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Cricut · 21 hours ago

Director, Hardware Engineering

South Jordan, UT

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

Cricut is a company that creates smart cutting machines and crafting essentials. They are seeking a Director of Hardware Engineering to lead product development, manage priorities among projects, and mentor a high-performing engineering team.

Consumer ElectronicsDIY

No H1B

Responsibilities

Help set and manage priorities among competing projects

Hire engineers and project managers that are humble, hungry, and smart, and develop them into high performing teams that imbue the culture of Cricut into our products

Mentor the team in key aspects of product development including: Risk Assessment, Project Planning, Troubleshooting & Root Cause Identification and Incident Management

Assist in developing the technology and product roadmap

Participate in identification and evaluation of new manufacturing partners

Assist in the development of annual budgets

Partner with ID, UX, Product Management, SW and other organizations in the successful design and development of new products

Work hand-in-hand with Product Management throughout the development process, understanding the user needs and product objectives, while making sure they understand the development status, issues and challenges for the product

Provide technical input regarding new and evolving product opportunities

Research and contribute ideas for new opportunities to help people lead creative lives

Help to maintain a database of product and tooling costs that can be used as a benchmark against future development efforts

Help project teams to work through critical issues and develop alternative actions to overcome the issues and maintain the schedule

Be involved in the prototyping, pre-production and mass production of new or transferred products

Cultivate the Cricut Values both within the engineering team and throughout the organization

Qualification

Mechanical EngineeringConsumer Product DevelopmentProject ManagementStatistical Process ControlMicrosoft ProjectMinitabAnalytical SkillsTeam LeadershipCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

As a minimum, must have a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering strongly preferred with a working knowledge of electro-mechanical systems

Strong technical aptitude and hands on management experience of a large team

A proven track record as a team leader on complex projects

The ideal candidate will have experience in consumer product development

5+ years in project management related to product development

Strong communication skills, team work and interpersonal skills

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Adept at Microsoft Project, MS Excel. Proficiency in Minitab highly desirable

The ability to understand, apply, and mentor engineers in statistical process control methods is highly desirable including CPKs, T-Tests, X-Bar/R charts, DOEs, etc