Location: Zacatecas, Mexico (onsite)
Vacancy Type: Existing position
As our next Process Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of developing, optimizing, and sustaining manufacturing processes in a dynamic production environment. Your expertise in process engineering and automotive manufacturing will be critical to improving efficiency, ensuring product quality, and supporting new product launches and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes for production lines
• Support new product launches, equipment buy-off, and process validation activities
• Analyze and resolve process and product issues using root cause methodologies
• Lead and update process documentation (PFMEA, Control Plans, Work Instructions, Flow Diagrams)
• Coordinate and participate in APQP activities and cross-functional teams (CFT)
• Monitor process performance (efficiency, scrap, PPM) and drive improvements
• Conduct line balancing and continuous improvement initiatives
• Support engineering change processes and process updates
• Validate process conditions after changes (maintenance, new equipment, tooling)
• Lead corrective and preventive actions related to customer complaints and audits
• Ensure compliance with Quality, Environmental, and Safety Management Systems
• Support Safe Launch activities and lead analysis of findings and improvements
• Provide training and technical guidance to production and quality teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or related field)
• 1–3 years of experience in manufacturing or process engineering (automotive preferred)
• Knowledge of core tools (APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA)
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, line balancing, and continuous improvement
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
• Basic knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and automation systems
• Ability to read technical drawings and process documentation
• English communication skills (conversational level)
• Experience with PLCs, vision systems, or automated processes
• Knowledge of CAD tools or process simulation
• Experience with IATF 16949 standards and audits
• Experience leading improvement projects using PDCA or Kaizen
• Leadership experience or exposure to team coordination
Apply online at www.johnsonelectric.com - We can’t wait to meet you!
Come join our global, inclusive & diverse team
Our purpose is to improve the quality of life of everyone we touch through our innovative motion systems. We are a truly global team bound together by our shared values. Our culture is built on the diversity, knowledge, skills, creativity, and talents that each employee brings to the company. Our people are our company’s most valuable asset. We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace where employees of different backgrounds feel valued and respected, regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity or religious background. We are committed to inspiring our employees to grow, act with ownership and find fulfilment and meaning in the work they do.