Best way to get a job at a Auto Manufactuerer would be to go to a feeder school. Find out where they recurit from, schools like Kettering.
Brother went to University as a ME and he was active in S.A.E. (Society of Automotive Engineering) to build contacts and also volunteered his time to a vehicle team in college, he did a high-milegage vehicle, in order to boost his resume.
Still didn't get him into Automotive out of college but 3yrs later through networking he managed to land a job at Daimler in the US pre-merger.
More than anything its gonna be your grades and the school you attend. If the Automotive companies are not recruiting from your College you may end up designing automatic car washes! Contact your career development department and ask them which companies recruit ME's at your school. Talk to the professors and seniors about where they were able to find work.
