Key Responsibilities Quoting Engineering

- Ensure technical feasibility, cost assumptions, risks, and manufacturability considerations are incorporated into all quotes.
- Lead a cross-functional team to improve the speed and accuracy of the quoting process through process improvement and technology adoption.
- Ensure accurate engineering input into cost models, BOM assumptions, labor estimates, and tooling requirements.
- Challenge quoting assumptions to identify cost and improvement opportunities in Operations and the Supply Chain.
- Maintain a current view of the capabilities and capacity of each manufacturing site to make informed decisions when allocating quotes and programs.
- Establish a formal feedback loop that brings production and launch performance data back into quoting standards and assumptions.

Product Engineering
- Lead all New Product Introduction (NPI) engineering activities across all plants, including the onboarding of new customers and programs.
- Own NPI on-time delivery (samples, PPAP submissions, and first production run) and program introduction lead time, leading cross-functional teams to build a predictable, fast, and reliable launch process.
- Ensure NPI teams fully execute APQP activities across all phases, including PPAP readiness and launch execution.
- Lead continuous improvement projects that apply a lean, end-to-end approach from quoting through NPI, improving safety, speed to market, quality, delivery, and cost.
- Manage NPI timelines, resource planning (including equipment capacity, tooling, and other resources), and execution to ensure on-time, on-budget launches.
- Review and present NPI status, risks, and readiness to senior management on a regular cadence.




- Drive consistent launch governance, gate reviews, and escalation processes across sites, including confirming that initial production orders are manufacturable.

Process Standardization & Systems Development
- Develop, implement, and maintain standardized engineering processes.
- Reduce reliance on tribal knowledge by establishing repeatable workflows, documentation standards, and control points.
- Improve consistency and quality of engineering outputs across plants and teams.
- Identify and mitigate technical and execution risks early in the product lifecycle.
- Evaluate and adopt better engineering methodologies and tools, and strengthen cross-functional coordination.

Plant Integration & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Act as a key engineering partner to plant leadership to support execution, troubleshooting, and readiness of new program launches.
- Drive alignment between engineering and operations to ensure manufacturability, capacity readiness, and process capability as part of the launch hand-off to the manufacturing sites.
- Support plant teams during launches, ramp-ups, and significant engineering changes.
- Collaborate with Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Operations to ensure integrated execution.




- Lead engineering CAPEX planning for new programs and long‑term capacity needs.

Talent Leadership & Capability Building
- Assess current engineering organization structure, skills, and capacity.
- Develop and execute plans to upgrade engineering capability through hiring, development, and role clarity.
- Lead, coach, and develop the engineering team, setting clear expectations and holding team members accountable for results.
- Build a future‑state product engineering organization capable of supporting multiple concurrent launches.
- Promote a culture of accountability, discipline, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or related discipline); advanced degree a plus.
- Minimum of 7 years of engineering experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
- Demonstrated engineering experience in the design and manufacture of wire harness components in a high-mix, low-volume environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and managing engineering functions, preferably across multiple sites.
- Proven experience with APQP, PPAP, and launch execution in production environments.
- Strong knowledge of Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA).
- Experience driving engineering standardization and process improvement.
- Understanding of material and labor costing, manufacturability, and cost drivers.
- Project management and cross-functional leadership experience.
- Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement, and Six Sigma methodologies preferred.
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.

Work

📌 Director Of Product Engineering (Reynosa)
🏢 Kauffman Engineering
📍 Reynosa