Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer

Assignment period: 19 January 2026 – 31 March 2026

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

Workload: 100%

Remote work: 0% (fully onsite)

Language: English (fluent/professional)

We are looking for a Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer for an assignment within the automotive industry. In this role, you will take a leading part in ensuring industrialization deliverables meet program milestones and that production processes reach the highest quality standards.

This assignment is ideal for someone with strong manufacturing engineering experience, a structured project leadership mindset, and hands-on expertise in installation and commissioning—combined with a strong Lean process design approach.

About the role

As a Manufacturing Process Engineer, you will be responsible for the successful initiation, planning, execution, and follow-up of industrialization projects. You will coordinate commissioning and installation activities, manage issue lists, ensure equipment handover to end users, and secure manufacturing deliverables from the team to the overall car programs.

You will also work proactively with process improvements, lessons learned, and best practices, while supporting and coaching team members in a dynamic, multinational environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead industrialization projects from initiation to closure, ensuring all deliverables are met
• Coordinate installation and commissioning activities, including issue list follow-up
• Ensure successful equipment handover to end users
• Drive stakeholder management and collaboration with line builders and cross-functional teams
• Secure manufacturing deliverables from the team to the car programs
• Identify manufacturing-related obstacles, propose solutions, and escalate when needed
• Report progress and status within your area of responsibility to gateway/milestone reports up to Final Data Judgment
• Work with Lean process design and optimize process flows
• Provide regular updates to the local Program Manager
• Drive lessons learned activities, share best practices, and coach team members
• Support continuous improvement and contribute to closing gaps toward the target/vision layout

Required skills & qualifications

To be successful in this assignment, you should have:

• Proven experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, including leading projects in installation and commissioning (mandatory)
• Strong competence in Lean Process Design
• Know-how of electric drive unit (EDU) production processes, such as rotor, stator, and inverter
• Experience with assembly processes of electric drive units
• Strong communication skills and professional working proficiency in English (spoken and written)
• Ability to work in a multinational team environment, not only as an individual contributor
• A self-starter mindset with strong troubleshooting ability and curiosity to learn new technologies
• Strong analytical skills and experience in engineering data reporting

Personal attributes

We believe you are:

• Proactive, structured, and solution-oriented
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with multiple stakeholders
• A strong communicator with the ability to build trust and drive collaboration
• Hands-on and committed to delivering high-quality results
• Motivated by continuous improvement and knowledge sharing

About Soros Consulting

Soros Consulting works with highly qualified consultant placements within IT, engineering, and business development. We match experienced specialists with assignments where their expertise creates clear value. Our focus is quality, long-term collaboration, and creating the right conditions for both consultants and clients through clarity, professionalism, and sustainable relationships.