Manager of Product Engineering

Keytronic is a team-based, supportive environment where everyone is able to feel encouraged and supported. We provide opportunities for growth through seminars, certifications, on-the-job training, and career advancement. Our team and employees are proud of our product diversity and team environment. We are an international company where you will do something different every day in our fast-paced work environment, but we are always finding ways to create something new and be innovative

We encourage you to apply for this position if you enjoy being challenged, working in a dynamic work setting, and being a part of a team that creates products that drive our world, while providing an innovative workplace with deep camaraderie, compelling product diversity, and resources to build your career.

Keytronic provides competitive salaries and benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation, Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement, and 401K. We also have a company provided wellness program because we care about the wellbeing of our employees inside and outside of the workplace. We organize volunteer opportunities, company activities, and all-employee meetings to show we value our employees and the community around us!

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for managing all activities and duties of the product engineering department. Distributes workload, establishes goals, and monitors employees performance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Manages the daily work and progress of the Product Engineering department, serves as the product engineering expert, and will work as product engineer on some customer products.
• Responsible for monitoring Product Engineers work including customers Bills of Materials, approves vendor lists, product specifications, and special requirements into the Keytronic MRP.
• Oversees all product changes requests for customer and Keytronic, and documents changes in MRP.
• Overseeing engineering process change control, maintaining RoHS, ROHS2 and Reach certification documentation for all RoHS required piece parts.
• Provide support to program management and sales in solving product performance and product structure issues. Answers technical questions from the customer.
• Provides leadership, direction, and support to the department, and responsible for adhering to all Corporate Policies and Procedures.
• Manages department staffing in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws. This includes staff forecasting, interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Ensures compliance and provides an environment that supports our Corporate Affirmative Action Plan and Equal Employment Opportunity laws.
• Tracks and manages the minimization of stranded materials and inventory due to engineering changes to the product structure.
• Process ownership: demonstrated leadership in the assigned group of processes.
• Engineering project management: develops and leads a continuous improvement engineering project.
• Manage schedule, budget and specifics on a major engineering project.
• Training: supports the development of product engineers (remote sites).

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Interface with customers as required and all other departments in the US sites, Mecixo, China, and Vietnam.
• Attends meetings as needed to support organization activity.
• Interfaces with customers as required.
• Performs other duties, as assigned, to achieve corporate and departmental objectives that are outside of normal job duties.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Five years of experience in product engineering management or related engineering management.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations: frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to use 2d and 3d cad modeling software for the review of product design, manufacturing process, documentation and quotation proposals.
• Ability to read, interpret and verify electronic circuits and schematics including demonstrated knowledge of firmware, software, test control systems control, including their verification validation and development cycles.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, with the ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously in a timely manner in a fast-paced environment.
• Sound written and oral communication skills; must be able to write and understand routine reports, follow oral and written instructions, and speak effectively.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to relate to and work with diverse groups of people.
• Must have knowledge of use and operation of standard office equipment and be familiar with commonly used email, Internet, word processing, databases and spreadsheets.
• Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations and materials. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in Engineering.
• Eight years experience in product engineering management or related engineering management.
• Experience in Contract Manufacturing and EMS industry desired with an emphasis in supporting an offshore manufacturing facility.
• Ability to read, write, and speak Spanish, Vietnamese, and/or Chinese.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects, talk, hear, and see. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or reach with hands and arms.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The environment is fast-paced; time pressured, and requires accuracy. The employee will regularly multi-task between projects, be required to move throughout the office building, and effectively communicate. The normal environment is quiet and typical of an open cubical setting with some areas that may be louder at times.