Oakley - Engineer - Product (Product Development

General Function

The Product Development Engineer has frontline responsibility for the development of disruptive new Oakley products. Primarily focused on mechanical design, performance, and manufacturability while staying grounded in a commitment to deliver to market on time and in full.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the technical development of new eyewear models including mechanical engineering, material selection, manufacturability, technical drawings, and PLM.
• Cook multiple projects, schedules, and tracking within a fast-paced product development environment.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams through new product introduction process from sketch to mass production.
• Communicate project status to department manager and applicable departments.
• Initiate continuous improvement and cost reduction programs.
• Provide innovative solutions to overall industry challenges resulting in occasional patent grants.
• Limited travel to international factories.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
• 3 years relevant job experience.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with ability to interface effectively with others at all levels of the organization.
• Well versed in injection-molded component design and processing.
• Experience in metal and composite manufacturing.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Proficient in at least one 3D CAD software package (Solidworks/ProE/Rhino/Alias).
• Proficient in 2D drafting ANSI/ASME standards, best practices, dimensioning & tolerancing, GD&T.
• Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate and listen effectively at all levels.
• Self-motivated with high sense of urgency, resourcefulness and adaptability.
• Strong customer orientation. Team work spirit and continuous improvement mind set.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous consumer hard goods development/manufacturing experience.
• Proficiency in continuous improvement and lean manufacturing principles, Kaizen, DMAIC, VSM, 6 sigma, SMED. Blackbelt/greenbelt certification preferred.
• Hands on experience with metal fabrication, prototyping, 3D printing, or machine shop experience.
• Experience with made in the USA manufacturing.
• PMP certification.
• SAP experience.
• Proficiency and prior use of relevant engineering tools; DOE, CpK, MSA, FMEA, DFM.
• Understanding of product cost composition/structure.
• Eyewear or action sports retail sales experience.
• Bilingual: English + Spanish/Mandarin/Italian

Total Rewards

• Pay Range: $95,321.58 - $131,049.40
• Employee pay is determined by multiple factors, including geography, experience, qualifications, skills and local minimum wage requirements.
• You may also be offered a competitive bonus and/or commission plan, which complements a first-class total rewards package.
• Benefits may include health care, retirement savings, paid time off/vacation, and various employee discounts.

About the Role

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