Senior Product Project Engineer

Julian Electric de Mexico

Location: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Department: Product Engineering

Job Type: Full-time

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Position Overview The Senior Product Project Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating customer product engineering projects from initial requirements through technical development, engineering changes, customer approvals, and production launch.

This is a customer-facing, project-ownership role. The position connects customers with Product Engineering, Quality, Materials, Purchasing, Production, and Process Engineering to ensure technical requirements, deliverables, timelines, and commitments are clearly defined and completed on time.

Success requires strong product knowledge, independent communication with customers in English, disciplined project management, proactive follow-up, and the ability to anticipate and resolve risks before they affect customer commitments.

Key Responsibilities1. Project Ownership and Management

- Lead assigned customer product engineering projects from kickoff through launch and closure.
- Develop and maintain detailed Gantt charts, project schedules, milestones, critical paths, and action plans.
- Define deliverables, owners, due dates, dependencies, and completion criteria for each activity.
- Monitor presente progress against customer commitments, identify delays, and implement recovery plans.
- Manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining accurate, current status reports.

1. Customer Communication and Technical Discussions

- Serve as the primary technical and project contact for assigned customer programs.
- Independently lead customer engineering meetings and detailed discussions in English.
- Review customer drawings, specifications, product requirements, technical questions, and proposed design changes.
- Clearly explain project status, risks, technical findings, options, and recovery timing.
- Document decisions and agreements; communicate them internally and follow through until completion.
- Coordinate responses to customer inquiries without making unapproved commercial or contractual commitments.

1. Project Timing and Deliverable Control

- Maintain a master timing plan covering engineering reviews, BOMs, samples, prototypes, testing, PPAP, engineering releases, and launch readiness.
- Validate dates with the responsible departments before committing to customers.
- Track overdue items, interdepartmental dependencies, and actions on the critical path.




- Escalate risks early with clear impact, corrective actions, responsible owners, and revised timing.
- Ensure customer and internal expectations remain aligned as priorities or requirements change.

1. Product Engineering Coordination

- Interpret product drawings, specifications, revisions, and customer-specific technical requirements.
- Coordinate development and release of BOMs, part numbers, product documentation, and engineering deliverables.
- Facilitate technical feasibility reviews with Product Engineering and other functional specialists.
- Identify conflicts between customer requirements and manufacturing capabilities, and coordinate technically sound solutions.
- Ensure product information is accurate, current, and controlled in engineering and ERP systems.

1. Engineering Changes and Revision Management

- Coordinate ECRs, ECOs, revised drawings, obsolete parts, and replacement part numbers.
- Assess impacts to timing, material availability, samples, approvals, documentation, and production.
- Establish implementation plans, effective dates, owners, and customer approval requirements.
- Verify that changes are communicated, documented, and executed across affected departments.

1. New Product Introduction and Customer Approvals

- Coordinate activities for prototypes, samples, validation, PPAP submissions, customer approvals, and new-product launches.
- Track launch requirements and readiness with Quality, Materials, Purchasing, Production, and Process Engineering.
- Ensure unresolved technical or approval issues are visible, assigned, and managed before launch.
- Support handoff from product development to stable production and verify completion of remaining launch actions.

1. Cross-Functional Leadership and Follow-Up

- Lead internal project reviews and drive accountability for agreed deliverables.
- Maintain open-issue trackers showing problem, impact, owner, due date, status, and recovery action.
- Follow up directly with action owners, remove coordination barriers, and escalate issues requiring management decisions.




- Work effectively across departments without relying on direct reporting authority.
- Mentor less-experienced engineers in project discipline, technical communication, and customer follow-up.

1. Project Reporting and Documentation

- Prepare customer and management updates showing progress, milestone performance, key risks, and decisions needed.
- Organize meeting agendas, minutes, action logs, and customer correspondence.
- Use EWQ and other engineering/project tracking tools to monitor tasks and priorities.
- Maintain traceable records of project commitments, engineering revisions, approvals, and closure evidence.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.

Experience

- Minimum 5 years in product engineering, technical project engineering, or automotive product/program launches.
- Demonstrated experience managing customer-facing technical projects and multiple competing deadlines.
- Wire harness, battery cable, electrical assembly, or automotive industry experience strongly preferred.

Technical and Project Skills

- Strong understanding of drawings, specifications, BOMs, engineering changes, product revisions, and product launch requirements.
- Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, and customer approval processes.
- Proficiency in Excel and project planning tools such as Microsoft Project; familiarity with ERP and engineering tracking systems.
- Ability to manage Gantt charts, critical paths, risk registers, milestones, and action-item follow-up.

Communication and Leadership

- Advanced written and spoken English required ; must independently lead detailed technical customer conversations.
- Strong presentation, negotiation, organization, problem-solving, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to challenge unrealistic timelines constructively, make risks visible, and coordinate decisions under pressure.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
1. On-Time Milestones: Percentage of project milestones completed by committed dates.
2. Engineering Deliverables: On-time release of required product information and customer responses.
3. Open Issues: Number and age of overdue critical actions.
4. Engineering Changes: Percentage implemented by approved effective dates.
5. Launch Readiness: Completion of required technical deliverables and approvals before launch.
6. Customer Follow-Up: Timely meeting minutes, status updates, and closure of customer commitments.

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