Lead Product Engineer

About The Opportunity

As an individual and team contributor, this role provides proactive technical expertise in the design, engineering and development of new products, processes and commercial offerings. This role provides formal leadership to Product Designers and Product Engineers as well as informal leadership of ORBIS product development projects and technical support for business processes as required.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop and exploit commercially viable technical solutions and product offerings.
• Explore and apply CAD technologies and tools.
• Maintain full compliance to ISO quality procedures and processes.
• Lead and assist in the execution and implementation of new products from concept to full production.
• Validate finished products.
• Complete documentation and cross functional communication.
• Provide technical customer support and assistance.
• Act as a role model and mentor to technical staff with less experience.
• Supervise Product Designers and Product Engineers in their teams
• Support the execution and development of procedures and work instructions as appropriate.
• Troubleshooting and special projects as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of education requirement)
• 10 years of relevant work experience
• 5 years of applicable technical experience with Creo (ProE)
• Experience with Product Development in an ISO controlled environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products

Preferred Qualifications

• BSME Degree – with cooperative work assignments in plastic manufacturing based companies
• 4 years of experience in project management role
• Proficient with FEA modeling and analysis
• Experience with Windchill or other PDM software
• Experience with SolidWorks, SpaceClaim
• Green Belt
• Statistics and Statistical Process Control

Additional Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Ability to handle the stress of working with others.
• Ability to be available outside of normal work hours.
• Ability to assess employee performance and coach and develop others.
• Ability to lead by example.
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with a wide variety of roles.
• Knowledge of methods and accepted practices of plastic injection molding, tooling, and tooling design.
• Knowledge of plastic part design and plastic materials/additives.

Travel Requirements

Ability to travel up to 20% both domestically and internationally to support the business, including overnight stays and extended work hours during work meetings, travel may include weekends. Ability to obtain a passport.