Director, Operations Engineering & NPI Excellence

Flex; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Director, Operations Engineering in Milpitas, CA. This senior role leads Process, Manufacturing, Test, Mechanical Design, Automation, and NPI Engineering to enable growth, quality, and scalable production across diverse product lines.

You will collaborate with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Global Engineering to drive innovation, optimize performance, and deliver high-quality production solutions in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience.
• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience managing multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience supporting Automotive manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading engineering organizations supporting high-volume manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated success leading NPI and mass production environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the site's Operations Engineering strategy, aligning manufacturing technology and roadmaps with business objectives.
• Lead engineering support for Automotive, Cloud, Industrial, and electromechanical products, translating specs into scalable manufacturing architectures.
• Direct Process, Manufacturing, Mechanical Design, Test, Automation, and NPI Engineering teams across SMT, PCBA, backend manufacturing, system integration.
• Drive factory performance through process design, readiness, capacity planning, line balancing, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Establish and govern robust NPI and product industrialization processes to ensure manufacturability, quality, and reliability.
• Own site-wide process and product qualification activities, including qualification, validation, and inspection.
• Champion Industry 4.0 initiatives through robotics, vision systems, and real-time analytics to improve productivity and scalability.
• Lead engineering risk management and quality governance through PFMEA, DFMEA, and corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy development

Cross-functional collaboration

NPI management

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Flex is seeking a Director, Operations Engineering in Milpitas, CA. This senior role leads Process, Manufacturing, Test, Mechanical Design, Automation, and NPI Engineering to enable growth, quality, and scalable production across diverse product lines.

You will collaborate with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Global Engineering to drive innovation, optimize performance, and deliver high-quality production solutions in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.