Engineering Director Toys and Educational Materials On-site
Engineering Director Toys and Educational Materials On-site
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Job Description
We are currently seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our Design Engineering team in the Toys product category. A deep understanding of design engineering is essential as is the ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels. In this role you will ensure best practices and coach your team to deliver productionready designs that meet customer expectations. The position also requires expertise in the principles of plastic part design complex part assembly and GD&T. Applicants should have a minimum of 10 years of design engineering experience with an emphasis on toys or childrens products and plastics. The ideal candidate is a culture builder who cares for the team leads with optimism and demonstrates resilience. The position is onsite at our Carson CA headquarters.
A day on the job looks like this:
- Leading the design engineering team through handson coaching and critique
- Ensuring engineering work is high quality cost effective and on time and meets customer needs
- Developing the engineering team with an emphasis on technical and leadership skills
- Building strong relationships with internal and external partners to ensure all goals are met
- Identifying process opportunities to continuously improve how engineering work is completed
Qualifications :
Got the skills and experience Heres what were looking for:
- Bachelors degree in engineering
- 10 years of design engineering experience with an emphasis on toys or childrens products and plastics
- 5 years of experience leading people and teams with a successful track record of guiding them to deliver their best work
- Expertise in:
- Principles of plastic part design complex part assembly GD&T and material selection
- Plastic part manufacturing (injection and blow molding) decoration and secondary operations (sonic welding assembly etc.
- CAD (SolidWorks) PDM PLM FEA
- Soft goods metal and wood product experience a plus
- Ability to push beyond industry standards and lead your team in the pursuit of near perfection
- Excellent written verbal and presentation skills with the ability to simplify technical information to drive decisionmaking
- Good understanding of quality process and testing in design engineering work
- Experience applying voice of the customer and end use in design engineering work
- Ability to build relationships and collaborate with crossfunctional partners to achieve the collective mission
- Active involvement in the Engineering teams work at a detailed level helping the team and partners when needed
- Ability to drive engineering processes and influence overall product development processes
- English speaking required
Additional Information :
And heres our end of the bargain!
- Salary: $141500$198000 and bonus eligible
- Paid leave for new parents to support work/life balance and family bonding
- Excellent medical/dental and vision coverageEPO PPO and HSA
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution (because you will retire someday)
- Flexible benefitschoose what you like ignore the rest
- Onsite preschool for our employees children
- Onsite employee gym for all levels/fitness needs
- Generous employee discount
- Casual dressand we really mean it
At Lakeshore we know our diversity makes us stronger and when everyone feels included and valued we all win. We strive to embrace our differences and create an intentionally diverse and inclusive community that is representative of the teachers families and children we serve.
We know we couldnt do the extraordinary things were doing without the people on our team. Thanks to the passion and enthusiasm of this spectacular group Lakeshore is more than a great place to workits a great experience to be part of. Day in and day out we give everything weve got to create products that instill a sense of wonder and foster a true love of learning. To help maintain this high bar for success were constantly on the lookout for people to join us. So if youre a downtoearth professional who shares our desire for making a difference wed love to hear from you.
To learn more about Lakeshore visitwww.lakeshorelearning/careers
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
People are selected to become members of the Lakeshore family based on skill merit and mindboggling talentnot based on race color creed sexual orientation gender or gender identity marital status domestic partnership status military status religion age national origin ancestry alienage AIDS or AIDSrelated complex status genetic information predisposition or carrier status status as a victim of domestic violence physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If things arent equal we all lose.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
