Sr. Director of Engineering

Nextek, Inc. is a niche market, technology-driven Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, founded in 1995. We offer precision electronic assembly and engineering services to customers with needs-driven, non-commodity products. We partner with companies who have unique product needs and who seek a high level of reliability, commitment and professional service from their manufacturing partners.

• Set and execute the engineering strategy, organization design, staffing plan, operating rhythm, and capital roadmap in alignment with business growth and customer commitments.
• Lead manufacturing, process, test, and systems-integration engineering from quotation and design review through new product introduction, qualification, rate readiness, and sustaining production.
• Establish robust design-for-manufacturability, design-for-test, process validation, configuration control, change control, and production-readiness practices for complex electronic assemblies and integrated systems.
• Own the technical performance of test solutions, including test strategy, fixtures, automated and manual test equipment, diagnostics, data collection, acceptance criteria, and failure analysis.
• Provide engineering oversight for systems integration activities, ensuring mechanical, electrical, software, test, and manufacturing interfaces are controlled and verified.
• Advance conformal-coating capability through material and process selection, masking and application controls, cure verification, inspection, defect prevention, environmental and safety compliance, and operator qualification.
• Direct facilities and maintenance operations, including plant infrastructure, utilities, production equipment, preventive and predictive maintenance, service contractors, equipment uptime, emergency preparedness, and capital improvement projects.
• Manage applicable EPA and OSHA filings, permits, recordkeeping, inspections, and regulatory reporting; partner with environmental, health and safety, Human Resources, Legal, and site leadership to maintain compliance and promptly correct deficiencies.
• Partner with Quality and Operations to resolve escapes and chronic defects using disciplined root-cause analysis, corrective action, statistical methods, and mistake-proofing.
• Improve engineering execution using practical metrics such as NPI schedule attainment, first-pass yield, test yield, defect and rework rates, engineering change cycle time, equipment uptime, and cost of poor quality.
• Review technical content for proposals, statements of work, estimates, risk assessments, and make-buy or capital decisions; confirm commitments are achievable and properly resourced.
• Serve as the senior technical interface for customers, suppliers, auditors, and partners; communicate risk, tradeoffs, recovery plans, and technical decisions clearly.
• Recruit, coach, and retain a high-performing engineering team; establish clear accountabilities, succession plans, technical career paths, and a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Maintain compliance with customer, regulatory, export-control, environmental, safety, quality-system, and workmanship requirements applicable to the programs served.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, systems engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• At least 15 years of related manufacturing experience, including progressive engineering responsibility and at least 7 years leading managers and multidisciplinary technical teams in electronics manufacturing or another high-reliability production environment.
• Demonstrated leadership of engineering for complex printed circuit board assemblies, box builds, cables or harnesses, electromechanical assemblies, or integrated electronic systems.
• Strong experience with new product introduction, manufacturing process development, production test, failure analysis, configuration and change control, and transition from prototype to repeatable volume production.
• Working knowledge of electronics workmanship and quality requirements, including applicable IPC standards and structured quality-management systems.
• Experience using Lean, Six Sigma, statistical process control, design of experiments, or similar methods to improve yield, cycle time, and product quality.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, test requirements, bills of material, process instructions, and customer contractual requirements.
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