NPD Team Lead

Crane Company; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Company in Cincinnati, OH is seeking an NPD Team Lead to drive technical product design and global NPD initiatives onsite five days a week. You will transform customer insights into value propositions and manage project funnels using the NPD process, coordinating with offshore design and site teams to industrialize concepts and lead product handoffs for sustainment.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, Industrial Operations Research, or related

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering, Industrial Operations Research, or related field.
• 4 years designing and developing highly engineered products.
• 2 years managing projects, cross-functional teams, and using Creo or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical product design and global NPD initiatives.
• Transform customer insights into value propositions and manage project funnels.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between offshore design and site teams.
• Oversee product handoffs and sustainment with site engineering and operations teams.
• Lead engineering test labs and agile prototyping efforts.
• Provide status reporting and drive continuous improvement using proprietary tools.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Engineering design

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering

Industrial Operations Research

Tools

Creo

3D Parametric Modelling

MRP/ERP software

Job description

NPD Team Lead, Xomox PFT Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio (onsite 5 days a week). Lead technical product design & global NPD initiatives by transforming customer insights into value propositions & managing project funnels using the NPD process; Drive cross-functional collaboration between offshore design & site teams to industrialize concepts, leveraging project management skills & engineering expertise; Oversee product handoffs & sustainment by coordinating with site engineering & operations teams, while managing company intellectual property & supporting commercial needs; Advance NPD performance & innovation through status reporting, continuous improvement using proprietary tools, & leadership of engineering test labs & agile prototyping. Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics Engineering, Industrial Operations Research, or a related field & 4 yrs performing design & development of highly engineered products. Of the exp required, must have 4 yrs with each of the following: (i) applying manufacturing processes knowledge of castings, forgings, conventional & advance machining practices & (ii) practicing Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, Design Failure Modes Effects Analysis & Design for Manufacturability. Must also have 2 yrs exp with each of the following: (i) managing product development projects using project management best practices; (ii) collaborating w/ cross-functional teams; (iii) using Creo or similar 3D Parametric modelling tools to create engineering drawings, Bill of Materials, process flows, Finite Element Analysis & (iv) using Materials Requirements Planning / Enterprise Resource Planning software. Qualified applicant must have developed & conducted rigorous testing plans, accelerated lifecycle & reliability testing & validations for at least 5 products. Work exp may be gained concurrently.

Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.