Senior Manufacturing Engineering Leader (Remote-to-Onsite)

Hyundai Translead; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 112,540 - 135,065; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage (

Job summary

Hyundai Translead is seeking a Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead strategies and execution for safe, cost-effective trailer production. You will design lines, optimize processes, and guide automation and capital projects across assembly, welding, and fabrication.

You will partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and global teams to scale solutions, improve productivity, and support ramp-ups while upholding standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 12 years of progressively responsible manufacturing engineering experience.
• Proven experience leading large engineering teams and capital projects.
• Experience in trailer, commercial vehicle, or similar manufacturing industries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute manufacturing engineering strategies supporting plant objectives.
• Design production lines and layouts for dry and reefer trailer manufacturing.
• Lead equipment design, installation, commissioning, and trials.
• Drive automation initiatives, including robotic welding systems.
• Optimize manpower, takt time, capacity planning, and line balancing.
• Establish standard work, work instructions, and time study methodologies.
• Measure and improve man-hour standards; monitor targets.
• Identify cost-reduction and method improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with global teams including Mexico operations.
• Lead, develop, and mentor manufacturing engineering teams.
• Oversee multiple teams and major capital projects.
• Lead plant-wide process design and cost-reduction programs.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Team leadership

Capital projects

Welding automation

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Robotic welding systems

Gantry systems

Positioners

Job description

Hyundai Translead is seeking a Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead strategies and execution for safe, cost-effective trailer production. You will design lines, optimize processes, and guide automation and capital projects across assembly, welding, and fabrication.

You will partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and global teams to scale solutions, improve productivity, and support ramp-ups while upholding standards.