Senior Product Engineer
Overview:
A seasoned, highly experienced professional; uses advanced professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways; uses advanced analytical and technical skills to adapt policies and programs and develop models to support smaller projects; focuses on providing analyses and applying results to improve business operations.
Responsibilities:
Job Summary/Basic Function: Summary of major reason this job exists in one or two sentences.
A seasoned, highly experienced professional; uses advanced professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways; uses advanced analytical and technical skills to adapt policies and programs and develop models to support smaller projects; focuses on providing analyses and applying results to improve business operations.
Designs, validates and brings new products to market. Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost, reliability and safety.Designs, develops, executes and evaluates fitness-for-use testing, product specifications and process validation plans; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials. Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize designs for manufacturability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive innovative product development process by performing market research, regulations analysis, development of product validation plans, determining customer needs during early-stage development, and continuing research to promote adjustments to accommodate changes in customer needs.
- Provide technical solutions to design, build, and test prototypes to ensure products will achieve target specifications and provide intended functionalities.
- Lead and manage the development and execution of customer projects using effective project management methodologies to ensure strong coordination between product development, manufacturing, and customer to attain successful and on-time delivery of projects and programs.
- Establish and maintain a safe and efficient in-house operational facility to drive rapid prototyping, testing, fabrication of complex nano and micro-structures for early-stage development, and proof-of-concept demonstrations by ensuring quick turnaround time.
- Prepare and deliver comprehensive technical reports, product roadmaps, timelines, budgets, product specifications, and bill of materials.
Key Accountabilities: Please provide % of time for each major accountability in order of importance; from high to low. Must add up to 100% with each accountability greater than 5%. Keep acronyms to a minimum and spell out words (first time only) when usage is necessary.
Design and Technical Support
Accountability 1-15% of the Time- Drive innovative product development process by performing market research, regulations analysis, development of product validation plans, determining customer needs during early-stage development, and continuing research to promote adjustments to accommodate changes in customer needs.
- Provide technical solutions to design, build, and test prototypes to ensure products will achieve target specifications and provide intended functionalities.
- Lead and manage the development and execution of customer projects using effective project management methodologies to ensure strong coordination between product development, manufacturing, and customer to attain successful and on-time delivery of projects and programs.
- Establish and maintain a safe and efficient in-house operational facility to drive rapid prototyping, testing, fabrication of complex nano and micro-structures for early-stage development, and proof-of-concept demonstrations by ensuring quick turnaround time.
- Prepare and deliver comprehensive technical reports, product roadmaps, timelines, budgets, product specifications, and bill of materials.
Qualifications:
Education: Degree required- PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering or relevant Applied Sciences
Experience: Required/preferred
Minimum:
5 years experience in:
- The design, and optimization of nanostructured optical systems using analytical models and computational simulation tools
- Prototyping and advanced characterization tools
- Advanced lithography tools and processes (ebeam, nanoimprint, phase mask lithography etc.)
Preferred:
10+ years experience in:
- The design and optimization of nanostructured optical systems using analytical models and computational simulation tools
- Experience with thermal modeling
- Prototyping and advanced characterization tools
- Advanced lithography tools and processes (ebeam, nanoimprint, phase mask lithography etc.)
- Work independently; may receive general instructions on unique or critical assignments and more complex issues.
- Problem solving; resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways; uses advanced analytical and technical skills to adapt policies and programs and develop models to support smaller projects; focuses on providing analyses and applying results to improve business operations.
- Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results; problems are often complex, and analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
- Demonstrated strong skill in communications – inter-company, sales office-to-BU, with customer key technical personnel, and relevant industry SME’s
- Domestic and/or International Travel as required.