Director of Engineering

Vanguard EMS, Inc.

$125K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong customer service orientation
  • Direct hands-on engineering background with LEAN and/or Six Sigma experience
  • Proven leadership skills in strategy, process development, and results improvement
  • Project management skills with a focus on waste elimination
  • Experience in test engineering is beneficial
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Experience in electronic manufacturing management
  • Strong experience with PCBAs
  • Familiarity with regulated environments like ISO, Aerospace, or medical devices

Responsibilities

  • Provide equipment, resources, and training for effective change implementation
  • Engage employees in problem-solving by actively listening to improvement ideas
  • Proactively address new ideas and technologies to meet evolving customer needs
  • Guide budget expenditures to support major growth objectives
  • Monitor and report on operational, engineering, and quality issues
  • Stay current on technology to maximize results and ROI
  • Lead engineering support for manufacturing teams to achieve quality and productivity goals

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401K with employer match
  • Up to 120 hours paid time off in the first year
  • Paid holidays
Full Job Description
What you'll do:
  • Provide employees with the equipment, resources and training needed to implement changes effectively and efficiently to ensure quality.
  • Ensure trust and engage employees in the problem-solving process by actively listening to improvement ideas and the development of solutions.
  • Proactively address new ideas, technologies, standards and processes to meet constantly evolving customer requirements.
  • Guide expenditures to stay within budgets while meeting major growth objectives.
  • Monitor, measure and report on operational, engineering, quality, process and product issues, opportunities, development plans and achievements.
  • Keep current on new technology in order to continue to obtain maximum results and ROI.
  • Lead the Engineer's support of the Manufacturing teams, tools and processes to cooperatively meet our quality and productivity goals.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you'll need:

Strong Customer Service Orientation.

Direct, hands on engineering background with LEAN and/or Six Sigma experience

Proven leadership skills to drive strategy, develop process and people and improve results.

Proven project management skills to drive to successful completion and eliminate waste.

Experience in Test Engineering a plus.

Good verbal and written communication skills (ability to read, write and communicate English)

Education and/or Experience:

BS or BA degree.

Experience managing in an Electronic Manufacturing environment.

Strong PCBA experience.

Experience in a regulated environment including ISO, Aerospace or medical devices.

This Job Posting is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities associated with this position. Management reserves the right to modify and assign other duties as necessary

Benefits

Employees enjoy a highly competitive benefits package including:

Medical, Dental & Vision

401K (with employer match)

Up to 120 hours earned paid time off in the first year of employment

Paid holidays

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