Associate Design Manager

Dyson Institute; Johor Bahru; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transport allowance

Medical care and insurance

Career development

Job summary

Dyson Malaysia seeks an experienced Assistant Design Manager to support New Product Development (NPD) within the EC, L&AB category. You will coordinate with global teams, influence stakeholders, and ensure timely delivery of projects across RDD, Operations and Commercial.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 5+ years of design experience with DFM/DFA, strong cost awareness, and excellent communication skills. A fast-paced environment with global scope awaits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
• 5+ years of design and product development experience with a track record on complex technical problems (DFM, DFA).
• Strong collaboration and ability to influence key project stakeholders to drive outcomes.
• Experience with costing, value engineering and manufacturing considerations.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key project contributor to support project success.
• Assist in preparing and presenting project updates to senior stakeholders.
• Support the definition and tracking of project deliverables for each build phase.
• Ensure adherence to Dyson's standards for quality, safety, and compliance.
• Coordinate with Global Engineering & Operations, Quality, Finance and Commercial teams to maintain governance and milestone progress.
• Monitor operational expenditure and product cost to help achieve financial targets.
• Contribute to category future planning by assessing technical opportunities and presenting findings.
• Help set goals aligned with Dyson and EC blueprints, and track progress against these goals.

Skills

Project leadership

DFM/DFA

Value engineering

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

About us

Dyson offers a unique opportunity for talented individuals to design and develop market leading products for the global market. By working in our world class Research Design and Development department, these individuals have the opportunity to work alongside leading technical specialists and highly motivated creative people, to create products which fulfil our ambition of being truly different and better than our competitors.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Category, the Assistant Design Manager will support the development and delivery of New Product Development (NPD) projects within the global EC, L&AB category. This role requires strong collaboration across global teams and the ability to influence stakeholders to keep projects on track. You will help coordinate activities across RDD, Operations, and Commercial to meet challenging timelines.

Some of your responsibilities include:

• Acting as a key project contributor, bringing energy and commitment to support project success.
• Assisting in preparing and presenting project updates and direction to senior stakeholders.
• Supporting the definition and tracking of project deliverables for each build phase.
• Ensuring adherence to Dyson’s standards for quality, safety, and compliance.
• Coordinating with Global Engineering & Operations, Quality, Finance, and Commercial teams to maintain governance and milestone progress.
• Monitoring operational expenditure and product cost to help achieve financial targets.
• Contributing to category future planning by assessing technical opportunities and presenting findings to senior management.
• Helping set goals aligned with Dyson and EC blueprints, and tracking progress against these goals.
• Supporting the establishment of consistent processes and infrastructure for effective team collaboration.

About you

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical or Mechatronics).
• More than 5 years of experience in design and product development with good track record, working on complex and challenging technical problems with DFM, DFA considerations.
• Knowledge in Core engineering processes e.g. Requirements Mgmt., Engineering Change Mgmt., Risk & Issue Mgmt., change management, impact analysis, concessions and implementation strategies.
• Knowledge in the product cost element, Value Analysis & Value Engineering.
• Has a well-developed ability to collaborate with and influence key project stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Able to assemble appropriate cross functional teams and lead them to an aligned conclusion.
• Excellent problem solver with an established ability to manage complex technical challenges across a broad range of disciplines e.g. mechanical engineering, electronics, motors, software and connectivity.
• Proficient verbal communicator with outstanding presentation skills capable of addressing all levels of the business.
• Requiring strong levels of perseverance.
• Adaptable to change, thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• A motivator who remains positive in the face of adversity.
• Detailed operational and manufacturing knowledge that can influence the direction of project development.
• Competent at recording, managing and prioritising project risks.
• Identifying and escalating decision making where appropriate.
• Proven experience in various tooling and manufacturing techniques.
• Strong proven track record of project delivery and design leadership.

Benefits

Dyson Malaysia monitors the market to ensure competitive salaries and bonuses. Beyond that, you’ll enjoy a transport allowance and comprehensive medical care and insurance. But financial benefits are just the start of a Dyson career. Professional growth, leadership development and new opportunities abound, driven by regular reviews and dynamic workshops. And with a vibrant culture, the latest devices and a relaxed dress code reflecting our engineering spirit, it’s an exciting team environment geared to fuelling and realising ambition. #LI-KML

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer

We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity. At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds. Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.