Mechanical Integration Engineer, Automotive Paint
FacilitiesLocation: Auburn Hills, MIAre you the engineer who designs for the plant floorโnot just the page?
- Do you balance safety, quality, cost, and timing while making systems truly installable?
- Can you translate customer changes into clear, buildable updates without slipping launch?
- Will you partner across design, manufacturing, vendors, and installers to get a system commissioned right the first time?
About the Role
Join a leading provider of industrial manufacturing and paint finishing systems. Youโll integrate mechanical systems across complex finishing linesโsupporting design, engineering, fabrication, installation, startup, commissioning, and customer acceptance.
Core Accountabilities
- Own portions of mechanical system design for paint shops and industrial finishing environments.
- Produce and review layouts, assemblies, equipment arrangements, platforms, structural supports, ductwork, piping, and conveyor interfaces.
- Generate, check, and update drawings/models and technical documentation for fabrication and field execution.
- Collaborate with engineering, design, PM, manufacturing, purchasing, vendors, contractors, installers, and customers from concept to launch.
- Assess designs for fit, function, manufacturability, installation feasibility, safety, quality, cost, and serviceability.
- Manage engineering changes, customer revisions, drawing updates, and field inquiries on timing-driven projects.
- Plan integration and installation activities; support commissioning, startup, debug, and launch readiness.
- Identify risks early and propose practical fixes that protect schedule, budget, and performance.
- Maintain accurate engineering records; follow internal quality, safety, and process controls.
What You Bring
- 5+ years in mechanical engineering within paint finishing, industrial equipment, manufacturing systems, process equipment, industrial HVAC/ventilation, conveyors, fabrication, automation-adjacent, or heavy industrial environments.
- Ability to read, interpret, develop, and review mechanical drawings, layouts, and assemblies.
- Understanding of fabrication, installation, commissioning, and field support for large systems.
- Cross-functional experience with engineering, design, PM, manufacturing, purchasing, vendors, contractors/installers, and customers.
- Problem-solver who can troubleshoot design issues and deliver field-ready solutions.
- Clear communicator who can balance technical depth with schedule, cost, safety, quality, and customer needs.
Preferred
- Experience in automotive paint shops or industrial paint finishing systems.
- Familiar with booths, ovens, air houses, ventilation, ductwork, conveyors, platforms, piping, process equipment, structural steel, and integrated facility systems.
- End-to-end project support: design โ fabrication โ installation โ startup โ commissioning โ acceptance.
- Background across automotive, aerospace, heavy truck, tier suppliers, general industrial, or large plants.
- Comfort with MS Office, MS Project, quality systems, project documentation, engineering change processes, and QOS or similar.
- CAD experience; platform to be confirmed during intake.
What Makes This Different
This is not a conventional product design role. Your decisions must account for real-world constraintsโfabrication, installation, field execution, customer changes, launch timing, safety, quality, cost, and customer acceptanceโand keep scope aligned at every step.
Industry Focus
Industrial manufacturing โข Automotive paint finishing โข Process equipment โข Turnkey manufacturing systems โข Fabrication โข Installation โข Commissioning โข Launch support