Automation Launch Engineer for Powertrain Assembly

Ford; Irapuato; Hybrid; MXN 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Mexico is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Process Engineer to own the assembly process for current and new programs at the IEPC in Irapuato. You will drive engineering changes, validate processes, and turn opportunities into investment projects in collaboration with Product Development, Quality, Maintenance, and suppliers.

You will lead launch readiness activities, participate in design reviews, and ensure safe, ergonomic, and efficient line operations while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical-Mechanical, Electronics, Industrial, or Process Engineering, or a related field.
• Lean/Six Sigma certification or project management training is desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years of process/manufacturing engineering experience in the automotive industry including at least one launch or ramp-up.

Responsibilities

• Lead Engineering Change Governance (MTC/WERS) and assess impact of design/tooling changes on cycle time, stations, headcount, equipment, and cost.
• Participate in DFMA/PFMEA design reviews, weekly equipment validation, supplier run-offs, and machine acceptance; support PTR1–PTR3 and ramp-up.
• Identify losses and savings opportunities; build the financial justification for efficiency and CAPEX projects; register in MEARS, SAP, CIB.
• Manage project budgets from requisition to PO, prepare cost-versus-schedule scenarios.
• Ensure ergonomic, safe workstation design; coordinate High Hurts mitigation projects and assess new technologies before equipment acceptance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve throughput, scrap, and downtime issues using FPS tools like POKAR.
• Maintain PFMEA, Control Plans, and reaction plans consistency; support LRCA and verification strategies where destructive testing isn't possible.
• Lead maintenance and reliability reviews post-launch; define backup and quick-recovery methods with Maintenance/Industrial Engineering.

Skills

Process engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Launch experience

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics/Mechanical/Electrical-Mechanical/Electronics/Industrial/Process Engineering

Tools

PFMEA

Control Plans

JIRA

JAMA

CCAR

MEARS/SAP

Job description

Ford Motor Company in Mexico is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Process Engineer to own the assembly process for current and new programs at the IEPC in Irapuato. You will drive engineering changes, validate processes, and turn opportunities into investment projects in collaboration with Product Development, Quality, Maintenance, and suppliers.

You will lead launch readiness activities, participate in design reviews, and ensure safe, ergonomic, and efficient line operations while maintaining