Sr. Project Engineer

The Senior Project Engineer will lead the development of innovative products across our highly regulated Juvenile industry. This role involves overseeing the entire product lifecycle, from conception through production, ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of quality and innovation. As a senior member of our Product Development team, you will provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and drive strategic initiatives to enhance our product offerings.

This position is a work from home/hybrid arrangement with a minimum of 3 days a week in the Foxboro, MA office.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the identification of new ideas, products, and features that improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs, and keep our product line at the forefront of our industry.
• Strategize and oversee the conceptualization of new ideas and technologies for our next generation of products.
• Define and maintain product requirements and verification plans to meet regulatory and internal standards.
• Evaluate and test product prototypes or CAD for concept feasibility, user needs, and regulatory concerns.
• Assess product samples for strength, stability, safety, usability, etc.
• Identify system-level interactions and potential failure modes.
• Review test reports for accuracy and completeness to design verification plans.
• Communicate ideas quickly and effectively using a combination of sketching, CAD layouts, 3D models, and working prototypes.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing and Industrial Design teams to ensure a cohesive approach to the design of our products.
• Drive and manage outsourced product development with global teams.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Manage project timelines and resources to ensure timely and successful product launches.
• Aid in the development and maintains Dorel Regulatory and Safety Warnings and Product Protocols internally and at third-party testing labs.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews to identify gaps in product requirements for product safety and reliability.
• Create requirements as a result of analyzing and interpreting related product testing data from various sources including our Asia Sourcing Organization, CPSC , NEISS Database, online reviews, etc.
• Learn industry regulations and standards for various product lines and become familiar with industry-standard materials and manufacturing processes.
• Ensure regulatory and internal risk reduction requirements are created and communicated for new products and support other functions such as Marketing, Product Development, Sales, Customer Care, and Legal.
• Define wording and location of product warnings on Products, Packaging, and Instruction Manuals.
• Work collaboratively with the product development team in Asia to ensure that needed product testing and requirements are executed and maintained in accordance with business timelines.
• Communicate technical requirements to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Drive solutions which ensure compliance with consumer product regulations.
• Identify, develop, and maintain key metrics to evaluate performance and build implementation plans to confirm our performance and compliance against the program.

Education, Experience & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering discipline; preferably Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience within a mechanical engineering environment, preferably with consumer goods, home appliances, automotive industry, material & metals industries.
• Leadership skills and experience managing engineering projects and teams.
• Desirable to have manufacturing experience, injection mold plastic, experience in a regulated industry (i.e., ASTM, ISO, IEC).
• Understanding of common manufacturing methods such as injection molding, machining, and sheet metal.
• Experience writing design and product requirements and test methods.
• Previous experience performing risk analyses (User Risk and/or FMEA).
• Advanced knowledge of 6 Sigma (application of DOE, COV, Variability charts, etc.)
• CAD knowledge, preferably SolidWorks.