About WhiteCrow

We are global talent research, insight, and sourcing specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client’s in-house talent acquisition teams.

About our client

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

As a Mechanical Design Manager, you will be responsible for...

• Building, mentoring and managing a team responsible for smart mechanical design applied to innovative antenna solutions and deliver to market on time with dialed in cost.
• You and your team will directly be owning the design and analysis of mechanical systems and components ensuring compliance with product performance requirements, industry standards and regulations across the lifecycle from initial concept stage to mass production.
• Assessing risk and compliance across areas of accountability.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance mechanical design process, tools and methodologies.
• Managing and enhancing proto shop capability with the help of technicians.
• Facilitating travel to plants or others as needed to support customer issues as well as meet program milestones.
• Mentoring interns and junior engineers to build a robust talent pipeline and help cultivate talent.
• Ensuring concepts re-use best practice technology whenever possible by aligning on the long term product roadmap.
• Providing deep technical guidance and work with external partners as needed to bring up forward looking technology.

What you already have...

• B.S. or M.S(preferred) in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams, including product management, project management, RF/Antenna engineering manufacturing, operations and quality to optimize product design for manufacturability, cost and quality.
• 6+ years of experience in managing or leading a team with proven experience bringing best in class devices/novel antenna solutions to market as well as hiring and growing talent.
• 15+ years of experience in mechanical design and development for various form factors. From ultra compact ear worn wearable devices to high gain antenna panels/batons.
• Solid understanding of product development process. Use the first principles approach to resolve deep technical challenges to unlock innovation.
• Hands on experience with CNC, tooling, molding, stamping, plating, assembly and dies.
• Expert level proficiency in 2D and 3D CAD modelling tools such as CREO/SolidWorks or similar. Hands on experience with simulation tools (FEA) and analysis techniques.
• Crisp communication skills to present to leadership and stakeholders as needed.
• Innovation mindset to further our technology roadmap.
• Demonstrated results in driving efficiency and productivity in an organization.