Staff Engineer Product Manufacturing Engineering

Job Summary

Position Summary:

The Product Manufacturing Engineer will lead manufacturing/industrialization activities in the development of new golf club components.  You will collaborate with our overseas suppliers to ensure the delivery of industry leading golf clubs utilizing cutting edge manufacturing techniques.  You will troubleshoot and provide technical support to execute commercialization of our product as well as improve existing production processes.  You’ll facilitate developmental prototype cycles and advance our manufacturing knowledge base and processes by leveraging your unique position within the supply chain.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities:

• Experience troubleshooting manufacturing failures using sound engineering problem solving.
• Responsible for manufacturing execution to ensure product performance, conformance, durability, quality, and cost efficiency.
• Project and schedule management from prototype through production.
• Coordination of all tooling/prototypes/first articles and subsequent evaluation through manufacturing and testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including: Design, Development, Marketing, Sourcing, and Asia Manufacturing teams
• Perform design feasibility evaluations to ensure seamless transition into high volume manufacturing.
• Recommends and implements improvements to production processes, methods, and controls.
• Development of manufacturing instructions using manufacturing engineering practices.
• Perform product/process statistical analysis for cost reduction, quality improvement and improved efficiency.
• Outgoing/Incoming product inspection verification.
• Production support for component assembly.
• Ensure that accurate and controlled documents/specifications are generated for new product designs and manufacturing processes. Transfer engineering drawings to outside suppliers and necessary internal customers.
• Performs other responsibilities as required

Education, Training, Professional Certification and Work Experience:

• B.S. in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Materials Engineering
• 4 - 5 years of experience working in a manufacturing/engineering environment with a working knowledge of Metal Fabrication, DOE, Process Optimization, FMEA and Supplier Relations
• Experience working on individual and team projects with successful results

Knowledge and Skills Requirements

• Knowledge of fabrication methods including Casting, Forging, Forming, Machining, Stamping, and Injection Molding a plus.  Metal Fabrication experience highly preferred.

• Knowledge of cosmetic finishing processes including Plating, PVD, Painting, Powder Coating, Abrasive Polishing, and Media Blasting a plus
• Knowledge of consumer goods and the Golf/Sporting Goods industry a plus
• Knowledge of manufacturing tooling and fixture design/inspection a plus
• Knowledge of computational tools including CAD, FEA, Programming Languages a plus
• Self-Motivated having demonstrated initiative toward professional and personal growth
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to enable coordination of projects within departments and outside consultants.
• Capable of efficiently integrating existing methods with new innovations.

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Normal office conditions.

• Domestic/International travel required.  Must be able to travel to Asia 2+ times per year for 2 week duration.

• Light physical effort equal to frequent lifting or moving of lightweight materials. 

The above Essential Duties & Responsibilities list includes those duties and responsibilities for which the position exists and which must be satisfactorily performed in order to be successful in the position.  However the job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.