Giro Sport Design ยท 2 months ago
Sr. Product Development Engineer
San Diego, CA - Foresight Sports
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $140K/yr
8+ years expGiro Sport Design is a company focused on innovation in sporting goods, and they are seeking a Sr. Product Development Engineer to drive product development projects. The role involves collaborating with product line managers and external vendors to define product specifications, manage project timelines, and ensure product readiness for market release.
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Responsibilities
Work with Product line manager, external vendors, and internal resources to define and develop products for a successful and timely release
Work with Product line manager to define product and features
Create detailed specifications for product
Define features and functional operation for product
Work with external vendors through the development cycle to address issues, provide direction and clarity, and to assure schedule adherence
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
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
Define regulatory requirements for the project. Work with vendors to confirm regulatory testing has been successfully completed. Confirm necessary regulatory information is appropriately placed on product and packaging
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
Provides documentation and procedures on development products for Quality
Define release readiness requirements. Track and communicate release readiness status to organization
Provides sustaining support for products in the market. Works with internal and external resources to monitor field quality and quickly resolve issues
Works with team for competitive product assessment
Maintains Technology Roadmap. Creates list of concept technologies and features. Works to ready concept items so that they are available when slated project starts
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in technical capacity in product development, preferably with Consumer technology / electronics, consumer sporting goods
4-year Engineering degree in Electrical, Computer, SW engineering or Systems
Good understanding of electrical, and software development process
Team player, with good ability to work independently and take leadership roles. Demonstrated ability to work within high functioning cross-functional teams
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is a way of life
Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills, to back up assumptions and develop business cases
Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to help your team win
Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding the product, our business, and the competitive landscape
Proactive, solutions-orientation with a history of solving unique, complex problems that have a broad, inter-connected impact on the business
Interest in with technology in sporting goods and outdoor products
Good written and oral communications skills
Proficient in Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project) and use of computers
Ability to travel domestically and internationally
Fluent in English
Preferred
Experience with software development and App development
Experience with Bluetooth development
Experience in Optics product development
Experience in working with oversees vendors
Multilingual preferred
Multilingual including Chinese a plus
Benefits
Medical and dental
Vision
Disability and life insurance
401K
PTO
Paid holidays
Gear discounts
Company
Giro Sport Design
Giro was founded more than 30 years ago by Jim Gentes, a man with an obsession for design and answering unmet needs.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase