Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Aptiv

Lead the industrialization of new radar and electronics products from business award through serial production (SOP).
Act as the primary manufacturing interface between Product Design, Quality, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Production Plants.
Drive DFM (Design for Manufacturing) and DFA (Design for Assembly) reviews to ensure products can be built robustly and efficiently.
Create and maintain manufacturing project plans, launch timing, industrialization deliverables, and milestone tracking.
Lead MSD workshops, process flow development, and manufacturing readiness reviews.
Develop production line concepts including equipment selection, material flow, cycle time analysis, traceability, and automation strategies.
Drive PFMEA, manufacturing risk assessments, process validation, and capability studies (Cp/Cpk).
Define equipment requirements, manage RFQs/SOWs, support supplier selection, and oversee equipment buy-offs.
Support prototype, DV, PV, and customer builds while ensuring lessons learned are incorporated into future launches.
Escalate technical, timing, quality, and cost risks and drive recovery actions to protect SOP commitments.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Electronics, or a related technical field.
Demonstrated ability to transform product designs into robust, scalable, and cost-effective manufacturing solutions.
Strong knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, and Production Validation processes.
Experience working with automotive standards such as IATF 16949, VDA, customer-specific requirements.
Hands-on experience with manufacturing processes including SMT, assembly automation, test systems, traceability, and process validation.
Ability to interpret drawings, GD&T requirements, technical specifications, DFMEA outputs, and design documentation.
Strong project management skills with experience leading cross-functional industrialization and launch activities.
Proven problem-solving capability using methodologies such as 8D, A3, Root Cause Analysis, DMAIC, or similar structured approaches.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in a global environment, including customer-facing technical discussions.
Self-driven, proactive, and results-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset and working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.