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JOB DESCRIPTION

WHY IS THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY?

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Join our dynamic, growing company! This company has an immediate opening for a Senior Product Development Engineer at our Corporate Headquarters in sunny El Paso, TX. El Paso offers great schools, low crime rate, low cost of living and lots of outdoor activities year round. Relocation provided and potential to grow into a mangement role in the future.Reporting to the Vice President, Innovation & Engineering, the Senior Product Development Engineer is a hybrid position combining Project Engineering and Design Engineering skills. The primary responsibility is to deliver innovative electromechanical consumer products and bring them from initial concept through to production. This position leads in cross-functional New Product Development core teams and works closely with Industrial Designers and Product Marketing to understand the market needs and deliver market leading product designs that balance costs, schedule, performance and reliability. The Sr. Product Development Engineer will write product design specifications that will define the design, performance, quality, safety and reliability requirements of the product. Following our New Product Development “tollgate” process, the Sr. Product Development Engineer will be accountable for managing the OEM’s through the detail design, testing and delivery process to ensure products meet all internal requirements.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior Product Development Engineer key responsibilities include:

Project Engineering:

Interpret feedback from product marketing and consumer research to develop a clear design specification that will be used to define the detailed design and intent of the product.

Work with APO (Asia Pacific Organization) team to manage the OEM’s through the detailed design, evaluation, pilot builds, reliability testing, agency testing and product launch.

In conjunction with Quality team, supports DFMEA and Safety reviews to identify and design out or mitigate causes of failure.

In conjunction with compliance team, support all compliance testing efforts and ensure timely results

Work with the legal team to ensure all products follow the patent review and clearance process.

Apply engineering practices based on test and theory to provide design direction that meets all project requirements including but not limited to reliability, cost, performance and schedule.

Organize and facilitate technical product design reviews and maintain issue/action item lists.

Develop Value Analysis/Cost Analysis and quality improvements opportunities, prioritize and then develop a plan for implementation.

Project Management:

Develop and maintain comprehensive schedule to deliver projects on-time and on budget.

Manage overseas resources to meet all cost, schedule, reliability, performance, and agency requirements defined in the PPS (Project Proposal Snapshot), Product Charter, and other product specifications.

Work with Engineering Director to report project status to management team on regular basis.

Following the NPD Process, facilitate regular team meetings to maintain forward progress and drive cross functional tasks associated with the development of all aspects of the project from product packaging to components.

Design Engineering:

Use Creo (Pro-E) software along with prototyping skills to coordinate the pre-development concept phase of the project.

Create breadboard models, refine proof of concept prototypes and complete assembly layouts.

Test and troubleshoot in the lab with unique proof of concept testing and standardized test methods

Team with Industrial Design and Marketing Team to deliver products that maintain cosmetic intent while meeting all functional requirements.

Study competitive products to benchmark against new product designs

QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of experience leading projects in a cross functional, mass marketed, consumer appliance New Product Development environment.

Experience using Pro-Engineer (Creo) to design consumer appliances. ( or similiar software)

Hands on fabrication and prototyping skills.

Basic understanding of mold flow simulation.

Solid understanding of plastic injection molding and consumer appliance manufacturing processes.

Strong background in electromechanical product design and consumer product testing required.

Solid experience reading, understanding, and working with intellectual property matters.

Strong leadership and project management skills, able to effectively direct the work of others.

Strong business acumen with the ability to adapt to changing business needs.

Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

Experience in directing an overseas design/engineering team.

Understanding of DFMEA principals with experience identifying and resolving potential failures.

Experience researching and benchmarking competitive product performance and features

Experience with product and feature based cost analysis, and estimation

Ability to travel internationally

Education:
University - Bachelor's Degree/3-4 Year Degree