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Designs, programs, integrates, troubleshoots, and improves industrial robotic systems and automated tooling in automotive manufacturing. Responsibilities include leading robotic cell installations, analyzing automation downtime, improving cycle time and throughput, maintaining schematics and programming standards, training plant personnel, and ensuring OSHA, MIOSHA, and company safety compliance.

Develop and validate automotive stamping die processes, focusing on formability, springback, dimensional accuracy, cosmetic quality, and process improvement. Conduct FEA and Sigma analyses, review engineering and buyoff documentation, lead corrective actions and correlation initiatives, investigate root causes, and support feasibility studies, tooling reviews, CAD deliverables, and customer or supplier communications. Maintain project timing, quality, KPI reporting, and compliance with safety and quality systems.

Supports Magna Powertrain’s System Concept & Architecture and Product Line Management teams through competitive product benchmarking, teardown analysis, technical research, customer-needs analysis, product strategy, and documentation. Assists with new product concepts across 4WD, AWD, hybrid, and electrification lines, including quotation responses and product development activities. Gains hands-on experience with automotive applications, vehicle calculations, product drawings, and global cross-functional collaboration.

Supports automotive product and process innovation through concept generation, design activities, brainstorming, design reviews, structured problem-solving, risk management, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration. Assists with evaluating emerging engineering technologies, developing new products and processes, refining engineering practices, and participating in innovation initiatives under the guidance of senior engineers.

Supports the Program Manager with pre-production launch activities across one to three automotive programs. Coordinates component ordering, material readiness, build events, supplier and customer deliverables, documentation, packaging, quality requirements, and the transition from pre-production to manufacturing. The role collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, suppliers, integrators, and customers, while working on the manufacturing floor and supporting trials, testing, ramp-up, and PPAP activities.

Develops automotive outside mirror products from concept through production, including CAD models, drawings, design documentation, material and manufacturability validation, milestone reviews, homologation, and production readiness. Collaborates with engineering, quality, manufacturing, OEM customers, and suppliers while ensuring compliance with technical, regulatory, budget, schedule, and quality requirements.

Maintain, optimize, troubleshoot, and develop industrial automation and production systems. The role supports robotics, PLCs, sensors, machine vision, industrial PCs, electrical installations, commissioning, Smart Factory solutions, AI-based visual quality inspection, RFID, IoT, and production-data integration. It also contributes to technology rollouts and production equipment improvements.

The job description provides no specific responsibilities or qualification requirements. The role is a regular, permanent position within Magna Powertrain, supporting the company’s automotive powertrain technology and manufacturing operations. Magna emphasizes innovation, employee development, diversity, privacy, and AI-assisted application screening.

Leads automotive electronics programs across the full product lifecycle while overseeing operational performance. Coordinates cross-functional teams, customer relationships, suppliers, schedules, budgets, quality, safety, cybersecurity, and program risks. Manages operations teams, financial performance, productivity, staffing, continuous improvement, and manufacturing metrics including scrap, schedule attainment, labor efficiency, and OEE. Ensures customer requirements, production objectives, audits, and business-case goals are achieved.

Engineering co-op students support team initiatives through research, analysis, project collaboration, meetings, reports, and presentations. The role provides practical automotive electronics experience while developing communication, analytical, organizational, and teamwork skills in a professional environment.