Senior Engineering Manager

Markem-Imaje, A Dover Company, is a trusted world manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions, offering a full line of reliable and innovative inkjet, thermal transfer, laser, print and apply label systems. Markem-Imaje delivers fully integrated solutions that enable product quality and safety, regulatory and retailer compliance, better product recalls and improved manufacturing processes.

Based in Downers Grove, IL, Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV). Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $8 billion.

The mission of the Engineering Manager is to provide R&D leadership for the product line and coordinate a multi-discipline product development team (electrical, mechanical, AME, & firmware disciplines). The incumbent will partner with the Drop on Demand (DoD) cross-functional leadership team to support the delivery of the business revenue and profitability targets included in business Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan.

They will ensure that projects in the portfolio are properly staffed, efficiently executed and that the technical risks are managed successfully. They will partner with Global R&D discipline leaders to guarantee that discipline best practices are respected, and MI's platform strategy is successfully implemented.

• Ensure all R&D aspects of programs are carried out in accordance to MI's processes.
• Collaborate with the Discipline Leaders and project managers roles to define and execute projects to clear scope, on time, on budget and quality.
• Maintain customer satisfaction at acceptable levels by delivering the proposed hardware value and promptly resolve customer issues which involve product design.
• Collaborate with the cross-functional team to make adequate trade-offs between value creation, material cost, serviceability, testability, changeability, etc.
• Drive quality and efficiency within the embedded software team that is located in multiple sites across multiple time zones.
• Be the change management leader and demonstrate value from the agreed upon company-wide initiatives. Promote platform module adoption in DoD products.
• Contribute to the development of a solid DoD hardware and ink product line roadmaps.
• Build and maintain resource plans of appropriate granularity for the short/medium/long term and, using a skills matrix approach, coach and develop the team accordingly. This should include an active team development plan.
• Develop new vendors
• Establish/manage relationship with external engineering service partners.
• Direct R&D personnel from multiple engineering disciplines as an effective team that is committed to organizational goals and fosters collaboration.
• Collaborate with global R&D disciplines to build/recruit/further adjust the team to meet the needs of our programs
• Ensure that our products meet or exceed applicable regulations, certifications requirements and reliability requirements.
• Ensure that engineering discipline standard, methods and tools are developed with the needs of the programs in mind and effectively deployed.
• Promote improved quality levels with reliability engineering best practices and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Monitor operating and capital expense budgets to achieve company objectives.
• Assist and guide intellectual property experts.
• Ensure projects are kept on schedule and work to mitigate issues as they arise
• Train, Develop, Mentor Engineering Team through the use of a skills matrix and training plan.
• International travels: ~1 trips/quarter on average to visit customers and vendors; to other engineering facility in Salem, NH ~3 trips/month on average
• Mix of laboratory and office environment

• Masters' degree in a related science field…