Director of NPI Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Mission:

Lead IEC Holden’s Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AE) team, located at our operations in the US, Mexico and Canada, through a major period of growth. More than ten new electric motor manufacturing programs (NPIs) will be launched into production over the next 24 months covering a range of; volumes (from 100s per year to 10s of thousands per year); sizes (1-500hp) and; motor designs (axial flux, induction, PM, transverse flux, brushed and brushless DC, linear etc…). Through broad experience in launching electric motors into production, you will lead us in earning customer trust through on-time, on-budget and on-quality launch. The results you deliver through implementation of standard/best practices, discipline, a focus on results and empowering a great team will be the “motor” that grows our business 5x over the next five years.

New Product Introduction (NPI) Success:
Target: 95%+ achievement of all New Product Introduction (NPI) key milestones. Five major and five minor new product lines per year will be launched into production for multiple customers across a range of sizes and designs - from 1hp to 5,000hp, DC, AC, axial flux, hairpin, exotic designs - for both manual, lower volume processes and high-volume automated production. Launching in minimum two site – USA and Mexico.
Target: 95%+ achievement of NPI budgets (by program). Approximately $5M of CAPEX annually will be managed for NPI and major line improvements.
Customer Satisfaction & Feedback:
Target: Minimum 90% Customer Satisfaction through NPI stage
Team Performance & Development:
Target: 95% Retention rate of key engineering talent. Hire / tool the team so that we have a core competence in AE that can deliver the scalability of the business. This includes both our permanent employees and an amazing team of third-party technical resources to give us scalability without growing our fixed team greater than needed.
Best Practices / Best Process:
Target: Within 6 months implement Best Practice/Best Process that ensures repeatable and efficient NPI excellence.

• Deep Technical Expertise in Electric Motors: Known as an “expert” in electric motor manufacturing, with over 10 years of experience in designing, developing, and launching a variety of motor types into production. Have a deep understanding of the technologies, materials, and processes used in electric motor production across a broad range of platforms.
• Leadership & Team Management: Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire both remote and in-house teams, fostering collaboration and high performance across multiple projects. A clear track record in mentoring and developing engineering talent, ensuring alignment and motivation to achieve organizational goals. A history of hiring great people and scaling a team to hit growth targets
• Customer Focus & Relationship Management: Consistently places customer satisfaction at the forefront of their decision-making. Maintains strong relationships with customers, ensuring that product and process development and engineering solutions align with customer needs and expectations. Customer feedback is constantly measured to score their satisfaction level continuously through the NPI process.
• Execution Excellence: Past high performance in managing large-scale projects – on time, on budget, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, within quality and within budget. A natural disposition of a results-oriented approach to project management, demonstrating the ability to effectively prioritize, solve problems, and drive successful outcomes.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: All these competencies will have a strong foundation of data. Data to track key performance indicators, optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement.

• Humility & Integrity: Demonstrates humility, openness to feedback, and a commitment to high ethical standards. Leads by example, building trust within their team and across the organization by acting with integrity and delivering on promises.
• Growth Mindset: thrives in a fast-paced, changing environment, demonstrating the flexibility and resourcefulness to adapt to new challenges. Possesses a growth mindset, continuously seeking to improve both themselves and their teams, while encouraging innovation and learning.
• Vulnerability with Peers: leads with vulnerability and a core of trust, accountability, open communication, and commitment to shared goals with their peers on the Leadership Team.
• Self-Motivated & Autonomous (No Micromanagement): thrives on working independently and taking ownership of decisions without requiring constant oversight, but keeping Manager informed.
• Resourcefulness: is creative and adaptable in overcoming operational challenges. Ability to broadly source and attract the right resources needed to achieve objectives.
• Ownership of Results: takes an Extreme Ownership position on the results they are accountable for. Is aware of and holds self accountable to their Say/Do Ratio.
• Fun!: leads with authentic positive energy and genuine enthusiasm, inspiring others by raising their spirits and making work enjoyable. Creates an atmosphere where people love to collaborate, even during challenging times. Enjoys winning.