Exterior Paint Engineer — Flexible Hours

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI); Superior (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health premiums

Disability & life insurance

Generous PTO

Competitive salary

Diversity environment

Retirement planning

Health savings accounts

Flexible hours

Job summary

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) is seeking an engineer to join the Total Vehicle Development Team to support exterior paint development for North and South American production vehicles.

The role involves collaboration with coatings labs, suppliers, and manufacturing teams. Responsibilities include validating paint systems, conducting teardown evaluations, diagnosing defects, and contributing to new testing methodologies, with up to 15% travel domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or related field.
• Professional experience in paint engineering, coatings, or materials.
• Ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Validate 2K, 1K, and epoxy waterborne exterior body paint systems for NA and SA production sites in collaboration with labs, suppliers, plant purchasing and manufacturing teams, and Hyundai R&D center in South Korea.
• Perform paint-related development vehicle quality teardowns and evaluations on-site at production facilities, and conduct quality audits of current production paints.
• Consult with plant locations and suppliers to resolve quality-related issues (paint, e-coat, etc.).
• Analyze paint defects and determine root causes; propose countermeasures to prevent recurrence for in-plant and in-field vehicles.
• Support the development of new testing and material specifications and testing methodologies for exterior body coatings.
• Investigate new-body paint technologies and, if applicable, collaborate with suppliers and Hyundai R&D in South Korea.

Skills

Paint engineering

Coatings technology

Materials science

Project management

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or related field

Job description

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) is seeking an engineer to join the Total Vehicle Development Team to support exterior paint development for North and South American production vehicles.

The role involves collaboration with coatings labs, suppliers, and manufacturing teams. Responsibilities include validating paint systems, conducting teardown evaluations, diagnosing defects, and contributing to new testing methodologies, with up to 15% travel domestically and internationally.