Regional NPI & Process Engineering Manager

This position is within APAC Regional Engineering and will be part of the development of new products and processes with an emphasis on speed of innovation into manufacturing through effective Change Management, Design for Manufacturing, Cost Modeling, and alignment to our global Product Quality Architecture. This position focuses on leading the industrialization of products developed through our IPP projects, also transfer products between plants.

• Oversee and manage the NPI engineers with high expertise on process industrialization, promoting next-generation manufacturing solutions into manufacturing facilities.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for product/process industrialization in project steering forums
• Drive engineering diligence in project teams across business units by exercising decision making authority in Design Reviews and Stage Gates
• Ensure cost, quality and delivery targets are met in new product introductions
• Develop and implement business processes to ensure the successful execution of projects according to business objectives
• Oversee the authoring of process improvement capability plans and technical reports for internal publication.
• Lead continuous improvement on existent procedures and process to increase group efficiency and business impact (DFM, Product Quality Architecture, TPM and LEAN, among other methods).
• Create tools and training for NPI engineers and supporting functions
• Determine resource allocations to maximize business results by having effective lines of communication with program managers and product teams
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to teams of engineers and technicians across multiple locations.

 Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Optical Physics or related field, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
 Minimum of 8 years total of technology, development, and/or manufacturing engineering experience

• Required Skills
   Expertise in fiber optic cabling and connectivity
   Experience working in a high volume, people based, precision manufacturing environment
   Strong management skills
   Excellent communication and leadership-through-influence skills.
   High initiative, able to work with a minimum of direction, and able to work in team environment
   100% bilingual English / Spanish
   Experience working with manual and semi-automated assembly processes of complex, high precision components in a manufacturing environment.
   Experience leading engineering or development teams

  Desired Skills
   OCS Process and Product knowledge expertise including and not limited to connector preparation, polishing, furcation, fiber optic connector optical testing, cable management, etc.
   Experience in the development or manufacturing of optical fiber cable and connector assemblies.
   Training and/or practical experience in a field involving optical physics.
   Green Belt DMAIC certified.
   Experience in Project and Program management

  Soft Skills
   Self starter who is able to satisfy their objectives and timelines with a minimal amount of supervision.
   Ability to work in a team based environment and participate on a matrix project team.
   Results oriented with a high commitment level
   6 sigma skill or project management.