System Engineer - Hardware

System Engineer – Hardware

10+ years of NPI hardware engineering and leadership experience
Design engineering, New Product Introduction, and manufacturing experience with rack-mounted data center or enterprise equipment
Experience working with multiple engineering disciplines including electrical, mechanical, software, diagnostics, test, and manufacturing engineering team members
Exceptional project management skills
Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills
Significant working knowledge of hardware development
Proven track record of managing hardware projects and delivering on time
Demonstrated ability to take initiative, define, document, implement new processes
Experience interfacing with product management, internal cross-functional engineering teams, and contract manufacturing (CM’s) partners
Ability to listen and simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences, and prepare summaries for executives and stakeholders
Education: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial engineering or equivalent experience.

Lead hardware product development efforts from concept through release to volume production
Approximately 75% of your time will be focused on the New Product Introduction (NPI) process, while the remaining 25% will support Manufacturing
Creating statement of work (SoW) documents for complex technical programs
Interface with key customers and strategic partners to develop program plans including negotiating schedules, milestone deliverables, prototype allocations, and feature set
Lead a cross-functional team from HW, SW, Central, and Diagnostic engineering, manufacturing, product management, ODM/JDM partners, and customer support to deliver outstanding products to the market
Prepare and present weekly program status updates to Director/Senior VP level audiences through the course of the program
Responsible for tracking and reporting on the overall state of your programs, as well as identifying and solving any concerns prior to them causing impact
Create a master schedule that captures and inter-connects the key cross-functional deliverables as defined by the product development lifecycle and ensure the team delivers
Drive and lead development milestone checkpoints
Drive, coordinate, and monitor engineering programs including scheduling, planning, product and project cost analysis, early access, & first customer shipment
Drive cross-functional issue resolution ensuring issues are identified, owned and resolved. Ensure issues are escalated to the appropriate functional leaders.