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Director, Operations Engineering

USA, TX, AustinFull-time2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Manage engineering department to specify, design, install, support manufacturing, and maintain automation equipment, tooling, controls, and reliability applications for final assembly, testing, and packaging.

Role type

Director, Operations Engineering (Manufacturing Automation)

Builds

Automated manufacturing systems for final assembly, testing, and packaging

Domain

Manufacturing (Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Food, Consumer)

Required skills

automation engineering management, complex automation solution design, project management within budget and time, risk management in design documentation, cost-effective automation implementation, FDA validation processes (IQ/OQ/PQ), engineering organization building, 24/7 production support, cross-metrics organization experience

Preferred skills

Master's or MBA degree, FDA audit experience, experience in large size companies

Technologies

automation equipment, controls engineering, reliability engineering, pneumatic systems, electrical diagrams

Responsibilities

Manage/develop/coach automation engineering team, design automation solutions, participate in design reviews, manage projects, forecast execution plans, manage startup efforts and commissioning, implement cost-effective automation, provide status reports, identify and manage risk areas, prepare and maintain operation documentation

Seniority

Director, management of 300+ people