Purpose of Role:
We are looking for a creative and ambitious individual who is committed in being part of our engineering workforce for the future.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate product requirements and carry out feasibility study.
- Evaluate product development schedule and lead progress through tool start to production
- Issue product specifications, product & tool BOM.
- Provide cost-feature trade-off directions and determine tooling optimization
- Manage model makers to develop engineering prototypes and tool makers to build tools
- Propose mechanical designs and electronic solutions
- Liaise with multi-disciplinary team members, global colleagues, inland or overseas vendors
- Evaluate engineering pilot samples and provide modification directions
- On-site review on initial production line setup for inland or overseas manufacturing vendors
Years of Experience Required
- Minimum 4 years of work experience in product engineering, ideally in toy and entertainment industry, is preferable.
- A solid individual contributor in his/her professional field
Technical Skills Requirement
- Bachelor's degree in Mechatronic/Mechanical Engineering
- Knowledge of toy regulations and standards
- Basic skills in tool building & toy manufacturing processes
- Basic in CAD/CAE (Pro/E, Solidworks)
- Basic in mechanism design
- Basic in design for manufacturing and automation
- Basic skills in tool building & toy manufacturing processes
- Basic in CAD/CAE (ZBrush, FreeForm, Pro/E, Solidworks)
- Motorized mechanism design (Selection of motor, gear trains, clutch, linkage, choice of materials)
- Software and hardware solutions (Experience in IR/RF/BLE/App/Audio/Optics/Motor Control Systems)
- Design for manufacturing and automation
- Product and tooling cost estimation
- Excellent command of English, Mandarin is plus
Soft Skills Requirements
- He/she will be an important part of driving the success of the team's daily operation
- Occasionally, he/she will be required to make operational decisions to ensure daily operation is efficient and effective
- Fast learner with a passion for continuous learning and expanding his/her technical skills is essential
- Strong teamwork capability, be able to cooperate with colleagues from different background, department and levels
- Showing potential or ideally some relevant experience in coaching others, e.g. leading best practice, acting as escalation point, sharing experience and information
- Respects the process and company's practices while not afraid to challenge the status quo
- Showing potential or ideally some relevant experience in leading and managing a project
- Excellent partnership and communication skills, ability to work in a fast-evolving environment
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills
- Innovative, passionate, initiative and adaptive
Department Product Development
Office Location Vietnam Haiphong