North America Engineering Leader - Core Products & NPD

Amphenol and its Affiliated Companies; Village of Endicott (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Industrial Operations seeks an Engineering Manager to lead our North American engineering organization across Endicott, Nogales, China, and remote locations. You will guide core product engineering, NPD, and manufacturing support to deliver high-reliability connectors for harsh environments.

You will drive technical leadership, Lean development, and cross-functional collaboration with Product Management, Operations, Quality, Sales, and Senior Leadership to achieve strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required; Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or Business Administration preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in connector product design, product engineering, manufacturing engineering support, or new product development.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in engineering leadership or engineering management.
• Demonstrated experience leading global engineering teams and supporting multiple locations.
• Strong experience managing Core Products, New Product Development, product lifecycle activities, and manufacturing support.
• Connector testing experience including temperature rise, mechanical testing, environmental testing, cross-sections, and qualification testing.
• Solid understanding of connector regulatory requirements including UL, IEC, etc.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with ability to work across design, operations, quality, sourcing, product management, sales, and customers.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineering teams or resources located in Endicott, Nogales, China, and remote locations.
• Establish engineering goals, priorities, workload balance, and resource allocation to support business objectives.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, performance management, and career development for engineering employees.
• Create a culture of accountability, innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Support succession planning and organizational development for the global engineering team.
• Manage technical aspects of Core Products including sustaining engineering, lifecycle management, cost reduction, and product improvements.
• Oversee engineering change management, product documentation accuracy, and product release packages.
• Support operations, quality, sourcing, project managers, and manufacturing locations with strong technical and product knowledge.
• Drive quality improvements, manufacturability improvements, productivity improvements, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Lead all technical aspects of new product development projects from concept through production launch.
• Manage configuration, detailed design, tolerance analysis, FMEA, prototyping, pilot builds, validation, qualification, and production readiness.
• Ensure products meet customer requirements, industry standards, cost targets, quality expectations, and schedule commitments.
• Utilize Lean Product Development techniques to improve speed, learning, execution, and design quality.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Sales to define product requirements and development priorities.
• Review and approve engineering documentation including BOMs, ECNs, drawings, specifications, test plans, qualification reports, FAIs, and product release documents.
• Provide technical leadership in connector design, cable assemblies, contact systems, thermal performance, signal integrity, environmental sealing, materials, plating, injection molding, stamping, machining, and assembly processes.
• Ensure engineering work complies with applicable standards, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications.
• Drive technical problem-solving using Root Cause Analysis, A3s, Knowledge Reports, DFMEA/PFMEA, and design reviews.
• Manage multiple engineering projects and priorities simultaneously while maintaining focus on technical details and execution.
• Provide timely project status updates, identify risks, and drive actions to maintain schedule, cost, quality, and technical objectives.
• Support strategic customers, technical reviews, customer visits, and product presentations as required.
• Work cross-functionally with design, operations, quality, sourcing, product management, sales, marketing, finance, suppliers, and customers.
• May work with outside engineering services or suppliers to support engineering and other departments.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.
• Partner with global Operations teams to improve production, processes, quality, efficiency, and cost.
• Support manufacturing issue resolution, corrective action, and continuous improvement activities.
• Support fixture design, tooling improvements, automation projects, assembly process improvements, and process validation.
• Ensure design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly practices are used during product development and sustaining engineering.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Global team leadership

Product lifecycle management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or Business Administration

Tools

SolidWorks

Creo/Pro Engineer

PDM

ERP systems

MS Office

Job description

Amphenol Industrial Operations seeks an Engineering Manager to lead our North American engineering organization across Endicott, Nogales, China, and remote locations. You will guide core product engineering, NPD, and manufacturing support to deliver high-reliability connectors for harsh environments.

You will drive technical leadership, Lean development, and cross-functional collaboration with Product Management, Operations, Quality, Sales, and Senior Leadership to achieve strategic objectives.