About WhiteCrow
We are global talent research, insight and pipelining specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client's in-house research.
About our client
For more than 80 years, our client's engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.
About the role
- The MPDE Automation Manager will lead a team of automation engineers tasked with developing assembly processes for high-speed cable assemblies and coordinating with the Thailand manufacturing engineering team on the transition to mass production.
As a Automation Department Manager (Automation MPDE Department Manager), you will be responsible for...
Leading a team of engineers who will:
- Develop cable assembly automation lines in accordance with LEANPD product development.
- Drive for excellence in existing automation technologies and methods.
- Strive to implement new automation technologies to provide improved process and tolerance control.
- Support Product Development in the optimization designs (DFM) and piece parts for automation manufacturability.
- Realizes proof of concept tooling, product samples and prototypes.
- Act as the binding element between product development and automation engineering, ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of this critical interface.
- Maintain communication with project management team to understand current and future strategic business needs.
- Prioritize and time manage a portfolio of projects/work efforts based on criticality and business need.
What you already have...
- Bachelor or above degree with mechanical/electric related majors.
- At least 5 years related experience managerial level in multinational manufacturing site.
- Familiar with Lean, Six Sigma. etc. industrial methods/tools.
- With 2 years or above work experience in cable assembly automation is preferred.
