Manager, Product Development; NPD Engineering

Posted Friday, June 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM

The Manager, New Product Development (NPD) Engineering is a strong leader with a proven track record of managing teams to success. This individual sets the engineering group’s standard for engineering judgment and best practices. The Manager, New Product Development (NPD) Engineering provides expert level engineering support as well as project management to the overall engineering team. The Manager, New Product Development (NPD) Engineering assures the overall output quality and efficiency of the engineering team, helping drive the company’s vision for growth through successful execution of small and large-scale projects.

• Develop innovative new-to-world products to expand and secure Hillman’s position in the marketplace by collaborating with Sales and Marketing teams to understand market trends and develop product solutions in accordance with the New Product Development (NPD) process.
• Document new-to Hillman products through evaluation, testing, and measurements in order to create CAD, drawings and/or specifications per Hillmans drawing standards.
• Achieve product development goals including product quality, cost, and delivery through use of the Hillman’s New-Product-Development / Stage Gate process.
• Assures new product reliability and perceived quality through rigorous DFMEA risk management, product qualification testing and Design reviews.
• Develop and maintain engineering technical acumen necessary to develop world–class products and cutting- edge engineering tools and labs, by maintaining an effective technical training program teaching best design and development practices.
• Assures all relevant regulatory, safety, environmental and compliance requirements are met by the team and works to improve team effectiveness.
• Provide engineering mentorship to reinforce sound engineering procedures and best practices, adherence to established drawing standards, and to help grow the Talent & Skill level of the Engineers.
• Direct supervision of senior level reporting engineers including goal setting, performance reviews, and career development planning.
• Captures and protects Hillman’s Intellectual Property through the product development cycle.
• Collaborates with Director of Engineering to Manage the overall Engineering Team budget and resource allocation for effective and timely implementation of Projects and Initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

* This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Employees are expected and encouraged to participate in safety and health program activities including immediately reporting hazards, immediately reporting unsafe work practices and incidents to supervisors, wearing required personal protective equipment, and participating in and supporting safety committee activities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a related field.
• Experience in Design, Development, & Manufacturing Engineering and “Design for Manufacture” of a wide variety of consumer product types including:
  • Plastic Injection-molded parts.
  • Sheet Metal Fabrication, Stampings & Castings.
  • Products and Assemblies with consideration for Design for Manufacturability & Testing.
  • Electrical / Electronic consumer products.
• Experience in solving highly complex problems, through brainstorming, data analytics, statistical tools & leveraging outside experts & resources.

• Excellent Solid Works or other similar 3D modeling/CAD software packages skills.
• Strong Oracle Agile or other similar PLM/PDM software package skills.
• Strong knowledge of Engineering Analysis Tools and applications. (Solid Works Simulation, ANSYS etc.)
• Strong Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint skills.
• Thorough understanding of basic part dimensional inspection methods; fully understands related…