Automotive Project Engineer Flambeau Inc. United States, Michigan, Auburn Hills 2701 Cambridge Court (Show on map) Aug 11, 2026

General Summary:

The Project Engineer acts as a liaison between the customer and all internal departments to ensure that customer expectations are met with regard to cost, quality, delivery, and service. This position will guide and manage programs for Design, Development, APQP, and overall program success. This is a temporary position. Employment length approximately one and a half years.

Essential Duties:

• Obtain information from the appropriate manufacturing, quality, internal engineering, customer engineering, purchasing, and sales associates to provide the optimum proposal to the customer.
• Place all new tooling & fixture builds and be responsible for all mechanical design functions and tooling program management. Schedule all samples and provide support at all stages of the process. Communicate and document pertinent set-up and processing information to molding technicians.
• Oversee updating of engineering print files & revisions to engineering prints, as well as reviewing and updating standards for accuracy and reducing manufacturing variances.
• Manage all programs assigned and provide status reports on all activities as directed.
• Provides proposals for annual continuous improvement and cost reduction opportunities.
• Interact with manufacturing personnel to establish standard processes to ensure customer expectations are being met, and to provide ongoing support for production requirements.
• Establishes all quality plans for each part (FMEA's, Control Plans, Work Instructions, Work Cell Layouts, and PPAP's) and works as team leader with cross functional team to obtain completed documents.
• Strives to obtain continuous education & maintenance at high level of education related to current and new tooling, machinery, materials, and processing.
• Travel to customer and vendor locations or other Flambeau facilities.
• Ability to use CAD software for viewing/analyzing part designs for manufacturability.

Education/Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Plastics or Mechanical Engineering is desired.

Candidates with equivalent combination of education and business experience will be considered.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience in Engineering Project Management preferred.
• Experience in Plastic Processing and Manufacturing preferred.
• Experience in Automotive Industry required.
• Experience in Solidworks and Catia preferred

Skill Requirements:

• Working knowledge of injection/blow molding process & materials.
• Effective communication - oral and written.
• Understanding of mold and fixture design, build, and construction.
• Ability to read prints and support QE with layouts and GD&T understanding