Project Management - Design Engineer

Techtronic Industries - TTI; South Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Tuition assistance

401(k)

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

Techtronic Industries - TTI seeks a Project Management - Design Engineer for RYOBI Outdoor Power Equipment to lead cross-functional initiatives from concept through mass production and continuous improvement. You will balance performance, cost, and user value while collaborating with global teams.

Responsibilities include developing plans and schedules, managing risks, and guiding tradeoff discussions with product management to optimize cost and schedule. Travel up to 10% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering is required.
• Minimum 4 years of related experience.
• Experience managing low to moderately complex product development projects.
• Strong understanding of electromechanical systems, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to manage several simultaneous projects to aggressive schedules.
• Knowledge of DFMA, cost modeling, teardown benchmarking, and root cause analysis techniques.
• Familiarity with CAD and project management tools.
• Up to 10% international travel is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership over multiple low to moderately complex engineering projects.
• Drive developing comprehensive plans and schedules to meet project milestones.
• Coordinate project planning efforts for low to moderate complexity projects; identify critical path tasks and risks with supervision.
• Monitor and track project progress and provide regular status updates to senior management and project team on schedule, cost, and risks.
• Lead technical tradeoff discussions focusing on cost, schedule, and performance impact.
• Escalate project developments or issues in a timely manner.
• Apply understanding of the Product Development Process from concept to launch, and determine design maturity levels.
• Interpret data and make design recommendations using simulations, materials selection, tolerances, and dynamics.
• Interact with suppliers to meet performance/cost requirements within process capabilities.
• Work cross-functionally with Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Finance, Product Management, and other departments to drive completion of tasks.
• Coordinate qualification testing to ensure safety, durability, and performance.

Skills

Project leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD

Project management tools

Job description

The Project Management - Design Engineer for RYOBI Outdoor Power Equipment leads cross-functional initiatives for mass production support and continuous improvement projects while maintaining performance, cost, and user value. This role is under the project leader hierarchy and focuses on consumer outdoor products, collaborating closely with various new product development engineering groups, sourcing, quality, product management, and global manufacturing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership over multiple low to moderately complex engineering projects
• Drive developing comprehensive plans and schedules to meet project milestones
• Able to coordinate project planning efforts for low to moderate complexity projects. Identify critical path tasks and project risks with supervision
• Monitor & track project progress and provide regular status updates to senior management and project team on schedule, cost, and risks
• Frame up and lead technical tradeoff discussions with product management and other cross functional teams that focus on Cost, Schedule, and Performance impact
• Timely and appropriate escalation of project developments or issues
• Applies a good understanding of the Product Development Process from conception through product launch. Anticipates engineering deliverables in all phases. Clearly understands the philosophies behind the various PDP phases and can objectively determine the maturity level of a design and development process
• Interpret data and make corresponding design recommendations including but not limited to:
• Utilization of computer aided simulation tools
• Selection of materials and heat treatments
• Tolerance stacks and deviation analysis
• Statics and dynamics
• Noise and vibration analysis
• lnteract with suppliers to develop part and product specifications that meet performance/cost requirements while falling within process capabilities.
• Work cross-functionally and globally with Quality & Reliability Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Finance, Product Management, and numerous other departments to drive completion of project tasks
• Coordinate qualification testing to ensure safety, durability, and performance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering
• Minimum 4 years of experience in related field
• Experience in managing low to moderately complex product development projects.
• Strong understanding of electromechanical systems, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Results driven and deadline orientated. Ability to manage several simultaneous projects to aggressive schedules and results. Ability to handle fast paced, and agile culture. Ability to adapt to constant change and competing priorities.
• Excellent problem identification and resolution skills
• Knowledge of DFMA, cost modeling, teardown benchmarking, and root cause analysis techniques
• Strong analytical, communication, and project leadership skills.
• Ability to draft comprehensive test plans and specifications
• Familiarity with CAD and project management tools.
• Up to 10% international travel is required.

We offer competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package – tuition assistance, 401(k), medical/dental/vision coverage, vacation and holidays.