Sr. Product Design Engineer

Responsibilities:
• Originate novel concepts and technologies for our next generation of products.
• Define elegant but robust solutions to satisfy the products functional requirements.
• Work with our U.S. Product Development and Product Marketing teams to ensure a cohesive approach to the design of our products.
• Communicate ideas quickly and effectively using a combination of sketching, CAD layouts, 3D models and working prototypes to evaluate potential solutions.
• Inject energy, enthusiasm and creativity into everything you touch.
• Be able to vigorously defend the best ideas but be open and receptive to input from a broad creative team.
• Apply sound engineering principles to technical problems.
• Apply a comprehensive understanding of high-volume manufacturing processes and materials to optimize designs.
• Confidence in managing external providers of technology solution to reduce our time to market.
• Develop and execute verification and validation test plans.
• Understand the importance of clear product definition during the design process but be able to appreciate the spark of inspiration.
• Be naturally curious and relentlessly driven to find better solutions to everyday problems.
• Demonstrate integrity and courage in the way you work; breaking the mold is not easy.
• Stay abreast of the latest relevant technologies and products and be able to anticipate what we should do next.
• Continually evaluate and improve designs for cost effectiveness, manufacturing improvements, increased quality and value.
• Identify new ideas, products and/or features that improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs and keep our product line at the forefront of our industry.
• Attributes and Skills:
• Communicate effectively and professionally with co-workers and encourage their efforts.
• Promote personal and group interaction with our products, our teams, and our customers to gain a real understanding of needs.
• Work seamlessly with our U.S. and China based Product Development teams to ensure that great ideas make it through to production.
• A natural and effective communicator, capable of reducing abstract concepts to reality.
• Able to quickly generate visual and physical definitions of new products that convey key attributes of function and layout
• Self-motivated and obsessed with details
• A good understanding of basic physical principles/p