Sr. Specialist, Project Engineering,  - NPI

Reference #: 18083

Waterdown, Ontario

Tasks to be Accomplished

• Lead a cross functional team consisting of functional leads from Design Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Customer Service, ILS, Tech Pubs, PMO and Sales & Marketing through all phases of new product introduction
• Ensure compliance to New Product Introduction (NPI) Phase Review Guideline
• Coordinate all project activities amongst cross- functional team members to ensure schedule, budget, and quality adherence to agreed upon NPI project milestones per the NPI SOW 
  • Generate NRE estimates for new product developments
  • Generate and maintain a fully integrated NPI project schedule
  • Maintain labour and non-labour forecasts for the NPI project
  • Work with managers to secure and maintain resources for execution of project tasks
  • Manage external contractors working on the project    
  • Manage project risks to minimize adverse impacts    
  • Oversee design compliance and verification to product requirements    
  • Coordinate the resolution of all non-conformances
• Coordinate the generation of and review all project/product documentation such as specifications, work statements, presentation & review material, reliability & quality reports design documentation, technical publications and verification plans/reports
• Organize and chair design reviews, project stage gate reviews and weekly project team meetings.
• Present project status to Senior Management at the monthly meetings
• Coordinate the build and troubleshooting of early production builds (alpha & beta units)  
  • Support daily Operation meetings   
  • Work with demand manager to ensure initial customer delivery dates can be achieved
  • Provide support to Program Management for initial low rate customer production 
• Coordinate engineering change requests and orders through the NPI stage
• Manage the transition of the new product into full production
• Support Sales & Marketing, Bids & Proposals, ILS and Tech Pubs by providing technical and cost information on new products
• Be accountable to the Engineering Product Manager 

Skills Required

• Extensive knowledge of new product development processes       
• Strong leadership, planning, organizational, analytical, and decision making skills 
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to handle multiple tasks and effectively balance priorities       
• Ability to communicate project related and technical details clearly and concisely, both orally and in written form       
• Ability to deal directly with internal and external customers       
• Able to generate and update product development schedules using Microsoft Project       
• Able to generate and present technical project reviews using Microsoft PowerPoint
• Able to generate project reports and analysis using Microsoft Word and Excel       
• Knowledge of Risk Management techniques       
• Familiarity with AS9100, Lean principles, Six Sigma       
• Basic knowledge of the following:
  • Design of products to be used on aircraft, maritime or ground vehicles  
  • Verification testing to military and aerospace standards  
  • IR and EO sensor technology and optical design principles 
  • Laser illuminators, rangefinders, and designators  
  • Digital and analog video standards  
  • Control system design  
  • Mechanical design including packaging, vibration isolation and thermal management  
  • Shielding, bonding, grounding and impedance matching principles  
  • Servos, gyros, microprocessors, FPGAs, DC power distribution  
  • Opto-mechanical design, electronic circuit card design, VHDL design, embedded software development 

Experience & Education Requirements

• Bachelor Degree & minimum 6 years’ project management/engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, or
• Graduate degree and minimum 4 years’ experience, or
• In lieu of a degree, 10 years’ related experience
• Engineering degree & experience in aerospace industry preferred
• PMP certification is an asset
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary product development project teams