Senior Industrialization & Readiness Engineer

Schneider Electric•Goodyear, AZ

About The Position

The Senior Industrialization & Readiness Engineer leads industrialization and industrial readiness activities for new products, first-of-kind builds, production transfers, capacity expansions, and significant manufacturing changes across the MDC production network. The role coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, conducts industrialization studies, assesses readiness, and develops practical manufacturing strategies that enable safe, efficient, and scalable production execution. Working across Engineering, Operations, Deployment, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Supply Chain Performance, this position aligns readiness activities, evaluates manufacturing approaches, and supports production introduction, capability development, and manufacturing optimization across facilities. In an Engineer-to-Order and low-to-medium volume manufacturing environment, the role provides centralized coordination and assessment, bridging strategic readiness planning with practical manufacturing execution so manufacturing considerations are incorporated early and consistently. The role owns assessments, coordination, findings, recommendations, industrialization leadership, and readiness evaluations. Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering provide operational inputs and detailed analysis support, and execute approved recommendations and changes. Key outputs include industrialization strategies and production introduction plans; readiness assessments and recommendations; first-of-kind manufacturing assessments and risk mitigation plans; feasibility and buildability evaluations; optimization and manufacturing strategy assessments; recommendations concerning equipment, workflow, material flow, and capacity; capability improvement opportunities; cross-functional action plans; cross-site best practices; implementation recommendations; and lessons learned.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in manufacturing, industrialization, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, operations engineering, or related technical roles.
Experience supporting new product introduction, first-of-kind builds, manufacturing capability development, production transfers, or significant manufacturing changes.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders across engineering, operations, and manufacturing organizations.
Skills in industrialization planning and industrial readiness assessment.
Skills in manufacturing feasibility and buildability analysis.
Skills in manufacturing process evaluation and optimization.
Skills in equipment, workflow, and capacity assessment.
Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder alignment skills.
Structured problem-solving and analytical-thinking skills.

Responsibilities

Lead industrialization activities for new products, first-of-kind builds, major product changes, and new manufacturing capabilities.
Lead industrial readiness assessments and readiness coordination across manufacturing facilities.
Lead centralized industrialization studies to improve manufacturing effectiveness, scalability, and execution consistency across the manufacturing network.
Evaluate products, assemblies, manufacturing concepts, and production approaches for practical, efficient, and scalable execution.
Support consistency of industrialization practices across manufacturing sites.
Capture lessons learned and recommend improvements to future industrialization activities.
Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and align readiness activities, manufacturing approaches, and execution priorities.
Develop industrialization strategies, production introduction plans, readiness recommendations, risk mitigation plans, and implementation recommendations.
Assess equipment, workflow, material flow, capacity, and manufacturing capabilities, and identify improvement opportunities.
Identify manufacturing risks, capability gaps, and execution challenges early and recommend ways to address them.