Senior Director of Engineering

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NEXFORM, INC.

Senior Director of Engineering

Nex Form is hiring a Senior Director of Engineering to lead product, process, and program engineering across its four plants and to turn engineering into a competitive advantage in winning and launching new business.

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Detail

Title

Senior Director of Engineering

Reports to

Chief Executive Officer

Department

Location

Battle Creek, Michigan, with regular presence at all Nex Form plants and customer technical centers

Classification

Full-time, exempt

Travel

30–40%, including Celaya, Mexico

Scope

Product engineering, process and manufacturing engineering, program management, and testing/validation across Battle Creek, Celaya, Old Fort, and Warrensburg

Compensation

Base salary, annual incentive, and long-term incentive eligibility

Nex Form, Inc. designs and manufactures automotive interior, fiber, and NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) components from four North American plants:
Battle Creek, Michigan;
Celaya, Mexico;
Old Fort, North Carolina; and Warrensburg, Missouri. Built on a heritage at Janesville Acoustics in 1874 and Motus Integrated, Nex Form is backed by Crest Rock Partners and executing a growth plan in revenue by 2030.

The Senior Director of Engineering owns Nex Form's engineering capability from quote through launch and production. The role sets the engineering strategy, builds the team, and ensures every program is designed, validated, and launched on time, at quality, and at the quoted cost.

This leader is a key partner to Commercial in winning business, to Operations in running efficient plants, and to the executive team in integrating acquisitions. The role standardizes engineering practices across all four plants and builds the material, acoustic, and process expertise Nex Form needs to grow beyond its current customer base.

• Set the multi-year engineering strategy aligned to Nex Form's growth plan.
• Lead and develop products, process, program, and engineers across all four plants.
• Define the engineering organization structure, succession plan, and hiring priorities.
• Establish common engineering standards, tools, and design rules across the network.

• Own product design for NVH, acoustical, fiber, and interior components, including CAD, design for manufacturing, and acoustic performance modeling.
• Build a technology roadmap for new materials, light weighting, recycled and sustainable content, and EV-specific NVH solutions.
• Lead customer technical engagement as Nex Form's senior engineering representative with OEM and Tier 1 engineering teams.
• Serve as a primary customer interface, meeting directly with OEM and Tier 1 engineering, quality, and purchasing teams so that customer needs drive Nex Form's engineering priorities, designs, and technology roadmap.
• Manage intellectual property, engineering change control, and design records.

• Partner with Commercial on RFQs, providing feasibility, design concepts, tooling estimates, and…