Senior Principal Mechanical Engineering Lead – Automation & Projects

Molex; Genova; Presencial; EUR 54.000 - 66.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Molex, a Koch company and global electronics leader, seeks a senior Mechanical Engineering Leader in Genova to guide the Automation Centre of Excellence. You will mentor three design engineers and define best practices for high-precision machines, ensuring robust, manufacturable designs and rigorous verification and documentation.

Starting from a 60,000 EUR gross annual salary, you will own technical direction, interface with external builders and suppliers, and travel across EMEA as needed.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 15+ years of experience in mechanical design and project engineering for automated equipment and tooling.
• Senior technical role such as Principal Engineer, Lead Mechanical Engineer or Mechanical Engineering Manager of small teams.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical design fundamentals, structured design methods, verification and release processes.
• Availability to travel across EMEA and globally.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical and methodological leadership to the Mechanical Engineering team, coaching engineers while preserving ownership and accountability.
• Define, implement and improve mechanical engineering standards, methods and best practices across projects.
• Contribute to design of complex high precision machines and mechanical groups.
• Lead design reviews, challenge assumptions and address risks, interfaces and critical decisions.
• Ensure designs meet requirements for functionality, manufacturability, reliability, maintainability, tolerancing and assembly.
• Define and oversee design verification and validation before design release.
• Act as senior escalation point for complex technical decisions and root-cause analysis.
• Ensure project documentation maturity for outsourcing, including specs, drawings, 3D models, interfaces and acceptance criteria.
• Provide senior technical interface to machine builders, engineering partners and suppliers.
• Coordinate priorities across Mechanical, Automation, Electrical, Controls, Manufacturing, Process, Quality and Project Management.
• Drive standardisation, modularity, reuse and continuous improvement using lessons from design and field experience.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Mechanical design

Project leadership

Technical mentoring

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Descripción del empleo

Molex, a Koch company and global electronics leader, seeks a senior Mechanical Engineering Leader in Genova to guide the Automation Centre of Excellence. You will mentor three design engineers and define best practices for high-precision machines, ensuring robust, manufacturable designs and rigorous verification and documentation.

Starting from a 60,000 EUR gross annual salary, you will own technical direction, interface with external builders and suppliers, and travel across EMEA as needed.