Manufacturing Process Engineer - NPI

Role Summary:

The Manufacturing Process Engineer drives manufacturing readiness for new product introductions, from prototype and engineering builds through mass production. This role partners with Product Design, Quality, and Industrial Engineering to optimize manufacturability, validate processes and equipment, and mitigate production risks.

Your Role:

• Support product launches from development validation (DV) through MP (mass production).
• Apply DFM/DFA principles to ensure efficient, scalable, and cost-effective manufacturing processes.
• Provide engineering support for prototype and engineering builds; identify and escalate design, test, and supplier-related issues.
• Participate in MQ1 and MQ2 phases, ensuring readiness of equipment, processes, and documentation.
• Conduct manufacturability reviews to identify process risks, yield impacts, and cost reduction opportunities.
• Collaborate with product design teams to optimize product architecture for ease of assembly and process capability.
• Drive design improvements to reduce cycle time, part complexity, and assembly errors, enabling higher automation and throughput
• Ensure alignment between product design, process capability, and production constraints during NPI phases.
• Conduct PFMEA and Reverse PFMEA before mass production.
• Participate in PDT meetings and lead escalation processes when required.
• Drive improvements to production KPIs (OEE, FTQ, yield, downtime).
• Actively participate in operational and quality meetings (KPI meetings, MRVA, operations reviews, escalations).
• Collaborate with Industrial Engineering on capacity planning and equipment sourcing/installation.
• Support equipment supplier release (MQ1/MQ2) and acceptance activities.
• Execute capability plans including MSA and GR&R studies.
• Develop and validate process parameters and process specifications.
• Define equipment setup, spare parts lists, and maintenance strategies.
• Perform strain measurements and process validation activities.
• Define and implement product-specific traceability.
• Manage equipment transfer and setup (import/export).

Your Background:

• Completed bachelor's degree
• +5 years of experience in electronics
• Experience in New Product Introduction is a must
• Experience in automotive industry
• Advanced English
• Knowledge of IATF 16949 and VDA 6.3 standards.
• Experience with APQP methodologies and product launch processes.
• Familiarity with IPC-A-610 for PCB assembly quality.
• Concept design and validation of assembly and test fixtures for electronics manufacturing.
• Experience with automated and semi-automated assembly systems.
• Hands-on support for equipment acceptance and process validation:
  • GR&R, MSA, DoE, capability studies (Cp/Cpk)
• Development of key manufacturing deliverables:
  • PFMEA (including reverse PFMEA)
  • Process Flow Diagrams (PFD)
  • Control Plans
  • Work Instructions and PM plans
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Assembly automation
  • Smart fastening systems
  • Adhesive dispensing processes
  • PCB fabrication and assembly
  • MES and traceability systems
  • Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
• Experience with root cause analysis tools (5 Whys, Ishikawa, Pareto)

Your Benefits at Aptiv

• Savings Fund
• Pension Plan
• Christmas Bonus
• Attendance Bonus
• Vacation Premium
• Medical Expenses
• Life Insurance
• Social security (IMSS, INFONAVIT, Retirement)
• Recognition for innovation and excellence
• Opportunities to give back to the community

You grow at Aptiv.

Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win. 

You make an impact at Aptiv.

One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.

You have support at Aptiv.

We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package.

Meet the Next-Generation Aptiv

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most.

Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.

Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust!

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