NPD Team Lead

Crane Company • Cincinnati, OH

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The NPD Team Lead at Xomox PFT Corp. in Cincinnati, Ohio, leads technical product design and global new product development (NPD) 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 concepts, oversees product handoffs and sustainment with site engineering and operations, manages company intellectual property, and supports commercial needs. The position also advances NPD performance and innovation through status reporting, continuous improvement using proprietary tools, and leadership of engineering test labs and agile prototyping. This is an onsite role five days a week.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Industrial Operations Research, or a related field, along with four years of experience designing and developing highly engineered products. Required experience includes manufacturing processes, GD&T, DFMEA, DFM, project management, cross-functional collaboration, 3D parametric modeling, and MRP/ERP software. Applicants must also have developed and conducted rigorous testing plans, accelerated lifecycle and reliability testing, and validations for at least five products. Work experience may be gained concurrently.

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, and conventional and advanced machining practices.
• Four years of experience practicing 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

• Lead technical product design and global NPD initiatives.
• Transform customer insights into value propositions and manage project funnels using the NPD process.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between offshore design and site teams to industrialize concepts.
• Oversee product handoffs and sustainment in coordination 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.

What This Job Offers

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