Product Engineering Director
Guadalajara - Mexico
Job Summary
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Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth were looking to add a Product Engineering Director located in Flex Guadalajara North Campus.
Reporting to the General Manager. The Product Engineering Director in a PCBA & Box Build environment is responsible for leading product engineering strategy and execution ensuring manufacturability quality cost competitiveness and on-time delivery across the full product lifecycle. This role serves as a key interface between customers engineering and manufacturing operations.
What a typical day looks like:
- Define and execute the product engineering strategy aligned with site and customer business objectives.
- Lead the engineering organization supporting PCBA and Box Build programs across NPI sustaining and product transfers.
- Ensure DFM/DFA/DFT alignment to support efficient scalable and high-quality manufacturing.
- Oversee NPI execution from concept through ramp-up and mass production.
- Drive engineering decisions that support cost reduction margin improvement and manufacturing excellence.
- Lead coach and develop Product Engineering Managers and engineering teams fostering technical capability and talent growth.
- Act as a key customer-facing engineering leader ensuring alignment on technical requirements specifications and change management.
- Partner closely with Operations Supply Chain Quality Program Management and Sales teams.
- Monitor and improve engineering KPIs such as yield DPPM time-to-ramp cost and customer satisfaction
The experience were looking to add to our team:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field; MBA preferred or equivalent experience.
- Strong background in electronics manufacturing (PCBA & Box Build).
- Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in Product / Manufacturing Engineering leadership roles.
- Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
- Strong expertise in NPI product transfers and lifecycle management.
- Demonstrated knowledge of APQP PPAP FPLC GD&T and automotive core tools.
- Experience driving design-for-manufacturing and engineering change management.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate customer needs into manufacturable solutions.
- Advanced English communication skills.
What youll receive for the great work you provide:
- Competitive Salary.
- Life & Medical insurance.
- Christmas Bonus.
- Food Coupons.
- Saving Fund.
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