What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Product Design Engineering position at ITT, Inc.?
Position Summary:
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
REASONING ABILITY
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Manages high performing teams in design activities and contribute directly to the design of new products and the sustaining engineering of existing products.
Essential Responsibilities:
Leadership:
- Technical capability to lead development of new products from concept to production working closely with sales, product and program management
- Develop and assist in making plans to meet specific product objectives.
- Provides proper guidance in the securing new intellectual properties and protecting company secrets and proprietary designs and trade secrets.
- Proven track record in effectively managing technical teams
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to organize the engineering functions to achieve objectives through effective utilization of staff
Operational Performance
- Deliver NPI, NRE and R&D program deliverables on schedule and at or below cost targets.
- Drive performance of the engineering function in accordance with the company’s objectives.
- This includes compliance with the product lifecycle management process, continuous improvement in engineering, and utilization of the engineering KPIs.
Talent Management
- Responsible for building, structuring, leading, assessing and promoting a high performing, compliant technical workforce which exceeds departmental goals and objectives including succession planning
- Development strategy for critical knowledge transfer, rotations, and exposure for all to innovation and full technical life-cycle design and development.
- Responsible for driving a high-performing culture which anticipates and exceeds customer expectations
- Develop resource plans with Human Resources and Technology VP to staff and develop existing personnel.
- Actively involved in people issues, performance management, conflict resolution, career advancement and talent selection.
Other
- Directs and contributes to the design, styling and development of new products and improvements in the current product line.
- Provide professional design guidance and technical direction to design personnel to ensure optimum professional designs, control costs, and maintain original project schedule.
- Has significant involvement in customer facing issues in the sales and product development cycle.
- Manages, and drives cost effective Capital expenditures programs to increase capabilities within the function.
- Drives and models appropriate Safety, Culture and Business behaviors as a member of Management.
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.) from a four-year college or university; five years minimum professional experience, preferably in product design and development. Possesses and applies a broad knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of particular field of specialization to the completion of difficult assignments.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret drawings common scientific and technical journals, professional journals, financial reports and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers. Ability to write reports and plans that conform to a prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply physics to analyze customer applications and design product solution.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
CAD, Solid Works or other 3-D CAD systems experience, three years minimum of product design experience preferred. Must possess strong communication skills. Ability to use Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and other design software to complete design and application analysis, and manage project.
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