Mauricio Castañeda
About Mauricio Castañeda
Mauricio Castañeda serves as the Lead Product Engineer at Faurecia, where he leads investigations into customer quality complaints and coordinates employee development plans across engineering departments. He has a background in industrial engineering and extensive experience in product certification and quality assurance.
Work at Faurecia
Mauricio Castañeda has served as a Lead Product Engineer at Faurecia since 2013. In this role, he leads root cause investigations on customer quality complaints and verifies the implementation of corrective actions. He coordinates engineering departments to develop employee development plans while ensuring adherence to budget constraints. Castañeda acts as a technical lead, providing support for cross-functional and global teams across Mexico, France, and Japan. His responsibilities also include overseeing engineering for customer final product certification, particularly for NISSAN's front seat metal structure.
Education and Expertise
Mauricio Castañeda studied at Instituto Tecnológico de Tlalnepantla, where he focused on Administracion de la calidad and earned a degree in Ingenieria Industrial from 2000 to 2005. His educational background provides a foundation for his expertise in quality engineering and product development. Castañeda's role requires a strong understanding of engineering principles, quality management, and cross-functional collaboration, which he applies in his current position at Faurecia.
Background
Before joining Faurecia, Mauricio Castañeda worked as a Quality Engineer at Gill Industries from 2010 to 2013. During his tenure there, he gained experience in quality assurance processes and product evaluation. His background in quality engineering has equipped him with the skills necessary to address customer complaints and improve product quality in his current role.
Achievements
At Faurecia, Mauricio Castañeda is a key member of cross-functional teams focused on value engineering projects. His work emphasizes the prevention of recurrent manufacturing defects and the enhancement of product built-in quality. Castañeda collaborates closely with validation teams to execute safety and regulatory validation sample build plans, ensuring that products meet necessary standards.