Director, Strategic Product Industrialization

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Provides global leadership for high impact strategic NPI programs
• Establish localized teams of cross-function domain experts to supplement R&D Team and SBU Product Management
• Focus on DFM, supply chain scale, automation, yield, cycle time and other disciplines in the NPI conversion to MP phase
• Partner with SBU, Operations and Finance to establish multi-year efficiencies targets and quantitative results tracking against those targets
• Design, build, and improve Excelitas manufacturing operations by applying industrial engineering principles, operations research, and theory of constraints
• Develop and deploy “Industrialization Best Practices Playbook”
• Key interface between R&D and Manufacturing in all phases of our development cycle
• Ensure key data, specifications and measurement of critical design and manufacturing characteristics are defined, accurately measured and repeatable
• Ensure NPI manufacturability and readiness in all elements of the NPI process including

Requirements: Typical, strong candidates for this role possess a majority of the below attributes:

• Extensive background in overseeing NPI processes transition to mass manufacturing for various OEM/Consumer products, such as semiconductor devices, automotive, consumer electronics, and others:
• Provide New Product Introduction (NPI) guidance to support the development of our in-house designed components and assemblies to meet product and timeline requirement
• Participate in design review meetings to help guide product development by advising the cross-functional team on device manufacturability, assembly flow, and test and fixture requirements to meet financial goals
• Interface across our organization to help drive awareness for manufacturability in development activities
• Drive manufacturing BOM transition to align with mass manufacturing and supply chain needs
• Support Cross Functional teams in demand planning, forecasting, and budgeting of NPI products through ramp and mass production
• Coordinate internally with SBU, R&D, Finance, and Operations to assure NPI COGS are released, report on costs of NPI builds and mass manufacturing
• Experience with phase gate qualifications, including, but not limited to: EVT (Engineering Validation Testing), DVT (Design Validation Testing), and PVT (Production Validation Testing)
• BS/MS in science/engineering with a demonstrated academic record of excellence. Candidate must be highly proficient (business and technical) in written English
• 7-12 years of solid engineering experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, esp. in process engineering (unit process or integration), equipment engineering, and hardware engineering, preferably in the semiconductor/photonics industry
• Demonstrated track record to summarize complex data sets for technical and non-technical audiences including high proficiency in data visualization
• Demonstrated track record to rapidly analyze and solve complex engineering issues by pursuing a focused solution path with a clear understanding of the point of diminishing returns
• Experience in lean six sigma/theory of constraints continuous improvement projects in a high-volume manufacturing environment; embodies the culture and lives by it
• Proficient in statistical analysis and data visualization towards problem solving and influencing clear, objective, decision making
• Highly self-motivated and self-directed with demonstrated ability to work well with people; have strong inter-cultural intuition and able to disagree and commit
• Strong verbal and written communications skills: from extemporaneous, freestyle discussion to structured synthesis of detailed technical reports to executive level distillation, having the ability to connect to business ROI
• Willingness to travel up to 35% to sites in Europe, North America, and Asia

Benefits start day 1: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Tuition Reimbursement, Long-term and Short-term disability

Pay Range: $180,000.00 - $210,000.00 per year, depending on experience.

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Requirements

As the Director of Strategic Product Industrialization, in partnership with SBU Leadership, Product Management, R&D, and Operations, you will partner with a global, cross-functional team to industrialize high-value/high-risk NPIs to a production-worthy environment across a variety of photonics/optoelectronics/optics manufacturing products.

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