Description:

JOB SUMMARY

- Responsible for leading the appropriate functional area in Product Engineer to deliver new products and services on time, on budget, and within quality targets. Responsible for adherence to NPD process, regulatory requirements of new products, and teammate development within the functional area. Lead an engineering team engaged with multiple project initiatives. This position is also responsible for the technical development of the teammates reporting to them. Collaborates with Engineering Managers and Product Engineering Managers to make resource allocation decisions to support best develop and resource projects in the portfolio.

Primary Duties:

- Develop the technical skill level of the teammates within the engineering function

- Provide goals and feedback to assist in teammate development

- Utilize all appropriate management techniques to drive team effectiveness and engagement

- Coach DFSS problem solving framework to increase NPD capability and promote continuous improvement

- Effective application of appropriate Engineering, Scientific, and Design Technologies

- Promoting Subject Matter Experts (SME) in the technology platforms within the function

- Participate and lead where appropriate the technology roadmap of the function to align the organization for increased NPD throughput and quality

- Partners with Product Engineering Managers and other organizational functions to meet departmental and organizational goals

- Through appropriate engagement and education maintain up-to-date knowledge in all areas of responsibility

- Develop standards and processes to improve functional performance and effectiveness of team

- Engage in sustaining work where applicable to ensure high quality and limit line down situations in production

- Responsible for the delivery of engineering capability to satisfy product design and service demands of the organization

- Responsible and accountable for the budget within the function group in coordination with organizational goals

Firmware Essential Duties:

- Responsible for cybersecurity initiatives within product development

- Maintain and adopt ultimate responsibility for firmware development requirements

- Identify firmware development tools and plans to maintain a development edge

- Define a plant to retain and build firmware technical capabilities

- Develop SME's or design partnerships to implement UI/UX experiences

Electrical Essential Duties:

- Responsible for developing and maintaining standardized hardware platforms

- Maintain and adopt ultimate responsibility for electrical development requirements

- Identify global, electrical design tools to standardized design and component libraries

- Define a plan to retain and develop electrical design technical capabilities

- Develop design partnerships to expand electrical design capabilities

Secondary Duties:

- Increase the engineering capacity of the organization by building more and better engineering competence through training, mentorship, knowledge transfer, standardization, separation of work, and application of problem solving among other applicable DFSS principles

Top Skills Details:

• Firmware Engineer
• Engineering Manager
• Engineering management
• NPD, New Product Development
• PCB, Printed Circuit Board

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

MUSTS:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering Field

- 6 years of firmware engineering experience

- 2 years of managing/supervising experience

- Led projects within engineering

Experience Level:

Expert Level

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.