Sr Manufacturing Engineer at Mattel in Shenzhen

  • Company: Mattel
  • Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, cn
  • Job type: full time
  • Workplace: onsite
  • Posted: 2026-11-04

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The Opportunity:  This Senior Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for all the decoration processes including spray painting, tampo printing and DIJ (Direct Inkjet Printing).  This role ensures decoration quality stability, process validation, defect troubleshooting, and continuous improvement to support FG vendors (located in China, Vietnam and India). There is same role in our O&O plant – MCA which the Manufacturing Manager is leading the Senior Engineer to complete the appearance decorations of products.    Technical & Engineering Excellence Provide decoration process standardization for co-man vendors. To support co-man vendors to drive for improvements such as reduce throw-off, optimize the cycle time and improve output Provide technical training to improve the technical skillsets Leadership & Team Development Provide technical support to the co-man vendors engineering team. Work closely with Co-man Team, MOA Engineering Team, O/O plants & Co-man vendors Cross-Functional Influence Act as the core technical interface and key influencer across multi-functional teams including production, quality, engineering and tooling vendors. Proactively align process standardization such as “Best Practice with O/O plants” Support location includes China, Vietnam and India plus O/O plant – Montoi Bricks Budget Control Manage the OH & deliver saving to the company Culture & Continuous Improvement Establish a LEAN culture and drive continuous improvement in daily activities A decoration technical engineer with deep expertise in decoration engineering organization. Can support a team of process engineers in co-man vendors to solve technical problem. A LEAN – minded leader to drive continuous improvement in operation activities. Able to identify improvement ideas and working with the team to implement the application in production run Engineering Background with solid hand-on experience in Decoration Processes. Prefer to have Mattel working experience Able to set up the decoration processes including spray painting, tampo printing and DIJ Strong communication skills and able to work effectively as part of a team. Good English specking and writing skills. Strong problem-solving skills, good communication skills and project management capacity. Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. How We Work: We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors: We collaborate:  Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower. We innovate:  At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking. We execute:  We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results. Our Approach to Flexible Work: We embrace a flexible work model designed to empower a culture of growth, optimism, and wellbeing, where every employee can reach their full potential. Combining purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, our focus is to optimize performance and drive connection for momen

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