Staff Logistics Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Hayward, CA, United States; Workplace: On-site. The role requires recurring onsite engagement with international manufacturing partner facilities and travel as needed.

Company

Automotive product company developing major vehicle programs with advanced manufacturing and logistics operations.

What you will do

• Lead the end-to-end design, layout, and operational launch of logistics programs covering inbound planning, internal material flow, warehousing, outbound transportation, packaging, systems, and industrial engineering.
• Serve as the senior logistics lead and primary liaison to an international manufacturing partner across body shop, metallic component manufacturing, and vehicle assembly material flow.
• Lead logistics readiness from greenfield or brownfield facility build-out and build-location decisions through new-product launch and start of production.
• Develop launch plans for program gate reviews, identifying and resolving schedule, capacity, and material-flow risks.
• Establish 5S, visual management, standard work, and inventory control processes for a high-turn, high-availability service environment.
• Collaborate with IT and Systems teams on Warehouse Management System and inventory-tracking requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
• 12+ years of logistics, industrial engineering, supply chain, or operations leadership experience in the automotive industry.
• Proven experience launching logistics operations at a greenfield or brownfield manufacturing site through start of production.
• Experience launching new products or programs in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and decision-support skills, including build-location trade studies, transportation cost modeling, and logistics infrastructure planning.
• Willingness and ability to travel as required.

Nice to have

• Experience with contract or co-development vehicle manufacturers.
• Experience with SAP, S/4HANA, or comparable ERP and logistics systems.
• APICS/ASCM certification such as CPIM, CSCP, or CLTD, or PMP certification.
• Experience in autonomous vehicle, robotics, or other advanced-technology manufacturing environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration with IT, Systems, manufacturing, and logistics teams.
• Regular onsite workshops, program steering meetings, technical kickoffs, and executive alignment sessions with an international manufacturing partner.
• Work focused on high-turn, high-availability vehicle service operations.