The adecuado candidate is technically strong, organized, and comfortable working cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, and customers to deliver high-quality products that meet customer needs, cost targets, and schedule commitments.

Responsibilities

- Lead multiple transfers and or new product development projects simultaneously from concept through production release.

- Translate Voice of Customer (VOC), market requirements, and business objectives into robust product designs.

- Collaborate with Sales and CAS to define product requirements and align new developments with the company’s technology roadmap.

- Develop product concepts, detailed designs, and prototypes using sound engineering principles.

- Prepare project cost estimates, schedules, and technical risk assessments.

- Actively control Material and Labor variance against standards.

- Coordinate and, when needed, support prototype fabrication and process development activities.

- Fixtures and Tooling Manufacturing, contact Local and Regional Suppliers

- Automate current Fixtures and Tooling

- Plan and execute design verification and validation testing, IQ’s, OQ’s, PQ,s FAI & Process Characterization; identify issues and drive resolution.

- Evaluate materials, manufacturing processes, tolerances, and design tradeoffs to optimize performance, reliability, and manufacturability by use of SPC tools.

- Create and release engineering documentation including specifications, BOM’s, Visual Aids, test plans, capacity analysis and building instructions.

- Closely monitor yields and take actions when needed by identifying top offenders.

- Partner with Planning, Production and Quality to support smooth transition of new products into production mode.





- Monitor project progress, manage priorities across multiple active programs, and communicate status, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.

- Apply sound engineering judgment to determine when a project has met technical, customer, and business objectives and is ready for formal project closure.

- Support continuous improvement initiatives and evaluate existing products for performance or manufacturability enhancements

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline (or equivalent experience).

- 3+ years of experience in product design, development, and manufacturing environments.

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple engineering projects at the same time in a structured development environment.

- Experience with one or more of the following manufacturing technologies:

- Crimping processes

- Iron Soldering Processes

- Cutting and stripping processes

- Molding processes

- IPC 620, 610 & J-STD-001

- Laser printing

- Knowledge on ISO 13485 and FDA regulations.

- Demonstrate strong understanding of Auto-Cad, SolidWorks, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface with customers and cross-functional teams.

- Evaluate and develop technicians performance level.

The PDE Engineer position must have :

- Experience working in high-reliability, regulated, or custom-engineered product environments.

- Hands-on prototyping or manufacturing support experience.

- Familiarity with cost modeling, PFMEA, and design for manufacturability principles.

- Experience supporting customer validation and qualification testing.

- May require 10% of travel.

- English/Spanish bilingual as a must.

📌 Product Development Engineer (Tamaulipas)
🏢 Ametek
📍 Tamaulipas