Senior Product Design Engineer
Entertainment Experiences Group
Entertainment and Devices Division, Microsoft
The Entertainment Experience Group is a multidisciplinary team whose
charter is to design world-class end-to-end experiences that are
desirable, thoughtful, consistent, and easy-to-use across Microsoft's
Entertainment & Devices Division. Our goal is to ensure full
integration of brand, industrial design, user interface, graphic
design, usability, and business strategy.
Overview / Primary Responsibilities
Be responsible for leading and growing the product design engineering
team to work with the industrial design and product development
teams, providing strategic design input, and driving innovation in
the development of great entertainment product solutions. This
leadership position requires a strong ability to effectively
collaborate across multidisciplinary teams on challenging programs.
This individual will also be involved in developing and managing
relationships with internal and external partners including
suppliers, technical alliances, and key customers or clients.
Requirements include: BSME with a minimum of 6 years of mechanical
engineering, product design and product development experience, a
strong knowledge of injection molding, materials and other
manufacturing processes, a history of creative problem solving and
developing innovative products within cross-functional program teams.
Experience in a product development consulting environment is
essential to the position. Key personal competencies and qualities of
the ideal candidate are: highly motivated, organized, excellent
communicator, demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to lead
multidisciplinary project teams in developing smart, elegant
solutions to complex design problems.
Requirements:
* Experience in consumer handheld design, fashion/softgoods design,
and innovative materials and manufacturing is a key consideration for us.
* Consumer centric design process background with proven ability to
bring complex industrial concepts to life, creative design solutions
for challenging mechanical design problems.
* Expert with 3D tools, Pro/E advanced surfacing and Alias rendering
capabilities
* Experience with defining design and product brief, managing all
phases of product design from concept to development to launch.
* Strong visual and drawing skill, ability to communicate product
design concepts to senior leadership
* Ability to work with & partner with manufacturing and sourcing
teams to execute designs.
* Track record of working with OEM, ODM to develop and execute designs
* Experience shipping innovative and complex products within deadlines.
* Proven ability to innovate within and extend current technology
through design.
* Sensibility for communications and entertainment applications.
* Proven ability to innovate for new markets.
* Must possess very strong communication skills and have the ability
to build team alignment around complex, innovative design solutions.
* Knowledge of new technologies, authoring environments and computer
graphics tools is preferred.
* A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, product design or
related discipline is required.
* A minimum of 6 years work experience designing within a
collaborative environment required.
Contact: joel.jacobs@microsoft.com
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