As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will play a key role in driving manufacturing excellence through process optimization, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives. This position focuses on improving safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance while supporting new product introduction and daily manufacturing operations in a fast-paced industrial environment.

Responsibilities
• Lead the development, standardization, validation, and continuous improvement of liquid painting processes to ensure quality, efficiency, and customer requirements are consistently met.
• Define and optimize painting application parameters for different coating systems, including products from suppliers.
• Ensure operators have the appropriate tools, equipment, work instructions, and process controls to execute painting operations effectively.
• Drive process improvement initiatives focused on reducing defects, increasing throughput, improving first-pass yield, and minimizing scrap.
• Develop and implement advanced painting techniques and process innovations,



such as wet-on-wet applications and other productivity-enhancing technologies.
• Analyze and resolve paint process issues through root cause analysis methodologies and corrective action implementation.
• Support new product launches, PPAP activities, and process validation requirements.
• Establish and maintain process documentation, including SOPs, PFMEAs, Control Plans, and manufacturing standards.
• Monitor process performance through data analysis, cycle time studies, and continuous improvement metrics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, suppliers, quality, manufacturing, and engineering groups to achieve operational and customer objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing or process engineering within an industrial environment.
• Experience in automotive,

📌 Ingeniero de Manufactura (Ciénega de Flores)
🏢 Donaldson
📍 Ciénega de Flores