Project Engineer

MUBEA DE MEXICO S DE RL DE CV; Celaya; On-site; MXN 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

MUBE A DE MEXICO S de RL de CV is seeking a Project Engineer to lead and coordinate limited complexity automotive projects. You will apply FEA, CAD tools, and GD&T to design evaluations, while ensuring alignment with budgets and schedules.

Responsibilities include supporting engineering launches, DFMEA documentation, and cross-functional collaboration with customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or related field.
• Experience with chassis and suspension components is required.
• Capability to create and analyze FEA and use CAD tools.
• Knowledge of GD&T and metallurgy is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes customer and internal project requirements and performs standard calculations.
• Performs engineering design evaluations for durability and feasibility within budgets.
• Provides technical support for engineering launches and development samples.
• Supports root cause analysis on product failures from validation tests and field returns.
• Generates DFMEAs, drawings, BOMs, and DVP&R to document outputs.

Skills

FEA

CAD software

GD&T

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering

Job description

Job Overview:

The Project Engineer is a closely managed, supporting role, that will direct, coordinate, and exercise functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of limited complexity engineering projects in the areas of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions:

• Analyzes customer and internal project requirements and performs standard technical calculations using design, stress, and fatigue life tools.
• Performs engineering design evaluations for durability analysis and feasibility and works to complete projects within budget and scheduling restraints.
• Provides technical support for the engineering launch process and contributes to the completion of a project including delivery of development samples.
• Performs and supports engineering evaluation and root cause analysis on product failures from validation testing, quality actions and field warranty returns.
• Gathers data for and generates technical design records including DFMEAs, drawings, BOMs, and DVP&Rs to document outputs of the design process.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Acts as primary point of contact between customers and Mubea to ensure all necessary project and technical approvals.
• Reviews industry policies and procedures to ensure data accuracy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Designs, implements, and communicates an operational plan for completing the project using the automotive APQP process and standard tools such as meeting minutes and open issues lists.
• Monitors progress and performance against the project plan via the quality gate review process.
• Takes action to escape and resolve operation problems and minimize delays.
• Identifies, develops, and proposes technical concepts for cost reduction and/or manufacturing efficiency improvements.
• Identifies, develops, and gathers resources necessary to complete the project.
• Selects materials, equipment, project staff, and external contractors.

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelor´s degree as a mechanical engineer, industrial engineer, or related.
• Experience in chassis and suspension components and assemblies, such as coil springs, stabilizer bars, dampers, MacPherson struts, and multi-link suspensions
• Capability of creating and analyzing FEA, working in CAD software, and with GD&T
• Expertise with spring steel, metallurgy, and steel manufacturing process