Job Description – Engineering Manager and Site Lead

OBJECTIVES:

Do you want a career that serves a higher purpose? 

The people at Industrial Scientific are committed to ending death on the job by 2050, and we need your help.  We hire smart, motivated people, give them world-class tools in a supportive environment, and we let them do their job.  In return, our team is highly engaged, creates quality solutions and delivers outstanding customer service.  Our leaders understand the critical elements of breakthrough performance: bringing out the best in people; creating a climate of trust, openness, and high performance; fostering candor; and treating people fairly and with dignity. Industrial Scientific provides the environment, leadership and support that enable our team members to exceed their career expectations consistently.  

The Engineering Manager and Site Lead is a highly skilled engineering professional who leads and directs large-scale engineering projects and releasing activities. This person acts as a hands-on manager to ensure engineering projects are completed successfully and released in the required time frame while maintaining the highest quality standards. This role works with a cross-functional team to design and develop of next generation industrial safety products and solutions and maintain relevancy of the current portfolio of industrial safety products and solutions. This role also serves as the Industrial Scientific site leader, responsible for meeting site responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position is responsible for managing processes and teams to develop detailed design and release configurations throughout the new product development lifecycle. This position will also be involved in the sustaining, VAVE, and quality improvement of ISC legacy products. This position is expected to work closely with various groups to fully assure a properly designed product is released to production and maintaining the mechanical design process documentation. 

The duties may include but are not limited to:

• Define and execute processes and procedures for hardware and system level specifications and requirements
• Define and execute processes and procedures for hardware design and hardware analysis to comply with agency approvals (UL, CSA, ATEX, IEC, MSHA, etc.)
• Responsible for hardware designs meeting manufacturability, reliability, and serviceability requirements
• Lead innovation in hardware designs that meet or exceed performance and quality goals
• Create, update, and maintain hardware development process and procedural documentation
• Enforce, and mature the corporate engineering processes
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers/designers
• Represent Industrial Scientific’s interest regarding site specific requirements and requests
• Lead team to troubleshoot new or legacy products with a data-driven approach
• Lead team to resolve complex product issues through detailed analysis, rapid experimentations, test planning, and novel idea generation
• Travel to customer locations to resolve issues, collect Voice of Customer and visit suppliers to go to Gemba (travel less than 10%)

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED (Non-Negotiable):

• BSE (mechanical or electrical) from an accredited engineering college or university
• Minimum 10 years of experience as a degreed engineer
• Demonstrated progressive experience managing a Hardware Engineering teams
• Experience with design best practices
• Experience in electronics packaging design and manufacturing
• Proficiency in basic computer software such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work independently and in a cross-functional team
• Ability to commit to and work under deadlines
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED (Negotiable):

• MSE (mechanical or electrical) from an accredited engineering college or university
• Understanding of Computer Aided analysis tools – ideally using ANSYS software
• Proficiency in using Windchill PLM, Oracle EBS, and JIRA
• Understanding of AutoCAD
• Experience in statistical analysis
• Experience with Creo, or similar CAD software, as well as demonstrated ability to produce high-quality engineering designs
• Experience in project management
• Experience as a site leader
• Demonstrated understanding of Stage-Gate development process

Industrial Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time, with or without notice.