Automotive NPI Launch Engineer

Aumovio SE; New Braunfels (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

AUMOVIO seeks a Manufacturing Launch Engineer to drive New Product Launch in high-volume automotive electronics. You will lead cross-functional teams from development to SOP, ensuring cost, timing and quality goals are met across the plant.

You will coordinate with design, manufacturing, and supplier groups, manage budgets, and ensure compliant launch processes and DFMs. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering.
• 2 years working in manufacturing engineering and/or quality engineering, preferably in high volume automotive environment.
• Experience leading engineering projects and/or new product launches.
• Experience working with Product Life Cycle (PLC) and Project Management tools (schedules, document control, project reporting).
• Interfacing with automotive customers including reporting projects status, customer requirements, customer launch processes, working in customer online portals.
• Working with automotive core tools such as FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), MSA (Measurement System Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), 8D (Problem Solving), DFM (Design for Manufacturing).
• Experience working on managing project budgets and tracking expenditures to stay within budget
• Experience working with global cross functional teams
• Ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision
• Organizational and time management skills
• Excellent leadership skills with clear written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

• Responsible for cost, timing and quality of New Product Launch activities in the location.
• Primary interface between manufacturing and design teams.
• Involved with customer communications/meetings associated with NPL activities
• Ensure compliance to Lean concepts
• Responsible for driving product DFM (Design for Manufacturing ) improvements
• Support Group wide metrics
• Drives installation of new lines to completion
• Develops line concepts in conjunction with plant wide support organizations
• Responsible for driving NPL builds to completion and resolving open issues
• Responsible for eliminating Excess and Obsolete Material associated with the introduction of new part numbersand new programs
• Responsible for implementation of any changes related to the projects running in serial production, to include but not limited to model rolls, hardware/software changes, revalidation of suppliers/components.
• Manage the project budget coming from approved capital requests (ECR)
• Manage the project items related to refurbishment topics

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

MES

FMEA

APQP

PPAP

MSA

SPC

8D

DFM

Job description

AUMOVIO seeks a Manufacturing Launch Engineer to drive New Product Launch in high-volume automotive electronics. You will lead cross-functional teams from development to SOP, ensuring cost, timing and quality goals are met across the plant.

You will coordinate with design, manufacturing, and supplier groups, manage budgets, and ensure compliant launch processes and DFMs. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.