Senior Regional Manufacturing Operations Leader

Micross Components Limited; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Round Rock, Texas seeks a Principal Tech Operations Engineer to scale regional manufacturing across a multi-vendor ecosystem. You’ll own end-to-end manufacturing program management, supplier onboarding, site enablement, roadmap development, and performance management across Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations.

You will drive capacity planning, Lean and Six Sigma practices, and Industry 4.0 adoption, delivering next-generation hardware programs including liquid-cooled infrastructure

Qualifications

• Master's degree or above in engineering, management, or technology required for leadership in complex hardware programs.
• Experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU or other AI acceleration hardware, or experience in computer architecture.
• Experience coordinating complex products with stringent technical requirements, development cycles and schedules.
• Travel up to 20% of the time.
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other STEM field.
• 5+ years of relevant hands-on systems engineering and administrative work in networking, storage systems, operating systems experience.
• Experience with Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, or experience in material handling equipment (MHE) or automation environments.
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis, or experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects.
• Experience with data analytics platforms (Power BI, Python, SQL, Tableau), or experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results.
• 5+ years of working with external suppliers experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the 3 to 5 year manufacturing operations strategy, anticipating future capacity needs, identifying critical capability gaps, and prioritizing technology investments that position the region for sustained growth
• Lead transformational programs that fundamentally reshape manufacturing capability, including advanced automation deployment, robotics integration, and lights out manufacturing initiatives
• Drive manufacturing agility through flexible line configurations, rapid changeover capabilities, and multi product qualification strategies that enable the network to respond to evolving customer demand and technology transitions
• Own capital expenditure planning for manufacturing operations, developing rigorous business cases that quantify returns on equipment investments, facility expansions, and technology upgrades
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks across the manufacturing network, including single points of failure, capacity constraints, systemic quality issues, and workforce availability challenges before they impact delivery
• Develop high quality strategic documents and investment proposals that influence manufacturing priorities at the executive level, articulating trade offs, quantifying risks, and presenting clear recommendations that drive action
• Architect and continuously evolve production line design, material flow strategies, and workstation configurations across the manufacturing network to deliver step function improvements in throughput, cycle time, and ergonomic safety
• Define the manufacturing execution system strategy for the region, establishing real time visibility into work in progress, station level yields, and production constraints that enable data driven decision making at every level
• Lead a culture of relentless continuous improvement through lean manufacturing principles, kaizen programs, and value stream mapping, systematically eliminating waste and unlocking operational efficiency gains that set the benchmark for global operations
• Lead digital transformation across manufacturing operations, driving manufacturing execution system modernization, automated test equipment upgrades, and smart factory capabilities that deliver measurable competitive advantage
• Translate complex operational data into compelling strategic narratives for executive leadership, shaping investment priorities and manufacturing direction through clear, insight driven recommendations
• Lead strategic planning and transformation initiatives across regional manufacturing sites to ensure scalable and sustainable growth

Skills

Power BI

Python

SQL

Tableau

LLM deployment on GPUs

AI acceleration hardware

External supplier management

Project/Program management

Education

Master's degree or above in engineering, management, or technology

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other STEM field

Tools

Power BI

Python

Job description

Amazon in Round Rock, Texas seeks a Principal Tech Operations Engineer to scale regional manufacturing across a multi-vendor ecosystem. You’ll own end-to-end manufacturing program management, supplier onboarding, site enablement, roadmap development, and performance management across Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations.

You will drive capacity planning, Lean and Six Sigma practices, and Industry 4.0 adoption, delivering next-generation hardware programs including liquid-cooled infrastructure