NPD Team Lead

Crane Company • Cincinnati, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The NPD Team Lead at Xomox PFT Corp. in Cincinnati, Ohio leads technical product design and global new product development initiatives. The role transforms customer insights into value propositions and manages project funnels using the NPD process. It drives collaboration between offshore design and site teams to industrialize product concepts, and oversees product handoffs and sustainment in coordination with site engineering and operations. The position also manages company intellectual property, supports commercial needs, advances NPD performance through status reporting and continuous improvement using proprietary tools, and leads engineering test labs and agile prototyping.

This description indicates the general nature and level of work for the classification and is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Industrial Operations Research, or a related field.
• Four years of experience performing design and development of highly engineered products.
• Four years of experience applying knowledge of manufacturing processes, including castings, forgings, conventional and advanced machining practices.
• Four years of experience with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, Design Failure Modes Effects Analysis, and Design for Manufacturability.
• Two years of experience managing product development projects using project management best practices.
• Two years of experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Two years of experience using Creo or similar 3D parametric modeling tools to create engineering drawings, bills of materials, process flows, and Finite Element Analysis.
• Two years of experience using Materials Requirements Planning or Enterprise Resource Planning software.
• Experience developing and conducting rigorous testing plans, accelerated lifecycle and reliability testing, and validations for at least five products.
• Work experience may be gained concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Transform customer insights into value propositions and manage project funnels using the NPD process.
• Lead technical product design and global NPD initiatives.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between offshore design and site teams to industrialize concepts.
• Oversee product handoffs and sustainment, coordinating with site engineering and operations teams.
• Manage company intellectual property and support commercial needs.
• Advance NPD performance and innovation through status reporting and continuous improvement using proprietary tools.
• Lead engineering test labs and agile prototyping.
• Develop and conduct rigorous testing plans, accelerated lifecycle and reliability testing, and validations for products.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level