Mechanical Integration Engineer, Automotive Paint Facilities

Job Description

Job Description

Mechanical Integration Engineer, Automotive Paint FacilitiesLocation: Auburn Hills, MIAre you the engineer who designs for the plant floor—not 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. You’ll integrate mechanical systems across complex finishing lines—supporting 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 → fabrication → installation → startup → commissioning → 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 constraints—fabrication, installation, field execution, customer changes, launch timing, safety, quality, cost, and customer acceptance—and keep scope aligned at every step.

Industry Focus

Industrial manufacturing • Automotive paint finishing • Process equipment • Turnkey manufacturing systems • Fabrication • Installation • Commissioning • Launch support