Clean Room Manufacturing Manager

About the Position:

We are looking for a Clean Room Manufacturing Manager to join our Electronic Systems Plant team, reporting directly to the Plant Manager.

This position is based at our plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

As the Clean Room Manufacturing Manager at Marelli, you will be responsible for leading and optimizing manufacturing operations within clean room environments, ensuring safe, high-quality, and efficient production processes for electronic components.

This role requires strong leadership, technical manufacturing expertise, and solid knowledge of electronic production processes such as SMT, BE processes, assembly, selective soldering, electronic testing, process validation, and defect analysis, among others.

You will lead production teams, manage resources, and collaborate with cross-functional departments to achieve operational excellence, production goals, quality targets, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Your Responsibilities will be:

• Oversee daily clean room manufacturing operations, ensuring compliance with clean room standards such as ISO 14644 or equivalent.
• Manage and optimize electronic manufacturing processes including SMT, BE, assembly, selective soldering, testing, inspection, and related production areas.
• Ensure proper equipment setup, process control, production flow, and quality assurance across manufacturing lines.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on yield improvement, throughput, productivity, cost reduction, and defect reduction.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of production supervisors, line operators, technicians, and support staff.
• Ensure team training and compliance with clean room protocols, ESD control, contamination prevention, safety standards, and SMT/electronic manufacturing best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and logistics teams to solve production issues and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor and report key performance indicators, including cycle time, first-pass yield, scrap, defect rates, productivity, downtime, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance coordination for manufacturing equipment such as pick-and-place machines, reflow ovens, AOI, SPI, selective soldering equipment, assembly stations, test equipment, and related systems.
• Support process validation, line readiness, product launches, audits, and customer visits.
• Ensure compliance with corporate, environmental, safety, and quality standards.

What Qualifications you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Electronics, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics, Manufacturing, or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in electronics manufacturing, preferably within automotive or high-reliability electronics environments.
• Experience managing production areas within clean room environments.
• Strong knowledge of electronic manufacturing processes such as:
  • SMT / Surface Mount Technology
  • BE / Backend electronic processes
  • Electronic assembly
  • Selective soldering
  • Inspection processes: AOI, SPI, X-Ray
  • Testing and validation
  • Defect analysis and troubleshooting
• Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, problem-solving methodologies, and continuous improvement tools.
• Knowledge of ESD control, contamination prevention, process control, and clean room protocols.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary manufacturing teams.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a dynamic production environment.

Other skills that we would welcome:

• Proactive, results-driven, and detail-oriented mindset.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and team-building abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, production demands, and improvement projects.
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Experience with automotive industry standards and customer requirements is a plus.
• Experience with equipment brands such as Panasonic, Yamaha, ASM, Fuji, Koh Young, Omron, or similar is desirable.

Expectations from you in this position:

• Lead manufacturing operations with a strong focus on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Promote a culture of discipline, continuous improvement, accountability, and teamwork.
• Ensure effective communication between production, engineering, maintenance, quality, and supply chain teams.
• Identify risks, solve problems quickly, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Support the development of people, processes, and technology within the clean room manufacturing area.

What does this position offer you:

• Professional Growth Opportunities
  Access to ongoing training, professional certifications, technical development, and leadership programs to support your career growth.

   

• Innovative Work Environment
  Work with state-of-the-art electronics manufacturing technology, automation, SMT processes, clean room operations, and advanced automotive electronics production.

   

• Global Collaboration
  Opportunities to work with cross-functional and multicultural teams, participating in international projects and sharing best practices across the Marelli global network.

   

• Commitment to Sustainability & Inclusion
  Be part of a company that values environmental responsibility, safety, diversity, inclusion, and employee well-being.

Take the next step:

Together, we will drive the world toward a safer, greener, and better-connected future.

Are you ready to make your mark, shape the future of the automotive industry, and contribute to the growth of our Electronics business?

Talk to us!
To apply, submit your application via LinkedIn.