Senior Principal Engineer
Pride Sports•Haddam, CT
•$180,000 - $200,000•Onsite
About The Position
The Senior Principal Engineer serves as the company’s highest-level technical authority and innovation leader. This role is responsible for identifying, evaluating, de-risking, and advancing new product concepts, technologies, and engineering solutions while mentoring engineering teams and establishing engineering standards across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
- 15+ years of experience designing and engineering consumer durable products from concept through production.
- Demonstrated success developing innovative consumer products and translating concepts into commercially successful products.
- Experience with product validation, manufacturing processes, and supplier development.
- Experience implementing or managing PLM, PDM, ECO, or similar engineering systems.
- Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction without direct authority.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of early-stage product concepts, technologies, and future product platforms.
- Transform back-of-the-napkin ideas into tangible prototypes, proof-of-concept models, and technical demonstrations.
- Rapidly evaluate technical feasibility, identify risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
- Identify and develop patentable innovations and proprietary technologies.
- Support executive and board-level reviews through prototypes and technical storytelling.
- Serve as the senior technical authority across product categories and engineering disciplines.
- Mentor engineering teams and foster a culture of innovation and technical excellence.
- Establish engineering standards, drawing standards, and technical governance processes.
- Lead implementation of PLM, PDM, ECO, and engineering documentation systems.
- Establish testing methodologies and validation standards.
- Lead root-cause investigations and failure-analysis activities.
- Support supplier development, manufacturing readiness reviews, and production problem-solving.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
