Plant Vehicle Joining Engineer

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Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Plant Vehicle Engineering, Fastening & Joining Engineer to support launch readiness, production quality, and continuous improvement for fastening and joining applications in the vehicle assembly plant.

Duties

• Develop and refine vehicle joining processes,
• Support issue resolution involving torque-to-spec, torque-angle behavior, fastener seating, joint stack variation, thread engagement, tool access, and product/process interaction.
• Support issue resolution for spot weld, laser weld, and joining-related quality concerns through visual reviews, teardown inspections, weld audits, destructive checks, and vehicle-level investigations.
• Analyze production data, audit findings, teardown results, torque data, repair trends, supplier concerns, and plant feedback to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• · Improve first-time quality for fastening and joining-related build issues.
• · Reduce rework related to fasteners, torque concerns, weld quality, bonding, sealing, and joined interfaces.
• Improve launch readiness by supporting build events, teardown reviews, joining audits, and breakpoint readiness.
• · Accelerate issue resolution by partnering effectively with Design & Release Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Production, Suppliers, and plant leadership.
• 6 years of related automotive engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, launch, plant vehicle engineering, fastening, joining, body, general assembly, or similar experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related technical field preferred; equivalent hands-on automotive launch, manufacturing, or product engineering experience will be considered.

Pay: $90,000.00 - $118,000.00 per year

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• fastening fundamentals: 6 years (Required)
• torque/fastening data: 6 years (Required)
• weld quality, adhesive bonding: 6 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $90,000 - $118,000