Manufacturing Engineering Lead

An experienced ME Lead with experience in setting up and managing high-speed automated manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in engineering, industrial automation, and high-speed machinery to drive efficiency, uptime, and technology advancement across our production facilities. This role will lead cross-functional technical initiatives, ensure high equipment performance standards, and support capacity expansion through automation, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement programs.

Role & responsibilities

• Assess product requirements, specifications, and volumes to identify and recommend suitable machines, tooling, and technologies.
• Evaluate manufacturability of new products and propose appropriate production equipment.
• Prepare detailed technical specifications, capacity calculations, cycle-time studies, and ROI for machine procurement.
• Lead the selection, assessment, and introduction of new manufacturing technologies to enhance throughput and reduce manual interventions.
• Act as the subject matter expert for all machine automation-related initiatives within manufacturing.
• Build, monitor, and improve equipment KPIs including

  OEE, MTTR, MTBF, and downtime.

• Conduct root cause analysis for chronic machine failures and implement long-term corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive reliability engineering, TPM, and continuous improvement programs to maximize uptime and equipment health.
• Lead end-to-end execution of new production lines, machinery upgrades, and capacity expansion projects.
• Oversee vendor evaluations, technical documentation, machine design reviews, installation, commissioning, and validation.
• Ensure alignment of machine selection and layout with safety, quality, and productivity requirements.

Skills / Requirement

• 14+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, automation, and high-speed automated machinery.
• Strong understanding of machine design, power systems, motion control, hydraulics, pneumatics, and utilities.
• Proven experience in commissioning automated lines and enhancing equipment reliability.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; exposure to TPM, Lean, Kaizen, and Six Sigma.
• Solid leadership capabilities with the ability to influence and manage cross-functional technical teams.
• Excellent communication, vendor management, and stakeholder coordination skills.