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Job Description
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Position: R&D Manager
Department: R&D
Location: Bay Area (San Jose)
The following is not intended to represent an all-inclusive list of job responsibilities, but to outline the ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS of the position.
General Description:
Responsible for primary hiring, on-time performance appraisals, coaching/counseling, employee development and necessary communications to regarding performance issues.
Essential Functions:
·Plans, organizes, staffs, directs and controls the engineering function within appropriate guidelines, policies and regulations.
·Establishes and guides goals and accomplishments of the team/department.
·Responsible for primary hiring, on-time performance appraisals, coaching/counseling, employee development and necessary communications to regarding performance issues.
·Maintains the timeliness of the engineering schedule to insure effective administration of time standard practices.
·Ensures compliance with all regulatory and compliance activities within prescribed area.
·Develops annual budget, status reports and other related communications.
·Operates within budget and organizations guidelines and philosophy by implementing cost reduction programs through value analysis.
·Leads special engineering or related discipline projects/assignments.
·Provides technical expertise to engineers in the area of failure modes, failure analysis, and test requirements.
·Plans and coordinates with other engineering areas to ensure the timely and efficient product production.
·Assist the VP of R&D in overall management of the department as assigned.
·Works as a key member of an interdisciplinary business team to drive business performance.
·Accountable for all record-keeping as appropriate and in accordance with the company's specifications.
·Responsible for both product engineering and new product development.
·Drive and develop increased team engagement over time.
·Understand organizational need to remove under performers and develop the next generation of leaders.
·Talent Exportation.
·Responsible for establishing the budget and strategic directions achieving goals.
·Expected to handle complex or difficult situations as appropriate.
·Signs as the final release authority on engineering drawings and other documentation.
QUALIFICATIONS:
·Undergraduate degree in Engineering or with equivalent schooling in statistics, mech. of materials, fatigue and stress analysis, and calculus. MS/MBA desired.
· At least five (5) years experience working as an engineer on successful product development efforts. At least two (2) years of management responsibility. Specific experience in Marketing, or Quality, and/ or Operations is preferred.
·Must be PC literate.
·Basic skills - Time management, project management, reports and budget, stress management, conflict management, re-engineering, customer service, ISO, Windows, advanced computer, ERP, statistics, manufacturing process, metrology, auditing, mechanical support, blue print reading, financial systems
·Functional skills - Product knowledge, material flow and paperwork.
·FDA and ISO design and process control systems
·Financial systems, HR system, manufacturing systems, organizational structure and design engineering interface.
·Ability to make decisions impacting team members regarding training, coaching/counseling and appropriate follow-up.
·Ability to make decisions in regards to compliance issues, product reliability and analysis of testing methodologies.
·Ability to make decisions impacting team members regarding training, coaching/counseling and appropriate follow-up.
·Ability to make decisions in regards to compliance issues, product reliability and analysis of testing methodologies.
·Job demands include prolonged sitting, may need to stoop, bend and stand as appropriate.
·Requires coordination of hands and/or eye/hand/foot.
·Meets cognitive demands to include visual discrimination/memory, auditory discrimination/memory reading ability, independent decision making and retention of specific knowledge.
·Requires use of safety glasses in designated areas.
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