Electromechanical Design Manager

Schneider Electric•Cedar Rapids, IA

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Designer Team Manager, you develop and lead technical teams to drive innovation and operational excellence. You manage competencies, foster collaboration, and ensure the efficient execution of technical strategies. You oversee resources, processes, and methodologies to enhance delivery and promote continuous improvement. You serve as the technical single point of contact for design or program teams throughout the product lifecycle. You stay ahead of emerging technologies, facilitate knowledge sharing, and align technical initiatives with business needs while supporting long-term growth. Your mission is to guide and optimize technical operations, ensuring the successful implementation of technical strategies while fostering a culture of innovation and expertise. Your impact is felt through improved team performance, enhanced technical capabilities, and the successful delivery of high-quality technical solutions that meet organizational objectives. You focus on managing and implementing operational objectives within your area of responsibility, dedicating most of your time to planning, prioritizing, and directing the work of others. You guide the daily operations and activities of employees within your department, conducting performance reviews for direct reports. You make independent day-to-day tactical decisions to accomplish defined results while adhering to approved budgets, policies, and procedures. You exercise independent judgment within defined policies and procedures to solve issues, address non-routine problems, and proactively troubleshoot escalated matters.

Requirements

BS or equivalent expertise in electromechanical design in electrical distribution products.
+10 years of relevant experience in electromechanical design.
Expert in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).
Advance experience in 3D CAD Modeling (Creo).
Intermediate experience in Product Testing and Evaluation Methods (UL/ CSA/NOM/ IEC/ CCC/ ANSI).
Product design experience is highly recommended (LVE, MCCB and ACB).
Knowledge of first principles of Physics and Engineering Practice.
Advance knowledge with metal stamping, thermoset and thermoplastic molding processes.
Advance knowledge with Design for Manufacturability and Design for Assembly techniques.
Travel required ~15% - Travel to NAM GSC Manufacturing Plants (USA and Mexico).
Knowledge of prototyping and testing methods
Teamwork and team leader abilities.
Interpersonal skills (ability to interact with other functions, North America and overseas).
Proven ability to work successfully in a multicultural virtual environment across various functions (design engineering, purchasing, quality, marketing, finance, manufacturing operations and others).
Proven ability to influence and convince through negotiation.
Motivated self-starter, able to work in parallel on multiple projects.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Coaching and mentoring.
Basic project execution experience.
Time and priority management

Nice To Haves

AGILE Methodology knowledge and experience is a plus.
Knowledge of CAE (Ex, Structural, Thermal, Kinematics, etc) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Support LoB (MCB, MCCB, ACB, SPDs and LoMa offers) and Global Supply Change Manufacturing Plants in North America (production line support).
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring on-time and quality delivery.
Allocate resources effectively and balance workloads across the team.
Supervised the creation, modifications & validation bills of materials and CAD drawings of parts and sub-assemblies in accordance with technical specifications, customer expectations and supply chain constraints.
Supervise / executes assigned product designs changes - drawings and BOMs (bill of materials) according to technical specifications using dedicated tools (software, database, 2D and 3D CAD system).
Support new product development projects, product evolution projects, QVEs, continuous engineering and TEX.
Conduct design reviews and provide constructive feedback.
Coordinates project scheduling and planning for the designers’ team.
Supervise and design offers technical specifications to meet customer values expectations and quality goals with respect to supply chains constraints.
Establish design processes, workflows, and best practices within the Team scope.
Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, scrum masters, product owners, OQLs, Methods engineers and Industrialization).
Participate in the creation and of Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis (xFMEA) documents to reflect product design changes.
Provide mentoring, instructions/assistance to other Designers and entry level engineers or functions.