Whenever you're ready, walk me through how you'd approach this.
You’re leading an engineering effort in a manufacturing environment and are asked to lower production cost on an established product line. The expectation is not just to find savings, but to do it without increasing defects, warranty risk, or operational instability.
Tell me about a time you reduced production costs without sacrificing quality. How did you decide on the trade-offs, define success, manage risk, and keep stakeholders aligned through execution?