Job Opening:Senior New Products Engineer, Lexington, MA
Senior New Products Engineer
In this position, you will deliver advanced application and process engineering expertise to a rapidly expanding direct-to-customer manufacturing process. The selected candidate will be responsible for leading the design, development, and deployment of new product launch initiatives from application and process design through final implementation, ramp-up and transfer to manufacturing operations at each of our production facilities.
The Senior New Products Engineer will interact closely with the process and facilities in each of the manufacturing facilities by identifying equipment, defining process workflows, and calculating capacity & labor requirements. The successful candidate will also proactively communicate with internal software teams, marketing and finance departments, and be an integral member of the manufacturing engineering peer review team. This position reports to the Manager of New Products Engineering and is located in Lexington, MA.
Responsibilities
Working closely with project managers, marketing product managers, and process engineers, lead manufacturing product development teams to conceptualize, define, design, test and implement solutions to support new product launches
Analyze product specifications, engineer appropriate applications to manufacture the products at a highly competitive cost advantage, develop functional proof of concepts tests or pilots and pilots
Document the conceptual and final engineering design process through implementation and post roll-out monitoring to ensure that all issues are driven to closure through root cause analysis
Provide junior manufacturing engineer mentorship by promoting engineering knowledge transfer
Support new product process in both manufacturing facilities: Windsor, ON, Canada and Venlo, The Netherlands
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering; advanced degree preferred
8+ years’ high volume manufacturing or experience
Demonstrated self-starter capable of excelling in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
Successful new process roll-outs in a manufacturing facility, providing reduced cost of goods sold, capacity improvement, and/or innovative methodology
Demonstrated fundamental engineering knowledge
Working knowledge of lean manufacturing philosophy
Ability to communicate ideas/solutions using well organized, comprehensive written reports, group presentations, and one-on-one interactions
Experience in and desire to work in cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives
Expert level skills in AutoCAD, MS Office
Ability to travel 30%
A global company, VistaPrint employs more than 900 people and operates 18 localized web sites serving over 120 countries. We invite you to learn more about the outstanding technology opportunities at VistaPrint. See the technology you develop put to use as it builds a new industry. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer
For more information, contact:
Will Pallis
Recruiter/Technology
781-652-6149
Visit www.vistaprint.com/careers to apply
