Director of Process Engineering

• •Support and execute a comprehensive process engineering strategy and technology roadmap.
• •Establish standard operating procedures and process controls across all facilities.
• •Oversee technical OpEx/CapEx budgets, lifecycle risks, equipment procurement, and vendor performance management.
• •Establish consistent processes, governance, and accountability across the teams while recognizing legitimate site-specific operational requirements.

• •Lead continuous improvement initiatives leveraging Lean Six Sigma frameworks to maximize Overall Equipment Effectiveness OEE, reduce cycle times, and eliminate waste.
• •Partner with Product Engineering to ensure production readiness, line balancing, and smooth transitions from initial product qualification to high-volume manufacturing.
• •Collaborate with Process Integration Engineering to ensure process readiness with minimum technician coverage during high-volume manufacturing.
• •Drive advanced automation, robotics, and driving towards industry 4.0 integration, including Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Cloud data integration, and predictive maintenance technologies.

• •Provide organizational leadership, mentorship, and career pipelines for teams of process engineers and technicians.
• •Be ready to make changes to continuously improve organization efficiency.
• •Drive timely recovery actions when execution deviates from plan and escalate issues requiring cross-functional or leadership decisions.
• •Balance near-term execution

• •Establish and monitor KPIs that measure effectiveness, execution, and business performance of the team.
• •Use data and analytics to identify process risk, capacity constraints, productivity opportunities, and root causes of team performance gaps.
• •Develop actionable reporting and operating reviews that support timely decisions and accountability.

• •Partner effectively with Manufacturing and Site Operations, Program Management, Global Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Quality, IT, Commercial organizations, and business leadership.
• •Ensure process roadmap and gap improvement plans are aligned with customer commitments, NPI and production-ramp requirements, and business objectives.
• •Ability to coordinate with R&D, supply chain, production floor operators, and executive boards.
• •Communicate significant process risks clearly to leadership and drive timely decisions and corrective actions.

• •Proven success in leading and developing people and building high-performing teams.
• •Strong understanding of photonics process engineering and demonstrated experience in resolving process issues during manufacturing is preferred.
• •Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• •Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and lead through ambiguity and changing priorities. Proven ability to build an environment of continuous experimentation while maintaining strict change control and risk mitigation protocols.
• •Strong familiarity with advanced process diagnostics (e.g. PFMEA, Root-Cause Analysis, Statistical Process Control) and data literacy platform. Industry-specific expertise may apply (e.g. Dry Etch for semiconductors, or wastewater treatment for infrastructure).
• •Proficiency with Microsoft Office and analytics/reporting tools such as Excel, Power BI, SQL, or comparable technologies preferred.
• •Ability to communicate effectively with operational teams, functional leaders, customers, and executive leadership.
• •Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required by business.

Working Conditions

Working conditions are normal for an office environment and climate-controlled manufacturing facility.

Must be able to work effectively with a 24/7 manufacturing organization and provide support outside normal business hours when required by operational or business needs.

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