Manufacturing Engineer

Cindavi; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Cindavi is hiring a Manufacturing Engineer in Lansing, Michigan to own a high-volume seat assembly program. You will balance a 20-station line, drive rate and efficiency, and manage PFMEAs and process documentation to keep the floor running smoothly.

You’ll coordinate with operators, quality, controls, maintenance, and customers, supporting new programs and process development while ensuring ISO and IATF 16949 compliance and driving safety and ergonomics improvements.

Qualifications

• PFMEAs, Control Plans, and process documentation created and maintained by the candidate.
• Experience balancing, rebalancing, or changing lines on an operator-driven, high-volume assembly line.
• Strong communication across engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, and customers.
• Experience with line balancing, time studies, and workload redistribution to hit targets.
• Familiarity with ISO and IATF 16949 standards and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Rebalance a 20-station assembly line to hit rate and efficiency targets with time studies.
• Own documentation that keeps the floor running: PFMEAs, Control Plans, Process Flow Diagrams, instructions, and audits.
• Support new program launches, tooling validation, and readiness training for new processes.
• Communicate daily across the plant from hourly line workers to the customer.
• Drive continuous improvement in quality, ergonomics, and safety while staying compliant.

Skills

PFMEA ownership

Line balancing

Process documentation

Cross-functional communication

ISO/IATF 16949 compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Engineering

Job description

Ready to own a program outright instead of supporting somebody else's?

About the Position:

A seat comes together from raw components supplied by dozens of partners, and the process that puts it together is yours. We're hiring a Manufacturing Engineer in Lansing, Michigan to own a program on a high-volume, semi-manual seat assembly line. That means line balancing, rate and efficiency, APQP documentation, and constant coordination with operators, quality, controls, maintenance, finance, and the customer sitting in our building. If you like being the person who actually changes the process, not the one who reviews it, this is your seat.

Key Responsibilities:

• Rebalance a 20-station assembly line to hit rate and efficiency targets, including time studies and workload redistribution, and understand how changing one station ripples across the other nineteen.
• Own the documentation that keeps the floor running right: PFMEAs, Control Plans, Process Flow Diagrams, Operator Instruction Sheets, and poka-yoke audits.
• Support new program launches and process development, including prototype builds, tooling and equipment validation, and readiness training for new processes.
• Communicate daily across every level of the plant, from hourly team members on the line to production supervisors, engineering peers, and the customer.
• Drive continuous improvement in quality, ergonomics, and safety while staying compliant with ISO and IATF 16949.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3-5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, ideally in automotive or comparable high-volume assembly. We will consider two years if your PFMEA and line balancing work is hands-on and verified.
• Direct experience creating and maintaining PFMEAs, Control Plans, and process documentation yourself, not just working alongside the teams that do.
• A track record of performing line balancing, rebalancing, or process changes on an operator-driven line in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills across engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, and customer stakeholders.
• Comfort flexing your schedule to support off-shift changes, with occasional travel to support other plants.

This role sits in a four-person engineering group reporting to a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, with a clear path to program ownership on day one. First shift runs 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., onsite in Lansing, and relocation support is available for the right candidate. We are moving quickly and interviewing now.