Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ITW is a global industrial company that develops innovative, customer-focused solutions through its Electronics Assembly Equipment Division, which designs and manufactures equipment for PCB assembly and other industrial applications. The Product Technology Manager - Reflow leads product technology exploration, innovation, strategy, and development while directing global engineering and application teams, representing the division with customers, and owning intellectual property roadmaps.
Responsibilities
- R&D engineering focal point internally/externally for overall product technology
- Product architect to maintain deep knowledge of product requirement, design, application, technical roadmap, customer pain points, technology trend
- Responsible for leading product technology exploration/innovation, development and deployment
- Driving development and update of multi-generation product technology strategy and roadmap
- Directing global, functional engineering/application teams on new product/application development, sustaining
- Key contact for ITW innovation center for new technology exploration, research, assessment, competitive intelligence
- Representing EAE to customers in product technology strategy, roadmap sessions
- Owning IP strategy, roadmap, development
- Capturing VoC, market trend, priority from product management and other customer facing groups to transform it to multi-generation product/technology roadmap
- R&D core team leader in the new product development projects
- Provide input on resource need, timeline to implement a new development project, initiative
- Represents ITW-EAE as product technical leader in technical meetings, conferences, forums through participation, presentation, trainer, contributor
Skills
- •Experience with end-to-end reflow soldering product development – concept, design/development, testing, launch, post-launch support
- •Strong understanding of reflow soldering process, application
- • Good understanding of reflow solder technology trends
- • Knowledge of major reflow products globally
- • Experience in direct customer interaction, gathering voice of customer (VoC)
- • Ability to conceptualize new ideas based on marketing/customer requirements and follow through developing short- and long-term technology roadmap
- •Demonstrated experience of effective collaboration with global, cross-functional teams
- •Exposure to advanced technology (machine learning, intelligent machines, artificial intelligence) and application to reflow soldering
- •Experience of reflow thermal profile development
- •Effective communication, presentation skills for global, cross-functional teams
- •High degree of proficiency in problem solving
- •Experience in developing technical value proposition
- •Ability to manage project
- •Requires a bachelor's degree (preferred Master's) in Science, Engineering and 10+ years of relevant experience in product design, development, technology management, process/application development
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