Job Description: The Director of Manufacturing Excellence & Reliability is responsible for developing and executing the manufacturing quality and reliability strategy for utility-scale inverter products produced by contract manufacturing partners. This leader oversees Manufacturing Excellence, Quality & Supplier Excellence, and Reliability & Product Integrity to ensure products consistently meet safety, quality, performance, cost, and reliability objectives throughout their lifecycle.

Leadership - Key responsibilities
- Define the organization’s manufacturing excellence strategy
- Develop annual objectives and key results (OKRs) aligned with business goals
- Build a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence
- Lead and mentor engineering teams

Manufacturing - Key responsibilities
- Establish manufacturing readiness requirements
- Approve production readiness for new products
- Oversee manufacturing process capability
- Drive automation and process optimization

Quality - Key responsibilities
- Own supplier and contract manufacturer quality performance




- Lead executive supplier reviews
- Ensure robust CAPA and quality management systems

Reliability - Key responsibilities
- Own product reliability strategy
- Review qualification programs
- Drive warranty reduction initiatives
- Monitor field performance

Business - Key responsibilities
- Own the customer relationship for Manufacturing, Quality, and Reliability engagements, including hosting customer visits, audits, technical reviews, factory acceptance activities, and executive meetings.
- Manage departmental budget
- Support customer quality reviews
- Report executive KPIs

Qualifications
- BS/MS in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering
- Fluent English and Spanish (written and spoken), other European languages are a plus.
- 12+ years in power electronics manufacturing
- Experience with contract manufacturers
- Leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering

📌 Director, Manufacturing Excellence (Valencia)
🏢 Nextracker Spain
📍 Valencia