Exterior Launch Engineer – Production Readiness

Gokenamerica; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Goken is seeking a highly motivated Exterior Launch Support Engineer to provide onsite launch and production support at an automotive manufacturing plant for upcoming vehicle programs. This hands-on mechanical engineer role focuses on driving product quality, manufacturing readiness, and successful program launches.

You will work cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, supplier quality, and product engineering to resolve issues, update guidelines, and ensure lessons learned are built

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 5 years exterior systems experience.
• Experience supporting production launch of exterior systems.
• Knowledge of DFMEA and GD&T.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, release and launch exterior vehicle system components from concept to production.
• Provide onsite engineering support for Exterior systems components during vehicle and component launches at manufacturing plant.
• Proactively review and analyze production data to catch emerging issues early, and push fixes upstream into the design and validation process before they become widespread field problems.
• Lead systematic root cause investigations of field and production issues using methods such as 5-why, fishbone/Ishikawa, fault tree analysis, and FMEA, working closely with failure analysts to identify true failure mechanisms rather than symptoms.
• Work cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, supplier quality, product engineering, and program teams to resolve issues quickly and effectively.
• Update design guidelines, specifications, and manufacturing or inspection processes so that lessons learned are engineered into future revisions, not just patched in the field.
• Support containment activities, corrective action implementation, and validation of solutions at plant and supplier sites.
• Monitor field, plant, and supplier concerns to identify trends and proactively address risks.
• Travel as required
• Perform other duties as needed

Skills

Exterior systems experience

DFMEA

GD&T

Root cause investigations

Hands-on troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Goken is seeking a highly motivated Exterior Launch Support Engineer to provide onsite launch and production support at an automotive manufacturing plant for upcoming vehicle programs. This hands-on mechanical engineer role focuses on driving product quality, manufacturing readiness, and successful program launches.

You will work cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, supplier quality, and product engineering to resolve issues, update guidelines, and ensure lessons learned are built