Product Development Engineer - Golf

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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  Work with Product line manager, external vendors, and internal resources to define and develop products for a successful and timely release.
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  Work with Product line manager to define product and features.
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  Create detailed specifications for product
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  Define feature and function operation
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  Work with external vendors through the development cycle to address issues, provide direction and clarity, and to assure schedule adherence.
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  Provide project management for the project.  Build project schedule, Track progress to schedule, project schedule variations, and work to correct schedule variations.  Communicate to team and overall organization schedule status.
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  Develop test plans to verify product is meeting requirements and to validate product meets customer needs.  Execute test plans and confirm successful completion has been achieved prior to product release.
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  Define regulatory requirements for the project.  Work with vendors to confirm regulatory testing has been successfully completed.  Confirm necessary regulatory information is appropriately place on product and packaging.
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  Maintain development issues list.  Prioritize issues and communicate issues to vendors and internal organization.  Work with vendors to resolve issue.  Track issue metrics as a confirmation of schedule progress.
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  Provides documentation and procedures on development products for Quality.
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  Define release readiness requirements.  Track and communicate release readiness status to organization.
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  Provides sustaining support for products in the market.  Works with internal and external resources to monitor field quality and quickly resolve issues.
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  Works with team for competitive product assessment.
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  Maintains Technology Roadmap.  Creates list of concept technologies and features.  Works to ready concept items so that they are available when slated project starts.

QUALIFICATIONS:

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  8+ years of experience in technical capacity in product development, preferably with Consumer technology / electronics, consumer sporting goods.  
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  4 year Technical degree with Electrical, Mechanical, or system Engineering degree preferred.
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  Good understanding of electrical, mechanical, and software development process. 
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  Experience with software development and App development preferred.
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  Experience with Bluetooth development preferred.
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  Experience in Optics product development preferred.
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  Experience in working with oversees vendors.
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  Team player, with good ability to work independently and take leadership roles. Demonstrated ability to work within high functioning cross-functional teams.
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  Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is a way of life.
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  Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills, to back up assumptions and develop business cases.
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  Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to help your team win.
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  Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding the product, our business, and the competitive landscape.
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  Proactive, solutions-orientation with a history of solving unique, complex problems that have a broad, inter-connected impact on the business.
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  Interest with technology in sporting goods and outdoor products.
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  Good written and oral communications skills.
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  Proficient in Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project) and use of computers.
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  Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
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  Fluent in English.  Multilingual preferred.  Multilingual including Chinese a plus.

Pay Range:$107,500.00 - $168,100.00