Product Engineering Director

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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 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 we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s 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 you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

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