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Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Process Engineering Manager located in Guadalajara, North Campus.
Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager, Process Engineering Manager is responsible for managing a team of process engineers working on improving process engineering capabilities to support a specific area of a manufacturing organization.
What a typical day looks like:
- Manage a team of engineers and technicians to establish and maintain statistical process control systems.
- Establish and improve process capabilities.
- Develop and maintain process documentation.
- Manage development projects that are designed to meet customer product specifications, delivery, and cost expectations.
- Work with other engineering team members to design new products that can be manufactured.
- Improve throughput in constrained areas.
- Develop, test, and implement new materials and processes for improved performance and/or lower cost and manage cost reduction efforts in assigned process areas.
- Partner with other engineering team members to design new products that can be manufactured.
- Coordinate initiatives to increase throughput, reduce cost and improve performance in constrained areas.
- Implement appropriate HR strategies and actions to recruit and retain a qualified and motivated workforce.
The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
- Advanced English.
- Previous experience in similar roles (Electronics Industry).
- Extensive experience in high-volume mechanical assembly manufacturing.
Proven capability in:
- Manufacturing flow design and optimization
- Line layout and scalable production system design
- Bottleneck identification and throughput optimization
Strong experience in:
- Installed capacity definition, validation, and risk assessment
- Capacity modeling aligned to demand scenarios (ramp-up, steady state, surge)
- Scalable line design (modular capacity, replication strategy, automation readiness)
Advanced knowledge of:
- Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma methodologies
- Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
- SPC (Statistical Process Control)
- Process capability metrics (Cp, Cpk)
Strong execution of:
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- 8D problem solving
Preferably experienced in:
- Rack manufacturing / electro-mechanical assemblies
- Data center hardware or similar high-complexity products
Understanding of:
- Mechanical integration and assembly tolerances
- Quality expectations for critical infrastructure equipment
Experience managing:
- High-volume, physically demanding production environments
- Aggressive ramp timelines and production scaling
Strong understanding of:
- Productivity KPIs (UPH, OEE, cycle time, takt time)
- Cost drivers and operational efficiency
Strong knowledge of:
- Industrial safety practices integrated into process design and execution
- Risk assessment and mitigation in manufacturing environments
Experience with:
- Waste management systems and reduction strategies
- Sustainable manufacturing practices
- Proven ability to embed a proactive safety culture into daily operations and engineering decisions
- Strong leadership with proven ability to build and scale high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills (technical and executive level).
- High influence across cross-functional teams.
- Problem Solving & Decision Making
- Strong analytical and critical thinking.
- Advanced use of structured methodologies:
- RCA, 8D, data-driven problem solving
- Ability to make effective decisions under pressure and ambiguity.
- Change management
- Timeline and milestone control
- Budget and cost awareness
- High ownership and accountability for results.
- Ability to connect engineering decisions with business impact.
- Strong end-to-end systems thinking (process, capacity, cost, quality).
- Innovation
- Operational excellence
- Strong resilience during production ramps and operational challenges.
- Strong interpersonal skills and team engagement.
- Effective conflict resolution and alignment capability.
What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:
- Competitive Salary.
- Life & Medical insurance.
- Christmas Bonus.
- Food Coupons.
- Saving Fund.
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Job Category
Production Engineering
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