Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Night Shift

About the job

Position Overview

International Motors is hiring a Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Night Shift to support our growing San Antonio operation. This hands-on role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on the shop floor, takes ownership of technical challenges, and keeps production running safely and efficiently.

Working alongside Production, Maintenance, Quality, and skilled trades, you will troubleshoot equipment failures, minimize downtime, improve manufacturing processes, and support tooling development and production launches. If you enjoy solving problems, driving continuous improvement, and making a direct impact on production performance, we want you on our team!

This position will initially work Day Shift and will be required to transition to Night Shift as the operation ramps up in early 2027. Day Shift Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 5:30 AM–4:00 PM. Night Shift Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 5:30 PM–4:00 AM.

As International Motors continues to grow in San Antonio, we are expanding our production operations with the introduction of a night production shift. The night shift is Monday through Thursday from 5:30 PM to 4:00 AM, with production planned to begin in early 2027. This is a salaried position supporting a manufacturing operation. While the primary schedule aligns with the designated production shift, employees are expected to provide operational support as needed to meet business objectives. This may require working outside normal production hours, including extended shifts, production startup activities, recovery efforts, and occasional weekend support based on operational requirements.

Shift Differential: 10% differential upon transitioning to Night Shift work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Support production by responding to process issues, equipment faults, and downtime events.
• Analyze production data to improve process efficiency, product quality, throughput, and cost.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across General Assembly operations.
• Partner with R&D to provide Design for Assembly (DFA) feedback for future products and processes.
• Manage assembly process, tooling, automation, and equipment projects from concept through implementation.
• Develop assembly concepts that improve manufacturability, quality, ergonomics, and throughput.
• Create and support Statements of Work (SOWs), project specifications, and technical requirements.
• Establish and maintain robust manufacturing processes that meet product specifications and operational targets.
• Evaluate internal and supplier-driven processes for component quality and manufacturing readiness.
• Support new vehicle programs through readiness reviews, launch planning, validation, and production ramp-up.
• Partner with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering to install, commission, and validate new equipment and production systems.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing challenges, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Design and support fixtures, jigs, tooling, gauges, and assembly aids.
• Create and maintain process flows, PFMEAs, control plans, and standardized work.
• Estimate manufacturing costs, establish labor standards, and recommend process or tooling changes.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers, technicians, skilled trades, and production teams.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 1 year of product manufacturing experience

OR

• Master's degree and no experience

OR

• At least 3 years of product manufacturing experience

Additional Requirements

• Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Desired Skills

• Hands-on experience programming and troubleshooting Atlas Copco torque tools and controllers, including torque-angle strategies, tightening trace analysis, tool capability verification, and fastening traceability.
• Demonstrated ownership of manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, and production support in automotive, truck, heavy equipment, aerospace, or similar advanced manufacturing.
• Experience leading complex downtime investigations, identifying root causes, implementing lasting corrective actions, and verifying production recovery.
• Experience leading assembly, tooling, automation, equipment, or capital projects from concept through production ramp-up, including SOWs, technical specifications, supplier requirements, acceptance criteria, installation, commissioning, and validation.
• Experience applying Lean methods and manufacturing data to improve safety, quality, throughput, uptime, and cost through assembly process development, error proofing, ergonomics, and cycle-time reduction.
• Hands-on experience integrating automated manufacturing systems, AGVs, and tooling controls; troubleshooting equipment using mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic schematics and PLC/HMI diagnostics with Maintenance and controls specialists.
• Experience using Teamcenter, 3D product visualization, CAD, or digital manufacturing systems to support process and tooling development.
• Experience developing and maintaining PFMEAs, control plans, process flows, and standardized work, and supporting APQP, PPAP, and run-at-rate studies for production readiness.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Product Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, suppliers, and skilled trades; independently prioritizing production issues and projects, making technical decisions under pressure, and guiding less-experienced engineers and technicians.
• Experience evaluating engineering drawings, GD&T, and tolerance stack-ups to resolve assembly fit and tooling issues.
• Experience applying SPC, process capability analysis, and MSA/Gage R&R to validate process consistency and measurement reliability.
• Experience managing engineering changes, including manufacturing impact assessments, tooling and process updates, validation, and controlled production release.

Benefits and Compensation

This position offers competitive market-based compensation, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee wellbeing. You can learn more about the benefits offered for this position by visiting https://careers.international.com/#benefits.

The expected salary offered for this position will fall within the stated range, with the final offer based on the candidates' applicable skills, knowledge, and experience.

Company Overview

About TRATON With its brands Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus, TRATON SE is the parent and holding company of the TRATON GROUP and one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers. The Group’s product portfolio comprises trucks, buses, and light-duty commercial vehicles. “Transforming Transportation Together. For a sustainable world.”: this intention underlines the Company’s ambition to have a lasting and sustainable impact on the commercial vehicle business and on the Group’s commercial growth.

About International From a one-man company built on the world-changing invention of the McCormick reaper in 1831, to the 15,000-person-strong company we are today, few companies can lay claim to a history like International. Based in Lisle, Illinois, International Motors, LLC* creates solutions that deliver greater uptime and productivity to our customers throughout the full operation of our commercial vehicles. We build International® trucks and engines and IC Bus® school and commercial buses that are as tough and as smart as the people who drive them. We also develop Fleetrite® aftermarket parts. In everything we do, our vision is to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility to create the cleaner, safer world we all deserve. As of 2021, we joined Scania, MAN and Volkswagen Truck & Bus in TRATON GROUP, a global champion of the truck and transport services industry. To learn more, visit International.com.

*International Motors, LLC is d/b/a International Motors USA in Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Utah.

EEO Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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