Job Description

Description

Job Title:        MANUFACTURING & PROCESS ENGINEERING MANAGER

Reports To:     DIRECTOR, GLOBAL MANUFACTURING

Location:          Irvine, CA USA                                    

SUMMARY:

The Manufacturing & Process Engineering manager is responsible for leading and managing the Irvine-based Manufacturing & Process Engineering (MPE) organization. He/she will possess outstanding analytical, interpersonal and project management skills. He/she is expected to develop, nurture and maintain strong relationships with the R&D, engineering, and manufacturing departments to ensure that all departments are collaboratively working together to improve manufacturing processes in a focused, data driven manner efficiently and expediently. He/she will be responsible to diagnose and solve manufacturing challenges in all facilities worldwide, develop new systems and processes, and introduce innovative solutions to build high quality products safely and cost effectively.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support Manufacturing and Engineering
  • Prioritize projects, manage tasks and provide resources to MPE team to ensure that projects are completed on time
  • Drive and deliver functional excellence of the MPE team by ensuring KPIs are met
  • Mentor, motivate, develop and coach direct reports and extended team members
  • Lead by example - consistently promote and demonstrate high performance standards and outcome-based thinking. Uphold and embrace the company values and attributes.
  • Design and develop tooling to support manufacturing and product development
  • Review, evaluate and implement engineering changes and specification requirements
  • Transfer new products and processes from engineering into production
  • Conduct research, confer with vendors, suppliers and users, use data insights to design robust manufacturing capabilities
  • Ensure product yield reliability and consistency by collecting, analyzing, summarizing information and trends to monitor and drive improvements on legacy products
  • Introduce effective solutions to existing manufacturing problems
  • Perform root cause analysis to solve problems
  • Develop and maintain product and process database 
  • Actively participate in CCB and Configuration management meetings

• Implement lean philosophy by driving cultural change to support our journey to become world class
  • Implement CTC Culture and Values within MPE department  
  • Conduct value stream mapping to identify the road map for kaizens and continuous improvements
  • Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and workflows to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Drive continuous improvement efforts in quality, cycle time, process improvement, and machine availability/uptime by leveraging established tools/techniques such as lean techniques and value engineering to enhance the capability of existing processes and eliminate waste
  • Develop best practices, systems and innovative solutions to improve safety, quality and productivity
  • Participate in Mission Based Teams and other cross-functional teams to brainstorm, develop action plans and execute to accomplish goals as needed

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies

This is a partial list of required duties and responsibilities.  The performance of other duties not listed may be become necessary as business conditions dictate.

Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• 5+ years in experience in managing an engineering or process engineering team
• In-depth knowledge and experience in Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Six sigma and lean manufacturing
• Ability to mine, analyze, utilize and present data effectively
• Strong organizational, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficient with windows operating systems and Microsoft operating systems

Benefits for all full-time employees include:

• Medical (HMO/PPO Plan Options)
• Dental
• Vision
• Group Term Life Insurance (CTC pays 100% of the premium)
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability (CTC pays 100% of the premium)
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401K
• 15 paid vacation days (more after 5 years)
• 9 paid holidays
• 5 paid sick leave days

Location: 2026 McGaw Ave, Irvine, CA 92614

Job Type: Full-time