Mechanical Engineering Team Lead - Fitness Products

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Mechanical Engineering Team Leader on our Fitness product team at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and directing a Mechanical Engineering team that designs, verifies and implements mechanical or electromechanical components, products, and systems within the Fitness category.

Essential Functions

• Lead and direct a team to design new products, enhance existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop test procedures
• Directly supervise various levels of mechanical team members by setting the tone for the team environment and providing individualized coaching, training and mentoring
• Participate in recruiting activities, interview, hire, train, and evaluate performance for the team
• Participate in design reviews, assuring proper attendees and proper coverage of topics, imparting lessons learned and good design practices
• Create effective staffing plans and ensure team meets overall design, quality, and schedule goals in accordance with the product development plan through an appropriate combination of analysis and testing
• Understand Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, and Development team needs and ensure that engineers are working effectively with these groups to enable project team success
• Confer with Management and Manufacturing teams to determine feasibility and cost effectiveness of new product concepts
• Participate in recruiting activities

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field AND 5 years relevant experience OR a minimum of 10 years relevant experience
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment

Desired Qualifications

• Previous leadership experience supervising direct reports
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, projects or groups
• Working knowledge of optical systems and custom optomechanical components

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits