Sr Director, Operations Engineering

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary team who build great products and contribute to our growth were looking to add a Sr Director Operations Engineering located in San Jose CA.

Reporting to the VP Global Operations the Sr Director Operations Engineering is responsible for leading the global engineering organization across all RES sites ensuring consistent execution of engineering strategy manufacturing readiness automation deployment industrial engineering practices capacity planning process excellence and customer technical support.

This leader will establish a unified global engineering model that enables scalable growth operational excellence improved productivity accelerated new product introduction (NPI) and best-in-class customer performance. The role provides technical and organizational leadership across Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering Automation Engineering NPI Engineering Process Engineering Quote Engineering and Engineering Program Execution. The position partners closely with Operations Quality Program Management Supply Chain Finance and Business Unit leadership to support growth and profitability objectives.

What a typical day looks like:

Engineering Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and execute the global engineering strategy aligned to business growth objectives.
• Build and lead a high-performing global engineering organization across multiple regions.
• Define global engineering standards governance processes tools and performance expectations.
• Establish clear roles competencies career paths and succession plans for engineering teams.
• Drive a culture of accountability innovation technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Global Engineering Operations

• Standardize engineering workflows handoffs KPI management and execution practices across all regions.
• Lead global engineering reviews to monitor performance risks resource requirements and strategic initiatives.
• Develop resource balancing strategies to optimize capability and workload across sites.
• Ensure engineering support aligns with operational requirements customer commitments and business priorities.

Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering

• Drive manufacturing process optimization labor productivity improvement and operational efficiency.
• Establish global standards for capacity modeling factory layouts labor planning and line balancing.
• Lead footprint studies and manufacturing optimization initiatives supporting business growth and transfers.
• Partner with Operations leaders to eliminate constraints and improve throughput and scalability.

Automation & Digital Manufacturing

• Lead automation strategy and deployment across the global footprint.
• Develop and prioritize automation roadmaps supporting productivity quality safety and capacity objectives.
• Sponsor advanced manufacturing initiatives including AI-enabled solutions smart factory technologies data analytics and digital engineering tools.
• Ensure automation investments deliver measurable ROI and operational benefits.

New Product Introduction & Customer Support

• Ensure robust engineering support for NPI product transfers customer ramps and sustaining programs.
• Improve speed-to-revenue through disciplined engineering execution and launch readiness processes.
• Serve as executive escalation point for significant engineering and technical issues.
• Support customer engagements technical reviews design-for-manufacturing initiatives and strategic business opportunities.

Financial & Business Performance

• Develop and manage global engineering budgets capital plans and resource requirements.
• Support business case development for expansion automation capacity investments and strategic initiatives.
• Drive productivity improvements that improve margins and operational performance.
• Partner with business leaders to support growth quoting and strategic planning activities.

Talent Development

• Build global engineering leadership capability and succession pipelines.
• Develop technical talent through competency frameworks training mentoring and career development programs.
• Ensure engineering capabilities evolve to meet future technology and customer requirements.
• Promote global knowledge sharing and best-practice deployment across sites.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Engineering productivity improvements
• NPI launch success rate
• Customer satisfaction metrics
• Automation ROI and savings realization
• Capacity utilization and engineering efficiency
• Product transfer execution performance
• Manufacturing yield improvement
• Labor productivity improvement
• Engineering project execution performance
• Talent retention and succession readiness

The experience were looking to add to our team:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Industrial Manufacturing Electrical Automation or related discipline).
• Masters degree or MBA preferred.
• 15 years of progressive engineering leadership experience within manufacturing environments.
• 10 years leading global or multi-site engineering organizations.
• Strong experience in manufacturing engineering industrial engineering automation and new product introduction.
• Proven track record leading large-scale transformation productivity automation and growth initiatives.
• Experience supporting complex global customers and multi-region operations.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Thinking
• Executive Presence
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Change Leadership
• Talent Development
• Financial Acumen
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Global Leadership
• Innovation & Digital Mindset

Scope

• Global engineering organization across all RES sites.
• Responsibility for Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering Automation Engineering NPI Engineering Process Engineering Quote Engineering and Engineering Centers of Excellence.
• Direct engagement with Operations Quality Supply Chain Program Management Finance and Customer Business Teams.
• Significant influence on capital deployment productivity initiatives factory design growth planning and customer satisfaction.

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What youll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical dental and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.

The base pay range for this position is provided below. The final base rate offered will be determined using job-related non-discriminatory criteria including but not limited to experience qualifications geographic location education external market data and internal equity.

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