Director Of Mechanical Engineering And Chief New Product Architect - Product Development
Norwalk, Connecticut, Us
Responsible for setting design direction, leading technical architecture development, and coordinating delivery with manufacturing and global procurement of all-new color printer and multi-function products, from the initial marketing requirements to production. Holder of nine patents focused on improving product performance, reducing cost and usability improvements. Proficient in high volume product design, build, supply, service, and working with suppliers in Asia. Managed a team of 60+ cross-functional managers, engineers, technicians, and contractors thru the product development process. Facilitated and oversaw design work with other product development resources in NY, Toronto & London. Worked closely with product marketing in defining product cost and features, manufacturing, and service. Ensured technology readiness for product implementation through NASA's TRL process. Provided business case cost estimates for the product, resources, prototypes, and capital tooling, totaling $10M. Allocated module-level cost targets based on a best-of-breed analysis to ensure product competitiveness. Orchestrated significant process improvements and tools to manage design and production costs. Developed schedules for prototype builds and hard tooling that optimize design robustness and time-to-market. Established design maturity expectations by engineering milestones to ensure a robust design process. Mentor, encourage teamwork, encourage educated risk-taking, and inspire engineers to create novel designs. Lead many cross-functional design reviews to analyze data, CAD models, drawings, testing, and robustness to performance, schedule, and cost goals. Drove optimization of product requirements and objectives in conjunction with marketing, for performance, cost, schedule, space, energy, and reliability at a system and modular level. Was a member of the company's technical advisory panel that rates the patentability of invention disclosures.
