Engineer II, Product Integration

Magna International•Goleta, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role serves as a critical bridge between engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain to support new product launches and ongoing product excellence. You will lead manufacturing alignment, prototype and component risk management, and hands-on support for DFM, lean line readiness, and validation activities. The position also plays a key role in engineering demonstrations, warranty trend analysis, and failure investigation to drive continuous improvement and customer confidence. Ideal for a proactive problem-solver, this role offers broad exposure across the product lifecycle and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on product quality, manufacturability, and speed to market.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering preferred.
Experience in mentoring and growing teams.

Responsibilities

Maintain regular manufacturing issues alignment with engineering
Contribute to monthly Kaizen workshops. Small but continuous improvements
Equipment definition support, manufacturing requirements, etc
Create purchase requestions
DFM management
Lean Line reviews
Nee concept / Manufacturing roadmap Proof of Concept studies
Coordination of prototype builds with internal or external partners/suppliers
Test of prototypes
Record / tracking prototypes for delivery
Develop strategy for prototype management and supply chain coordination
Manage alternate part proof of concept projects
Manage product supply chain risk
Maintain regular reviews for EoL or at risk components
Manage component risk / supply chain strategy matrix
Understand customers needs of demonstration kits (i.e. KPI evaluation, development, integration with CAN, etc)
Support verification of and delivery to customer of engineering demonstration kits
Monitoring Warranty returns and trends for continuous product improvement
Summarize full discipline feedback for customer communications
Support explanation of observed issues to failure analysis team
Review reports and suggest additional testing for comprehensive report
DV/PV tester debug / support
Test plan / setup review
Test result review
Ensures all Company policies, procedures, plant standards, and safety rules are consistently adhered to.
Displays a positive attitude towards safety, works safely and follows all the Company's safety policies and procedures.
(US) Complies with all Health, Safety and Environmental standards in accordance with the Magna Employee Charter, the Occupational Health & Safety Act, and the Michigan Occupational Health & Safety Act.
(ONTARIO) Complies with all Health, Safety and Environmental standards in accordance with the Magna Employee Charter, and the Occupational Health & Safety Act.
Ensures all employees and visitors have a safe environment in that safety and housekeeping standards are maintained; and all hazards, unsafe actions, or unsafe conditions have been identified, corrected, and/or eliminated.
Responds to and investigates all reports of injuries, accidents, illnesses, near misses and property damage immediately.
Takes an active part in the division’s safety program by performing regular workplace inspections, effectively investigates accidents/incidents promptly and assists in meeting or exceeding the division’s safety goals.