Product Engineer

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Product Engineer located in Guadalajara, South Campus.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Product Engineer role will be responsible for receiving, evaluating, cleaning, and customizing all technical information / documentation from the customer related to their product, derived from a New Product Introduction (NPI) or a design change to establish all necessary processes to manufacture it by maintaining its design and performance integrit

What a typical day looks like:

• Handle product transfer and new product set up.
• Support production by assessing product engineering issues of diverse scope that arise on production line.
• Suggest improvements to process to obtain improved quality and production yield.
• Solve product related problems and perform failure evaluation related to product issues.
• Interact with customer and various departments on product related issues
• Work with design team to resolve design related issues.
• Suggest modification to work instructions, material, or product changes to ensure excellent quality of products.
• Customer´s Bill of Material (BOM) evaluation and structure definition for production
• Functional Product Documentation review
• Safety Requirements and regulations compliance identification
• Engineering Drawings Interpretation of parts and assemblies.
• Request customer for drawing corrections, additions, clarification, measurements methods
• Manage Engineering Changes Implementation
• Conduct Design for Manufacturing (DFM), tolerance evaluation, Design of Experiment (DOE), form-fit-function to define failure root/cause evaluation and reporting to customer
• Provide support to supply chain to integrate parts derived from the vertical integration or localization effort
• Provide product training to the manufacturing/process engineers for better understanding of the product.
• Request, handle and administrate golden samples, engineering samples of final product and/or piece parts
• Establish, operate, and maintain a standard method for technical information interchange with the customer to control and preserve information of NPI transferred projects
• Inspection of customer product parts and assemblies through model files using Computer-aided Design (CAD) system
• Evaluate and identify course of action of Product Change Notification (PCN) and Manufacturing Change Order (MCO)
• Ability to take additional responsibilities of the Manufacturing Engineer depending on the size and complexity of the customer product

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Lead NPI activities and product transfers into manufacturing.
• Manage product documentation, BOM structures, engineering changes, and PCNs.
• Support product qualification, validation, and customer requirements.
• Review product designs and provide DFM, DFA, and DFT recommendations.
• Coordinate APQP and PPAP deliverables for automotive programs.
• Investigate product and process issues using structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to quality, cost, delivery, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with automotive, customer, and internal quality requirements.
• Support manufacturing, test engineering, quality, and supply chain teams during product lifecycle activities.
• Maintain product traceability and configuration management throughout the manufacturing process.

Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field.
• Fluent English.
• Experience with PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) manufacturing processes.
• BOM (Bill of Materials) Management.
• PCN (Product Change Notification) Management.
• Knowledge of product traceability requirements and configuration control.
• Understanding of DFM (Design for Manufacturability), DFA (Design for Assembly), and DFT (Design for Test).
• Experience with Agile PLM.
• Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems.
• Strong electronics manufacturing knowledge.
• Experience supporting automotive customers and customer-specific requirements.
• Knowledge of IATF 16949 standards and automotive quality systems.
• Experience using CAD review applications and engineering viewers.
• Strong problem-solving skills using Root Cause Analysis, 8D, and 5 Why methodologies.
• Experience leading NPI (New Product Introduction) projects and product transfers.
• Knowledge of APQP and PPAP processes.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Quality, Test Engineering, Program Management, and Supply Chain teams.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

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