Essential Duties and Responsibilities
:Effectively manage assigned projects to deliver on-time, within scope, and within budget.
Consults with customers, vendors, and cross functional departments to prepare design modifications and functional expectations.
Analyze product specification and performance requirements to ensure customer expectations and company profitability expectations can be met.
Develop and oversee product design plans and methods of manufacturing for assigned product lines.
Provide electronic technical direction and planning for internal and external engineers throughout the research, design, development, construction and launch phases of New Product Development.
Plans, coordinates and directs the activities of the engineering team to ensure company targets are achieved
Manage and prioritize product development and sustaining work to achieve defined targets.
Leverage disciplined project management to ensure projects successfully complete defined stage gates.
Analyze costs, prepare budgets, and provide relevant reporting for project and team activities.
Evaluate and implement new technologies to improve product quality, manufacturability, and cost of assigned product lines.
Establish and maintain relationships with third party designers leveraging services when necessary to meet established targets.
Manage, mentor and develop a team of engineers in all aspects of the role.
Oversee development of engineering staff to ensure cross training in core departmental core competencies.
In partnership with the Director of Engineering and Functional Leaders establish team performance criteria and annual objectives.
Facilitate design reviews to ensure optimization of design and resolve technical issues during the design process.
Maintain comprehensive project documentation
In partnership with the director of engineering, take necessary steps to document and protect intellectual property.
Provides leadership in the areas of innovation and development of intellectual property while adhering to engineering standards and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelor of Science in in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or similar degree.
7+ years of experience in product engineering and 3+ years in Management.
Previous project management experience is preferred.
Ability to communicate across all departments and at all levels of the organization.
Proven track record managing a team who has taken designs from concept to launch.
Continue improvement mindset
Previous experience with:
Hardware design with schematic capture, component selection, and PCB layout, Altium experience is desired.
Hardware designs and communication interfaces including but not limited to:PWM control, I2C, SPI, UART, Modbus, USB, 1394, CAN, Ethernet, etc.
Designing and writing embedded code for a wide range of electrical microcontrollers, experience with various compilers and debugging tools, and experience with PLCs.
Desired Competencies:
Positive attitude
Flexible and Adaptable
Results Driven
Builds and Manages Collaborative Relationships
Strong organizational skills