Job Overview

 As a Product Engineer (PE), you will be responsible to manage, optimize and improve the value stream of sensor products serving the Transportation, Medical, Industrial and AD&M markets.  

In product development, the PE will collaborate with the project team to ensure alignment in value creation and will share lessons learned from serial production.  
PE will have to interact globally with CoE (Center of Excellence) and NPI Regional R&D teams, as well as cross-functional teams to bring input to the project team.  
In post-production phase, PE will work with cross-functional teams to determine based on product cost structure areas of improvement when standard margin does not meet targets. PE will collaborate with Product Managers to perform product portfolio rationalization.   
PE will own and drive post-launch performance of a value stream including cost, quality, yields and cost of poor quality (CoPQ).  

Job Requirements

This role requires a strategic thinker who can navigate complex commercial and operational challenges to drive margin improvement and operational efficiency.  The ideal candidate would be a former Manufacturing or Process or Product Development Engineer, project lead or professional operations manager for Sensor’s market.  
The description and the responsibilities listed are intended to describe the general nature of the role and may evolve or expand overtime to meet business needs and individual development.   

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  

Pre-Launch (Product Engineering of New Product Introductions):  
 

Partner with New Product Development (R&D) and Project Management and bring the lessons learned (from the similar products, serial production) into new product development to optimize the new design

  
Post Launch (Sustaining Product Engineering): 

Achieve cost entitlement and cost savings at all stages of the product lifecycle  
Have a clear understanding of real product cost structure and standard margin to define and drive actions to recover when needed.   
Value-add/ Value-Engineering (VA/VE) enablement of Gross Margin Expansion (GME) by product line.   
Lead VAVE / cost reduction projects.  
Chair post launch changes to product & process (via a change control board) according to the procedure of change management.  
Support lifecycle management in liaison with Product Management.    

What your background should look like

Bachelor's  Degree  in technical  discipline  (Electrical  Engineering,  Electronics,  Mechanical, Process/Manufacturing)  
5+ years of sensor product and/or process experience   
And/Or Experience in sensor product development to achieve product requirements and cost targets.  
Experience with 8D and other basic problem-solving skills.  
Experience in maintaining products after SOP (including performing cost analysis and identification of elements to improve cost and cost structure. (e.g. cycle time, capacity, scrap).  
Fluency in English  
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with leadership, stakeholders, cross functional      teams (engineering, product     management, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, finance, sales) and subject matter experts.  
Exceptional  analytical,  critical  thinking,  and  problem-solving  skills.  Willingness  to  travel  as required, ~10%.  

WE VALUE   

Design For Six Sigma, or Six Sigma Black Belt Certified  
Standards Knowledge - IATF 16949, EN 9100, ISO 9001  
Product Financial Knowledge and associated database: P&L, BOM, SAP or equivalent Understanding of Supply chain dynamic   

This position requires access to information which is subject to stringent controls under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR).   Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, person granted asylee status in the U.S., or person admitted into the U.S. as a refugee.

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