Sr. Engineer (VAVE)

Donaldson; Aguascalientes; Presencial; MXN 550.000 - 850.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Donaldson is seeking a Senior Engineer (VAVE) to lead cost-down initiatives across a broad product portfolio within Mobile Solutions, Air Product Management and Engineering. You will partner with global teams to identify opportunities, influence priorities, and drive successful product transitions.

You will own and implement product value improvements, collaborating with manufacturing facilities and cross-functional groups to optimize costs while maintaining quality and performance.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, or aerospace engineering.
• 5–7 years of experience in Engineering, preferably automotive or a related function.
• Advanced English proficiency required.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross‑functional teams.
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting to stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with proficiency in statistics, enterprise data, and visualization tools.
• Availability to travel once per quarter.

Responsabilidades

• Product VAVE Strategy: Identify and lead opportunities to improve cost for a defined set of products and support commercial, operations, purchasing and engineering teams to get these implemented.
• Cross‑functional Global Collaboration: Work closely with global sales, engineering, operations and purchasing to support and execute efficiency improvements.
• Plant Partnerships: Build and maintain relationships with Donaldson production facilities to leverage operational insights to drive product value improvement. Assist completion of operation’s Cost Reduction Pipeline initiatives by providing engineering support and guidance.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Identify opportunities to phase out products, rationalize our portfolio offering and support transitions from legacy products to updated offerings.

Conocimientos

Advanced English

Cross-functional influence

Analytics & visualization

Travel willingness

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/manufacturing/aerospace engineering

Herramientas

Statistics software

Data visualization tools

Enterprise data platforms

Descripción del empleo

Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.

Senior Engineer (VAVE) on the Mobile Solutions, Air Product Management and Engineering team, you will own and drive product value improvements (VAVE) across a broad product portfolio. You will partner closely with commercial, operations, purchasing and engineering teams globally to help identify cost reduction opportunities, influence priorities and deliver successful product transitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Product VAVE Strategy: Identify and lead opportunities to improve cost for a defined set of products and support commercial, operations, purchasing and engineering teams to get these implemented.
• Cross‑functional Global Collaboration: Work closely with global sales, engineering, operations and purchasing to support and execute efficiency improvements.
• Plant Partnerships: Build and maintain relationships with Donaldson production facilities to leverage operational insights to drive product value improvement. Assist completion of operation’s Cost Reduction Pipeline initiatives by providing engineering support and guidance.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Identify opportunities to phase out products, rationalize our portfolio offering and support transitions from legacy products to updated offerings.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, or aerospace engineering, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in Engineering, preferably automotive or a related function.
• Advanced English proficiency required.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross‑functional teams.
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting to stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with proficiency in statistics, enterprise data, and visualization tools.
• Availability to travel once per quarter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Filtration industry experience or product knowledge.
• Proven ability to navigate organizational and product change.
• Good communication skills and experience working with global teams.
• Knowledge of lean concepts, elimination of waste, value stream mapping, and poka-yoke.
• Proficiency with analyzing tolerance stacks and applying GD&T concepts to control product quality while keeping costs down.
• Demonstrated strength in creative problem solving and conceptual thinking.

Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law.