Description
This role is responsible for all activities associated with transfer and commercialization of new products from R&D to Operations to achieve product launch. Provides leadership and subject matter expertise to product development team to ensure product design is manufacturable at production scale.Works with Operations and Quality Assurance to develop and implement a manufacturing validation strategy for new processes, equipment, and test methods associated with the product. Responsible for creation and approval of Design History File deliverables associated with product transfer. Manages the commercialization of OEM products that are associated with the new product.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in science with a minimum of 5 years experience in the medical device manufacturing industry, one year of which must be in leadership/project management roles. Experience in product transfer, product development or product support. Experience with manufacturing and quality control processes, test method and process validation, equipment validation.
Experience in project management, leading project teams, and ability to establish and maintain a project schedule. Position requires a high level of independence, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Increase the efficiency of the organization and reduce time-to-market for the new products through utilization of planning and what-if scenario analysis across all the projects. Reduce missing deadlines and improve achieving critical milestones on time and with the expected quality.
Skills & Experience Desired:
- 7-10 years experience designing products and mechanical subsystems for portable consumer digital devices such as cameras.
- Extensive experience in injection molding, die-casting and sheet metal fabrication in mid to high volume consumer products.
- Demonstrated experience in some or all of physical design, mechanisms, hands on testing, and simulation tools as applied to handheld consumer products.
- Experience working with suppliers for joint design, component sourcing and tooling.
- Experience working closely with Industrial Design teams.
- Proficient at communicating clearly through verbal, written and visual modes within the team and to vendors and overseas partners.
- A high attention to details with regard to industrial design, mechanical, structural and tooling related solutions in product design.
- Intimately familiarity with Pro/Engineer and Solidworks
- Strong background in 2D/3D design flow including stack and tolerance analysis, DFM/DFA analysis, DFMEA and failure analysis best practices.
- An openness to travel as this person will make frequent trips abroad to work with our suppliers for joint design, component sourcing and tooling (estimated travel 25%).
- BS/MS Mechanical engineering.
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