Advance Engineer
challengemfg · Walker, MI · United States · On-site
Posted Oct 6, 2026
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Who We Are: Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.
Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!
Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!
Who We Want:
We are looking for an Advance Engineer that will advise the estimating and engineering teams on feasibility of customer designs and ECRs for our manufacturing processes. The ideal person will collaborate with cross functional teams to provide technical support.
What You’ll Do:
Review incoming RFQ’s and comprehend all customer provided information
Prepare technical presentations covering all pertinent package content
Provide technical support to Estimating, Program Management, Finance, etc. relating to product information, CAD data management, contract, and cost model analysis
When and Where:
This will be a M-F position located at our Corporate Office in Walker, MI .
Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.
What You Need to Have:
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering preferred
5 years of product design or manufacturing experience preferred
Has high standards of performance for self
Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes
Is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work
Takes positive action to objectively resolve conflict by listening, staying focused on issue to find resolution, and monitoring progress
Maintains positive relationships by constructively resolving conflicts
Uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and work relationships
Moves within own and/or other work areas (flexes) to support plant flow
Works with sense of urgency to meet needs of customers
Has necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to perform all aspects of job; rotates through all job responsibilities
Maintains knowledge and skills…