analysis (JPH, R@R, cycle time) and ergonomic evaluations that minimize injury risk. You will cover all the areas of the program (Example: Stator, Rotor, Inverter, Final Assembly and Testing areas), with support to MP&L, Plant Engineering and Maintenance.

You will also be the plant’s representative before Global Industrial Engineering (HPU, headcount, workloads, glidepath) and will coach the local IE and Process Engineering teams to unify one Industrial Engineering philosophy. The position reports to the Launch Team Manager / Manufacturing Engineering Team Manager and may supervise 0 to 2 specialized skilled-trades technicians.

- Education: Bachelor’s degree in industrial, Process, Mechanical, Mechatronics or Robotics Engineering, or a related field.

Desirable: Lean / Six Sigma certification (Green or Black Belt), MODAPTS, ergonomics, or a related postgraduate degree.

- Experience: Minimum 3 years in automotive manufacturing in Industrial Engineering, constraint management, capacity planning and ergonomic evaluations; proven participation in at least one new line launch or major modification (from PTR1 through ramp-up) . Experience in highly automated assembly (robots, 2D/3D vision, torque/press monitoring, EOL/leak testing) and high-variant-mix lines.

Desirable: powertrain/electrification (electric motors, inverters, transmissions) and machining processes.

- Languages: Professional English (B2), C1 desirable, to lead technical meetings, review documentation and negotiate with OEMs, suppliers and global IE/PD teams.

- Availability: Availability to travel to run-offs, EVPs and training at OEM/supplier sites; valid passport and U.S. visa; schedule flexibility for run-offs, PTRs and start-ups with presence on the shop floor (gemba).

- Technical skills: Lean manufacturing; ergonomic evaluation and standards; bottleneck and constraint management; capacity studies and operating patterns; workload and time studies (MODAPTS); line balancing with Yamazumi/Dot Maps; headcount management and glidepath; launch methodologies (GPDS, LRCA, WSR, PTR, RoC); PFMEA/DCP/SCCAF reading; familiarity with automation ( robots, vision, AMR, torque/press stations, EOL tests, induction processes) .

- Functional skills: Effective communication and storytelling, adaptability to change, planning and strategic vision, ability to work under pressure and prioritize multiple fronts, initiative, self-management, fast learning and timely escalation.

- Leadership skills: Leadership and coaching, strategic decision-making with incomplete information, executive-level communication, conflict management and negotiation, and critical thinking, with the ability to lead across OEMs, Product Development, PTME, Quality, Maintenance and HR.