Senior Director, Manufacturing Engineering- Mexico

Job description

Primary Function of Position The Senior Director, Manufacturing Engineering – Mexico is responsible for leading the manufacturing engineering organization across Intuitive’s Mexico operations, ensuring the organization delivers world-class manufacturing capability, operational excellence, and long-term business scalability. This executive leader is accountable for defining the manufacturing engineering strategy, building organizational capability, developing future engineering leaders, and enabling sustainable growth through technology, process innovation, and operational excellence.

As a member of the Mexico Site Leadership Team, this role partners with Global Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and other enterprise functions to translate business strategy into manufacturing capability while ensuring world-class quality, productivity, cost performance, and operational readiness. Success in this role requires balancing strategic transformation with flawless operational execution while developing a high-performing engineering organization capable of supporting future business growth.

Essential Job Duties

Strategy & Business Leadership Define and execute the multi-year Manufacturing Engineering strategy supporting Mexico operations. Develop the engineering operating model required to support business growth, new technologies, and manufacturing scale. Serve as a strategic advisor to Site Leadership on manufacturing capability, automation, capital investment, organizational design, and operational performance. Align site priorities with enterprise manufacturing and product strategies.

Lead engineering participation in strategic planning and long-range capacity planning. Organization & Talent Leadership Build and lead a high-performing, multi-layer engineering organization. Develop succession plans, leadership capability, and technical career paths. Coach Directors, Managers, and senior technical leaders. Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Provide strategic oversight for sustaining manufacturing engineering across Systems, Endoscopes, Instruments, and Accessories.

Ensure production continuity, quality, capacity, and cost optimization. Standardize engineering practices, KPIs, governance, and operating mechanisms. Lead manufacturing readiness for capacity expansion, transfers, and technology deployment. Drive improvements in productivity, yield, equipment reliability, automation, and cost. Influence enterprise manufacturing strategy through cross-functional partnerships. Represent Manufacturing Engineering in executive reviews.

Drive global best-practice sharing and operational consistency. Own engineering operating budget, capital planning, and resource allocation. Develop investment business cases and deliver measurable ROI. Drive adoption of automation, robotics, digital manufacturing, AI-enabled process optimization, and Industry 4.0 capabilities. Develop technology roadmaps supporting long-term competitiveness.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

Strategic business acumen and executive leadership. Strong financial and operational management. Ability to influence across matrix organizations. Deep expertise in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, operational excellence, and regulated manufacturing. Excellent communication, change management, and structured problem-solving.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering required. Master's degree preferred.

Experience

20+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering or operations leadership. 10+ years leading large multi-layer engineering organizations. Experience developing engineering operating models, KPI systems, and organizational transformation. Experience managing large operating and capital budgets. Medical device or other highly regulated manufacturing experience preferred. Working Conditions None