Engineering Manager, Npd Ferrara

Engineering Manager, Npd
Ferrara
Emilia Romagna, Ferrara

Position Summary**: Manage Design of New Products for manufacturing at G&W facility or third parties. Responsible for the performance and results of project teams.

**Primary/Essential Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for management of G&W site design team in a Stage-Gate process.

- Coordinate the activities of mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineers to complete designs, build and test units, and create documentation.

- Responsible for managing resources within the team to be in line with workload and schedule commitments on projects, delegating/allocating tasks and responsibilities to team members

- Develop schedules, coordinate and manage projects of all complexity levels with little to no supervision.

- Responsible for preparation and monitoring of project budgets in area of responsibility.

- Responsible for departmental project designs meet requirements of specification and standards while promoting error-proof assembly.

- Ensure design personnel utilize Lean design and manufacturing processes and follow good design control practices.

- Deliver innovate designs that meet profit, cost, quality, and time-to-market metrics.

- Oversee construction and testing of prototype components or assemblies as required in the development and approval process.

- Ensure designs follow established procedures for creation and maintenance of CAD databases and libraries.

- Participate in the review of engineering drawings prior to the release to manufacture. Responsible for final approval of applicable drawings.

- Responsible for proactively identifying and mitigating risks to the project.

- Responsible for proactively identifying and mitigating Safety related risks for the NPD area and personnel, on factory site and on external labs and facilities when relevant.

- Responsible for development test plan creation based on D/PFMEA and in line with project specifications, industry standards, and G&W reliability and validation requirements.

- Responsible for ensuring testing is in line with the test plan and meets or exceeds G&W requirements.

- Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting on the new and existing products and processes

- Work with third party vendors and/or partners to develop high quality, lowest cost design options.

- Interface with purchasing and vendors in the selection and approval of component parts and assemblies.

- Prepare or reviews written documentation of processes, material requirements, test results and project activity as required. Create / revise G&W standards as needed.

- Participate in industry organizations (associations, standards committees, etc) to stay informed of and to influence industry activities.

- Consult with Customer representatives to discuss product requirements and specifications when design or manufacturing problems are involved

- Develop direct reports' work skills to improve department quality, throughput and to reduce scrap/rework. Work with individuals regarding company competencies and personal growth plans.

- Responsible for rating performance of subordinates against job requirements, established goals, and company competencies.

- Provide support and direction to department and project team members such Project Engineers, Designers, and Technicians.

- Encourage innovative thought processes and "out of the box" thinking for design and manufacturing processes.

**Leadership**:

**Manager**: Responsible for hire/fire decisions; performance appraisals; employee training and development; handles disciplinary problems. This job will be evaluated on these decisions.

**Required Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

- 8+ years progressive experience in Engineering design and/or development which includes

- Leading highly technical and innovative projects. Desire to be constantly challenged with new problems

- Project management, team management, root-cause analysis and computer analysis programs

- Medium/high voltage electrical power systems

- Leading and reviewing DFMEA, PFMEA, and PPAP process and documents

- Leading development projects within a Stage Gate Process

- Experience in medium/high volume electrical product industry (development or industrialization)

- Strong technical knowledge in the following categories per discipline:

- Mechanical: Molded Components and processes, insulating materials, metal fabricated parts.

- Electrical: Current and Voltage Sensors, Power Systems (Protection, System Analysis, and System Fault Response)

- Strong understanding of FEA and leading capability of design analysis and interpretation

- Demonstrated ability to write/edit technical documents; test reports, engineering standards, industry technical papers.

- Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

- Proven experience with computers; Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project or equivalents.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Preference for published author and/or involvement in industry publications.

**Physical Demands / Work