Product Development Engineer

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Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

Job Description

What will you work on?

The Product Development Engineer (PDE) will be responsible for driving the technical execution of global toys from concept through production, and ensuring performance, cost, quality, and schedule adherence. The position will provide expertise in proven techniques for successful product development and design for manufacturing/assembly. The PDE will work closely with large cross-functional teams (Design, Marketing, Engineering, Quality, Packaging, etc.) to manage development throughout the entire product lifecycle. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, leading technical development of products, defining product specifications, identifying risks and opportunities to pre-empt development hurdles, providing escalation management, and working with stakeholders to balance business, design, and technical objectives. The person in this role will be expected to operate in a highly dynamic environment and consistently drive towards solutions to obtain results.

How will you create impact?

• Collaborate with GBT (Design and Brand teams) on generating new concepts, and provide technical and cost assessment
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure milestones and integration are on-time
• Provide mechanical, material, electro-mechanical, and/or mechatronic engineering expertise throughout the product development lifecycle
• Detail design of components and products for manufacturing, optimizing DFM/A
• Create product and performance specifications
• Be key point of contact with Manufacturing Engineering teams (in Asia, Mexico, EU, etc), and ensure alignment on all project details
• Lead product review meetings and create action plan for technical deliverables
• Anticipate, analyze, resolve, and escalate project issues
• Drive productivity by implementing design for manufacturing/assembly up front
• Partner with responsible departments to ensure all projects are delivered on-cost, on-spec, on-time
• Using PLM tool to manage track key deliverables and proactively resolve future issues to keep the product on track, on cost, and on specification
• Improve efficiency in the engineering process through continuous improvement
• Explore new materials, technology, and manufacturing processes
  
  

What are your skills and experience?

• Product Engineering experience
• BS in Mechanical Engineering
• Toy or CPG experience an asset
• Experience with plastics, materials, manufacturing, and/or engineering costs for durable goods
  
  

The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in California is $85,000 to $90,000 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What You Can Expect From Us

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!
  
  

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.