Launch Engineer: Lean Manufacturing & Line Balancing

SEGULA Technologies; Belvidere (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SEGULA Technologies is seeking a Launch Engineer to coordinate vehicle launches, retooling, and model changes. You will bridge design and shop-floor execution, optimize operator workflows, and balance lines for seamless production launches.

Responsibilities include standardizing work, sequencing builds in Teamcenter, analyzing throughput, presenting readiness to stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement through Kaizen and lean methods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering (or related technical discipline) or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Minimum of 1 year hands-on experience in vehicle assembly manufacturing or similar environment supporting vehicle launch, retooling, or model change programs.

Responsibilities

• Standardized Work & Workloads: Develop standardized work instructions and balance operator workloads to align with target takt times using MTM/MOST/MODAPTS.
• Build Sequencing: Review product models within Teamcenter to determine and optimize the build sequence.
• Throughput Analysis: Lead throughput and bottleneck analyses to identify improvement opportunities and eliminate manufacturing constraints.
• Stakeholder Presentations: Present station readiness plans to the steering committee and external customers, and present comprehensive line balances to the core launch team.
• Engineering Direction: Provide strategic direction to Station Design, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality teams to drive design and process improvements.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead or actively participate in Kaizen workshops and lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Ergonomic Evaluations: Compile data for ergonomic evaluations using digital tools to hand off to safety teams.
• Quality & Compliance: Validate PFMEA and process documentation for compliance and launch approval.
• Launch Tracking: Support pilot builds, tool tryouts, and process validation during pre-production phases; track and report key launch metrics including cycle time adherence, first-time quality, downtime, and throughput performance.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Line Balancing

Standardized Work

PFMEA

Data Analysis

Teamcenter/JT2Go

Process Simulation

Ergonomics

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Excel

Teamcenter

JT2Go

Process Simulate

ErgoMan

Job description

SEGULA Technologies is seeking a Launch Engineer to coordinate vehicle launches, retooling, and model changes. You will bridge design and shop-floor execution, optimize operator workflows, and balance lines for seamless production launches.

Responsibilities include standardizing work, sequencing builds in Teamcenter, analyzing throughput, presenting readiness to stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement through Kaizen and lean methods.