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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Senior Design/VAVE Manager located in Suzhou.

Reporting to the Director, Operations Engineering, the Senior Design/VAVE Manager role involves…

What a typical day looks like:

Leading all Product Development Engineers to work effectively and accuratelyProduct Design Lead & Technical program management for joint development serviceLead the team to propose the best technical and cost-effective solution to customerDrive the project delivered in target timeline and within budget controlMotivate and develop subordinates to design and develop industrial/medical product  capability.Coordinate with relevant function to resolve on engineering, materials and human resources matter within and outside of flexEstablish on-going training program for product engineersDrive value added service (BOM risk analysis, cost down design, alternative components replacement, hardcore troubleshooting) to support industrial/medical customersMain driver for recruiting technically competent engineers in the highly technical based environmentComplete other tasks assigned by engineering director

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

Bachelor’s degree in EE engineering or Computer Science.Over 15 years of experience on R&D background and 10 years of project management / supervisor experience.Experience with industrial standard, IoT technology, high speed data transmission, wireless design, embedded system (Arm or x86), power designExcellent written and verbal communication skills in Chinese and in EnglishKnowledge on management style and deeply knowledge on the culture’s elements and development to cross product life cycleKnowledge on the tools which are relative to the project managements (PMP certified will be bonus), R&D, QA management like DOE, DFMEA, 8D, Six Sigma, risk management, etc.Knowledge on the CAD tools which are relative to product design (Cadence, Mentor, PI/SI Simulation, SolidWorks, etc.)Knowledge on DFx analysis with development team and manufacturing teamKnowledge on ECO management, component derating, MTBF calculation, reliability test, EMC test and CertificationRelative finance knowledges on cost management, relative risk knowledges on risk/events managementStrong management skills not only for the team internal but also cross functional supportAbility to conduct workshops to improve/guide staff technical and leadership skillsAbility to lead technical discussion with customer, propose design conceptExperience to manage sustaining support to extend product life cycleTeam working spirit should be highly necessaryLead team and provide guideline to get team successful and make team grow up, manage / development resources, modular of relative meeting/activities of team/department

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

Social InsuranceLife InsurancePTO

Job CategoryDesign, Process & Technology Engineering

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