Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will serve as the deep technical authority responsible for ensuring the optimal performance, stability, and evolution of our automation and control technologies. You will bridge the gap between IT and OT, hands-on troubleshooting complex floor issues, executing critical system upgrades, and leading our transition toward predictive maintenance and AI-driven manufacturing solutions.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Troubleshooting

Act as the ultimate technical escalation point on the shop floor, diagnosing and resolving advanced controls, automation, and MES issues.
Execute system upgrades, retrofits, and technical repairs on control systems (PLCs, drives, robotics, vision, and fastening systems).
Maintain, optimize, and protect the integrity of product traceability and MES systems under the Ford Automation Standard Template platform

Safety & Compliance

Verify and validate technical adherence to safety protocols and standards




Execute machinery access and operation Risk Assessments.
Configure and validate intrinsic safety systems (such as Safemove, Distributed Safety, and ANSI/RIA 15.06 standards).

Quality Assurance

Ensure control systems guarantee the accurate capture, storage, and traceability of critical quality parameters.
Validate that no maintenance intervention or control modification compromises data flow, error-proofing (poka-yokes), or product traceability before releasing equipment back to production.

Delivery & Operational Support

Provide advanced technical support to the shop floor and actively participating in and taking ownership of Control Center processes (DCC, ZCC, MCC) when required.
Technically sustain equipment availability and cycle times to meet production volume targets.

Cost & Asset Management

Optimize the use of floor resources and consumables, ensuring all activities are logged in Maximo/MFM for cost traceabi

📌 Maintenance Engineer (Irapuato)
🏢 Ford México
📍 Irapuato