Senior Product Development Engineer, Commodities

NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND•Alexandria, VA

57d•$74,542 - $112,730•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Product Development Engineer, Commodities leads the technical assessment and costing analysis as part of the new product development team. Supports Product Managers and the Business Development team throughout new product development efforts; primary responsibility is to drive the timely and accurate development of Product Development Plans (PDP). Provides informed manufacturing, technical and cost assistance to NIB associated agencies and NIB staff. Provides supplemental support to Product Management and Business Development team efforts as assigned.

Requirements

The incumbent should have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or associated field from an accredited university or college; or, if non-degreed, at least eight years in related responsible positions is required. An equivalent combination of education and experience is also acceptable.
Strong people skills
Product cost analysis
Highly detailed, organized, and analytic
Project Development/Management knowledge
Experience and knowledge of current manufacturing processes and techniques
Accountability
Communication Skills
Ethics / Integrity
Customer Care
Job Knowledge/ Technical Skills
Process Improvement
Eight or more years’ experience in related field, with emphasis on the following categories: New product development. Process design and start up.
Engineering and Project Management.
Resource allocation, budgeting.
Equipment, facility, and materials management
Government procedures and regulations.
Cost analysis

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in working with people who are blind is desirable.

Responsibilities

Communicates in a timely and effective manner regarding all assigned projects, reviews and comments on government specifications, commercial item descriptions, and other appropriate documents.
Participates in and contributes to performance goals of assigned team. Coordinates and completes assignments and duties as required to reach annual NIB/team goals.
Coordinates with other members of Engineering Team if needed in developing methods to improve agency operations for items on the Procurement List.
Provides written reports, which will include trip reports, reviews and comments on government specifications, commercial item descriptions, and other appropriate documents.
Work development engineering projects in business lines other than commodities as assigned.
Performs Engineer Capability Reviews on associated agencies as assigned.
Participates in other NIB projects such as RFA and CPI.
Lead Technical Assessment & Review for Commodity Product Development
Serve on commodity development project teams as lead engineer for new products.
Participates in project status meetings with all project team members (including NPA) to manage the progress of the project and ensure that milestones are met.
Responsible for the development and performs technical review of the Project Development Plans (PDP) created with the non-profit agencies; resulting in timely, complete and accurate PDPs for project completion and submission to customer and AbilityOne Commission.
Train and provide additional assistance to agency personnel, as required, on the PDP development process, including group training on PDP Cost and PDP Sum documents as assigned.
Provide NIB Product Management and AbilityOne Development teams with frequent status updates regarding in-process and completed PDPs.
Provide support to agency staff in preparation for Pre-Award survey by a government survey team.
Provide Technical Expertise
Provide technical assistance and engineering support to associated agencies for new and existing products.
Support agency and NIB staff through ad hoc research in support of specific projects or broader topics; most often resulting in documented summary and recommendations.
As needed, assist in project start-up initiatives after project has been placed on the procurement list.
Evaluate requests for assignment (RFA) and provide recommendations to Product Managers/AbilityOne Development regarding capacities and capabilities of associated agencies.
Facilitate communications with other NIB engineers and staff; ensure and participate in cross-training and awareness.