Product Engineering Manager

Job Title: Product Engineering Manager
Location: New Albany, IN (Relocation Required)
Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $140,000 - $170,000 annually

We understand that great talent can come from anywhere. For the right candidate, our client offers comprehensive relocation assistance to help make your transition as smooth as possible. This may include reimbursement of moving expenses, temporary housing support, and guidance throughout the relocation process.

The Product Engineering Manager will lead a team of other engineering designers to develop technology solutions for this client's elite customers. This person will be tasked with the challenge of optimizing all our engineering design processes through several existing systems. This individual should be comfortable in design development, sustaining product design, and cradle to grave lifecycle ownership.

Essential Functions/ Responsibilities:

• Works directly with marketing and sales to review opportunities and develop engineering cost analysis based on product scopes.
• Work directly with purchasing, quality, manufacturing engineering, test engineering, process engineering, electroplating, suppliers, and other necessary groups as a cross functional team to develop products and solutions.
• Makes significant contributions to design, development, and validation of connector solutions (including but not limited to board, cable, power, high speed, and panel mount products).
• Works hands on to identify problems during new product development and/or when quality concerns arise.
• Adhere to all corporate engineering standards including but not limited to documentation, file management, part modeling, and part simulation.
• Autonomously plans and schedules own daily tasks and develops solutions to problems utilizing formal education and judgment.
• Manage both technical and non-technical people.
• Ability to quickly identify issues, develop, and execute a plan.
• Delegate projects and oversee the progress and engage when required.
• Establish metrics for the group.

Required Experience:

• 7 - 10 Years' Experience in a Management role designing interconnects, Switch Design, or Fiber Optic Assemblies.
• Must be a self-starter with strong leadership skills.
• Experience leading and working with technical staff.
• Excellent communication skills and demonstrated problem solving ability.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in relating to both internal and external customers.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Experience in engineering design software (Solidworks, AutoCAD, etc.).
• Experience in simulation software (FEA, CFD/thermal modeling, etc) is preferred but not required.
• Candidate MUST have proficiency in all of the following: GD&T, DFM, FMEA, and Six Sigma.
• Willing to travel (including out of the US) for up to 4 weeks per year.
• Must be able to sit/stand for at least 90 consecutive minutes, and not suffer from any sensory deprivation and/or paralysis of the limbs.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or other technical discipline.

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