Sr. Project Leaders - Cordless Product Development; NPD

Position: Sr. Project Leaders - Cordless New Product Development (NPD)
Sr Project Leader

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* Job Description:

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* Sr. Project Leaders - Cordless New Product Development (NPD)

13135 West Lisbon Road **,
** Brookfield, WI 53005

** Job Description*
* + Provide leadership over moderate to highly complex cordless new product development design engineering projects.

+ Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.

+ Provide direction, guidance, and engineering expertise to team members. Review work of designers, engineers and other project team members. May manage project team members.

+ Drive project design to meet market driven design guides and fulfill cost, timing, reliability, and high-volume manufacturing requirements.

+ Analyze, evaluate, and select from design execution alternatives to best meet specification objectives and implement designs into mass production.

+ Accountable for technical elements of project execution, including integration of complicated components and assemblies, material selection, packaging and safety, and regulatory and standards compliance.

+ Conduct design and safety reviews to gain necessary approvals for product development phase progressions.

+ Comply with all company procedures covering new product development and design output in addition to procedures of non-engineering departments related to project flow.

+ Track project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines. Schedule, develop agendas, facilitate, and document project meetings.

+ Maintains an awareness of competitive offerings and the general business climate in the power tool industry.

+ Identify project risks and implement risk reduction plans.

+ Interact with manufacturing plants and outside suppliers to achieve project goals.

+ Make component material or process recommendations.

+ Design new experiments and test systems.

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering field, or foreign degree equivalent and 7 years of relevant experience as an Engineer, or alternate acceptable occupation;  
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* * Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering field, or foreign degree equivalent and 5 years of relevant experience as an Engineer, or alternate acceptable occupation.

Work or academic experience must have included:

Product development experience with global manufacturing Product Development through Phase Gate Process. Forging, Injection Molding, Die Casting, and Machining supply bases. Guiding a cross functional team of Mechanical, Electrical, Motor, and Reliability Engineers in product development, from concept to distribution on schedule while meeting strict cost and performance requirements through a phase gate process. Understanding, building, and presenting product development status on Key Performance Indicators of Cost, Performance, and Schedule.

15% domestic and international travel

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