Role and Responsibilities
Leads and conducts research on technology trends and standards.
- This role conducts complex high-level technical analysis of customer requirements and creates, evaluates, and develops implementation concepts / approaches to meet customer requirements.
- Conducts complex high-level analysis / evaluation of various technical implementation approaches including internal, and external competitive alternatives.
This role is responsible for identifying performance improvements and enhancements to improve the product's competitive position in the industry, where problems and issues are numerous, typically undefined and where information is difficult to obtain.
- Conducts extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems.
- Applies expertise across several subsystems, or in-depth practical experience of several job areas within a product category, combining theory, past practical experience and organization's development processes.
Has practical experience in technical leadership and management techniques.
Skills and Qualifications
Knowledge/expertise/experience
- 6+ years of directly related experience in R&D or Advanced R&D research relating to Home Appliances. Prior experience in R&D, Cost/Quality improvement, Safety or Advanced Development is preferred.
- Must be able to write, read, analyze, interpret and provide critical review of highly technical engineering research reports/ papers and prepare research reports for internal and external communication.
- Must have experience with engineering analysis, experimental techniques and statistical analysis Methods and MS office for reports and presentations
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to interact with all levels within the company and frequent external contacts, including universities, government agencies and start up technology companies.
- Should have ability to Plan, organize and prioritize multiple and simultaneous projects.
- Ability to communicate in writing, through email, reports, orally and formal presentations, highly complex technical matters to an audience of equal technically oriented listeners.
- Ability to lead and direct the activities of lab engineers to achieve product and systems technical performance within established time frames and specifications.
Education (include higher education, certifications, and whether required and/or preferred)
- Degree in engineering with specialized knowledge of experimental design, risk modeling, project management, and new product development in Home Appliance product / subsystems is desired. Master’s degree preferred.