Lead System Engineer, Light Based Printing

At our Burlington, MA development facility, we are developing next generation printing technology that leverages photopolymerization and DLP based UV curing techniques.  There is a richness to this work that encompasses materials science, chemistry, process science, algorithm development, multiple levels of software, and high precision mechatronics.  To exercise technical leadership over the development of printers and post processing equipment, we are seeking a Lead System Engineer for the category of light-based printers.  Because of the span of challenges inherent in the work, the ideal candidate will have some depth of understanding in multiple engineering competencies.  As such, the footprint of a strong System Engineer will dominate these listed responsibilities, along with required leadership acumen:

Responsibilities:

• Lead a technical team consisting of Mechanical, Electrical, and System engineers.
• Manage the team’s workload and adjust assignments based on individual’s capabilities and growth needs as well as the needs of the business
• Lead the technical conversation among the contributing competencies in order to plan and implement new systems, suggest new ideas, architectures, and solutions to problems.
• Influence product requirements of next generation 3D printing systems through consultation with stakeholders and an understanding of the voice of the customer.
• Elaborate technical requirements into traceable sub-system specifications and clarity of ownership.
• Lead the risk management process for projects including use of tools such as DFMEA, progress reporting, design reviews, and validation.
• Apply a strong analytical approach to the design process in areas such as tolerances (mechanical and electrical), structural, thermal, and system performance.
• Apply a system approach to machine parameters, sensors, actuators, and control algorithms.
• Collaborate with the Compliance team to ensure that products are safe and that they meet regulatory requirements.
• Provide clear technical goals for all areas of projects and develop steps to oversee their timely execution.
• Work alongside Project Management teams to successfully monitor progress and implementation of initiatives.
• Work with testing competencies in the planning, implementation and monitoring of reliability and verification testing to ensure that product specifications are satisfied, with follow up guidance of corrective action via defect triage and tracking.
• Provide leadership among the development teams to optimize tradeoffs 
• Deal with work process, optimization methods, and risk management tools in the given projects as needed for successful accomplishment, according to the requirements of the stakeholders.
• Work alongside corporate engineering leaders to develop and maintain processes such as documentation standards, design review approaches, change management, etc.
• Conduct cost saving and product modification/improvement studies

With this in mind, we are seeking a senior engineering leader with extensive experience in industrial product development and manufacturing, preferably additive manufacturing.  The Chief Engineer will lead through the progression of product definition, specification, development, verification, test, and quality assurance for transition into mass production. You would be working alongside an international team of Engineers and Scientists to help realize next generation 3D printers and to fundamentally change the way the world approaches part creation.

Qualifications and Experience:

• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, System Engineering or other relevant technical major, MS or PhD preferred.
• Deep knowledge in one of the core competencies of ME, EE, SW, Printer Development, working knowledge in the others.  Some meaningful experience at the intersection of SW and HW is necessary.
• 15 years of successful technical execution of analogous systems
• 5 years of technical leadership experience, preferably as a lead engineer on complex projects. 
• Leadership acumen for smoothly building and maintaining a captive team while influencing and leading across the surrounding organization.
• Experience in bringing analogous industrial products through the complete lifecycle from product brief to mass production and transfer to sustaining engineering.
• Deep involvement in defining and performing engineering analyses, testing and reliability studies as required during the product design and verification cycle.
• A Six Sigma toolkit would be helpful for evidence-driven decision making.
• Experience in designing for manufacturability and cost at various volume points.
• Familiarity with industrial electronics, sensors, test equipment and automation.
• Experience with electro-mechanical systems where small dimensional increments (sub 100um) matter, a lot.
• Excellent technical documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to rapidly acquire knowledge in new areas.