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MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Company:
HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA.
Location:
Flora, IL, 62839
Posted:
February 07, 2026
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Description:

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Location

Pacesetting. Passionate. Together. HELLA, one of the leading automotive suppliers worldwide, has shaped the industry with innovative lighting systems and vehicle electronics. In addition, the company is one of the most important partners of the aftermarket and independent workshops. What motivates us: Shaping the mobility of tomorrow and fostering the central market trends such as autonomous driving, efficiency and electrification, connectivity and digitization as well as individualization. Every day, 36,000 employees worldwide are committed to this with passion, know-how and innovative strength.

YOUR TASKS

Salary Range: $57,500-$70,900

Manufacturing Engineering

1 Agreeing and following up targets with the Project Manager or the Operations Readiness Manager in terms

of quality, costs and timing in agreement with the superior and taking existing processes and methods into

consideration

2 Executing in the development of production methods taking the market development for production

systems into account and check new systems for their suitability and applicability as set by Hella specific

constrains and legal requirements

3 Plan complex operating equipment based on capacity and staff deployment plans to be drawn up; define

type, extent, and number necessary production equipment (including auxiliary and series tools, jigs,

testing equipment, special machines); arrange the procurement and/or production of the specified

operating equipment

4 Determine available internal capacities for the construction of operating equipment; estimate the costs

and prepare suggestions for internal or external procurement

5 Define and describe manufacturing sequences, manufacturing capacities and operating equipment data

taking into account the planning variables to be determined (workflows, planned times, batch sizes);

prepare manufacturing plans using existing systems and methods

6 Plan new manufacturing sequences and operating equipment with the help of existing manufacturing

processes, taking knowledge from the field of work science, production engineering and economics into

account, as well as guidelines and standards. Use digitization to increase efficiency and robustness (e.g.

MES, Hydra, iTAC)

7 Continual editing, interpretation and implementation of relevant technical information from internal and

external partners as well as coordination and implementation of process and production equipment

changes

8 Evaluate risks using the process FMEA and taking customer requirements into consideration as well as

developing and implementation of improvement actions

9 Prepare, update and manage production and quality related documentation according to the guidelines as

well as creating and updating the production master data

10 Involvement in internal and external pre-series audits in production and quality assurance, as well as

supporting series auditing in agreement with the superior if appropriate

11 Plan and coordinate the preparation of (initial) samples including component recording and provision;

monitoring the production of (initial) samples and carrying out acceptance test checks; if appropriate

initiating design changes in agreement with the project team

12 Involvement in and/or implementation of defined escalation scenarios whenever deviations from targets

occur in manufacturing engineering; showing existing alternative solutions

13 Involvement in change management (EOP control, costing, feasibility analysis, scheduling etc.).

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

University degree

More than 3 years experience

Experience with SMED, lean manufacturing

Take the opportunity to reveal your potential within a global, family-run company that offers you the best possible conditions for progressing in your career.

Please send us your application through our careers portal, citing reference number req17561.

Staci R Houston

1101 Vincennes Ave, Flora

62839

Phone:

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