Director, Manufacturing Engineering
About The Position
The Director of Manufacturing Engineering leads Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Test Engineering, Test Automation, NPI Engineering, and Customer TPM activities for the Texas manufacturing campus. This senior site engineering leader is accountable for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and customer satisfaction, and reports directly to the General Manager. The role executes global engineering standards and operating models established by the Global Director of Engineering in New Jersey while building an engineering organization capable of supporting growth and high-performing manufacturing of data center racks and integrated infrastructure. The Director drives factory performance and operational excellence, manufacturing readiness, automation, test strategy, and successful product launches. Responsibilities include improving yield, productivity, throughput, cycle time, labor efficiency, and cost; optimizing processes and factory flows; and supporting daily production execution. The role also leads automation and test deployments, NPI readiness and production ramps, customer-facing TPM resources, continuous improvement initiatives, and local implementation of global engineering standards and governance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
- 10+ years of engineering leadership experience in manufacturing environments.
- Experience leading Manufacturing Engineering, Test Engineering, Automation, and NPI organizations.
- Proven success driving operational excellence, productivity, quality, and manufacturing scale.
- Strong customer-facing experience.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree.
- Experience in data center infrastructure, server, electronics, rack integration, or related manufacturing environments.
- Lean Six Sigma certification.
Responsibilities
- Lead Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Test Engineering, Test Automation, NPI Engineering, and Customer TPM teams for the Texas campus.
- Develop organizational capability, technical expertise, and engineering leadership at the site.
- Support factory growth, capacity expansion, and operational scalability.
- Build a culture of accountability, urgency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Improve FPY, RTPY, DPPM, productivity, throughput, cycle time, labor efficiency, and cost performance.
- Optimize manufacturing processes and factory flows.
- Lead engineering support for daily production execution and factory performance reviews.
- Ensure achievement of site engineering and operational KPIs.
- Deploy factory automation strategies aligned with global engineering roadmaps, including robotics, automated assembly, vision systems, digital manufacturing tools, and test automation systems.
- Own site-level test engineering performance and deployment of standardized test platforms.
- Improve manufacturing diagnostics, traceability, test coverage, and operational efficiency.
- Lead manufacturing readiness activities and execute NPI phase-gate requirements and readiness reviews.
- Ensure readiness of manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, automation, test systems, capacity, and staffing for product introductions.
- Lead pilot builds, process validation, launch readiness reviews, and production ramp activities.
- Lead customer-facing TPM resources supporting Texas-based programs and participate in customer reviews, readiness assessments, escalations, and operational reviews.
- Translate customer requirements into manufacturing execution plans.
- Drive Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, CAPA, and SPC methodologies.
- Lead yield improvement, cost reduction, productivity, waste elimination, and capacity improvement initiatives.
- Establish rigorous performance reviews and execution management systems.
- Execute and sustain global engineering standards, SOPs, process and test standards, automation architecture standards, NPI phase gates, governance models, KPI review processes, best-practice deployment, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Maintain local execution while supporting global consistency and standardization across the manufacturing network.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary.
- Performance-based annual bonus eligibility.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan.
- Tuition reimbursement for eligible education programs.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Mental health resources and employee wellness support programs.
- Company-paid life and disability insurance.
- Paid time off (PTO) and company-paid holidays.
- Parental leave and family care support programs.
- Structured training programs and on-the-job learning opportunities.
- Matching gifts and volunteer programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
