Automotive Sustaining Engineer: Lifecycle & RCA Expert

TRC Talent Solutions; Acworth (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

TRC Talent Solutions seeks a Sustaining Engineer to act as a key technical resource across the product lifecycle. You will support design validation, manufacturing readiness, root cause investigations, and continuous improvement, collaborating with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Supplier Quality, and Customer teams to ensure product performance and production support.

This role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience with DFMEA/DFM/DFA, CAD, and a solid

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field; automotive experience acceptable.
• Experience supporting product development, manufacturing, and quality initiatives in automotive.
• Familiarity with DFMEA, DFM/DFA, root cause analysis, and validation testing.
• Knowledge of CAD software and engineering drawings; IATF 16949 familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the engineering change process
• Support all DOE activities
• Work with manufacturing engineering on DFM/DFA analysis
• Support manufacturing and quality with plant build issues and root cause analysis
• Update DFMEA’s as required
• Ensure SPV testing performed as required, results and actions communicated to organization
• Support cost reduction activities as appropriate
• Support Purchasing and SQA with technical input in to supply base issues
• Support plant liaisons with technical input in to customer assembly plant issues
• Support CIP activities as appropriate
• Support all Kaizen activities as appropriate
• Utilize appropriate CAD system, access and make minor updates to drawings

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Automotive experience or training (2–5 years)

Tools

CAD software

Engineering drawings

Job description

TRC Talent Solutions seeks a Sustaining Engineer to act as a key technical resource across the product lifecycle. You will support design validation, manufacturing readiness, root cause investigations, and continuous improvement, collaborating with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Supplier Quality, and Customer teams to ensure product performance and production support.

This role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience with DFMEA/DFM/DFA, CAD, and a solid