Senior Product Development Manager

Responsibilities

• Directing department activities to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop test procedures.
• This includes assemblies with passive connections, linear active amplifiers, DSP retimers, and optical cables.
• Communicating and working with customers and internal product managers to understand product requirements and performance specifications and convert those into new product designs, production tooling, manufacturing processes, qualification testing, and the transfer to volume production sites.
• Ensuring the accurate and timely completion of engineering tasks of engineers within the group.
• Overseeing and mentoring electrical, mechanical, and software/firmware engineering teams, providing needed training and working with team members to grow within the organization.
• Congfering with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• Foresighting operating costs of department and directing preparation of budget requests.
• Advising management of new developments which may affect profit, schedule, costs, customer relations, and/or inter-departmental relations.
• Maintaining a working knowledge of new technologies which may improve operations and developing recommendations accordingly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in an Engineering discipline, Masters degree in Engineering or MEM/MBA preferred
• 5+ years of experience in Engineering Management or Project Management, with at least 3+ years of leading a technical team
• Experience with connectors and cables preferred
• Experience with active external cables (AEC), preferred
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as needed

Skills

• Strong facilitation and team-building skills; the ability to integrate the needs & skills of many functional disciplines to achieve a positive outcome
• Attention to detail, while maintaining perspective on top-level goals
• Ability to prioritize work to meet objectives and to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to articulate, outline, and follow a development process