Sr Product Project Engineer

The Senior Product Project Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating customer product engineering projects from initial requirements through technical development, engineering changes, customer approvals, and production launch.

This is a customer-facing, project-ownership role. The position connects customers with Product Engineering, Quality, Materials, Purchasing, Production, and Process Engineering to ensure technical requirements, deliverables, timelines, and commitments are clearly defined and completed on time.

Success requires strong product knowledge, independent communication with customers in English, disciplined project management, proactive follow-up, and the ability to anticipate and resolve risks before they affect customer commitments.

Senior Product Project Engineer

Julian Electric de Mexico

Location: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Department: Product Engineering

Job Type: Full-time

Reports to: Engineering Manager

The Senior Product Project Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating customer product engineering projects from initial requirements through technical development, engineering changes, customer approvals, and production launch.

This is a customer-facing, project-ownership role. The position connects customers with Product Engineering, Quality, Materials, Purchasing, Production, and Process Engineering to ensure technical requirements, deliverables, timelines, and commitments are clearly defined and completed on time.

Success requires strong product knowledge, independent communication with customers in English, disciplined project management, proactive follow-up, and the ability to anticipate and resolve risks before they affect customer commitments.

• Lead assigned customer product engineering projects from kickoff through launch and closure.
• Develop and maintain detailed Gantt charts, project schedules, milestones, critical paths, and action plans.
• Define deliverables, owners, due dates, dependencies, and completion criteria for each activity.
• Monitor actual progress against customer commitments, identify delays, and implement recovery plans.
• Manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining accurate, current status reports.

• Serve as the primary technical and project contact for assigned customer programs.
• Independently lead customer engineering meetings and detailed discussions in English.
• Review customer drawings, specifications, product requirements, technical questions, and proposed design changes.
• Clearly explain project status, risks, technical findings, options, and recovery timing.
• Document decisions and agreements; communicate them internally and follow through until completion.
• Coordinate responses to customer inquiries without making unapproved commercial or contractual commitments.

• Maintain a master timing plan covering engineering reviews, BOMs, samples, prototypes, testing, PPAP, engineering releases, and launch readiness.
• Validate dates with the responsible departments before committing to customers.
• Track overdue items, interdepartmental dependencies, and actions on the critical path.
• Escalate risks early with clear impact, corrective actions, responsible owners, and revised timing.
• Ensure customer and internal expectations remain aligned as priorities or requirements change.

• Interpret product drawings, specifications, revisions, and customer-specific technical requirements.
• Coordinate development and release of BOMs, part numbers, product documentation, and engineering deliverables.
• Facilitate technical feasibility reviews with Product Engineering and other functional specialists.
• Identify conflicts between customer requirements and manufacturing capabilities, and coordinate technically sound solutions.
• Ensure product information is accurate, current, and controlled in engineering and ERP systems.

• Coordinate ECRs, ECOs, revised drawings, obsolete parts, and replacement part numbers.
• Assess impacts to timing, material availability, samples, approvals, documentation, and production.
• Establish implementation plans, effective dates, owners, and customer approval requirements.
• Verify that changes are communicated, documented, and executed across affected departments.