Chief Engineer (Digital Products) – Hybrid
This position is Hybrid and will require 3 day per week onsite.
Towson, MD, United states
Come build something that matters.
It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.
The Job:
As a Chief Engineer (Digital Products) Job Title Here, you’ll be part of our Tools & Outdoor team working as a hybrid employee. You’ll get to:
- You will collaborate with Digital Product team staff, Tools & Outdoor (T&O) Product Leadership, other Chief Engineers (digital module and platform leaders), the Chief Platforming Officer, and other key stakeholders for the development and implementation of strategic plans that meet or exceed user needs and established product performance criteria.
- You will partner across Product Execution, Product Management, Commercial and other key stakeholders in developing SBD’s end-to-end connected solution digital architecture.
- You ensure we develop clearly defined Critical To Quality (CTQ) elements for our comprehensive connected solution and can successfully translate these for teams that are designing, building, managing, and maintaining a suite of embedded modules, networking systems, IoT back end, and software components that deliver feature rich services for asset management, asset performance status, user safety, data analytics, and more.
- Your solution architectures will utilize AWS IoT Core in addition to SBD developed services to ingest, transform, and expose rich data from SBD Tool and Outdoor devices in a secure and scalable manner to our web and mobile applications.
- You will own the continuous lifecycle management of the connected platform and maintain technology roadmaps and future solution needs in partnership with functions and teams across SBD.
- Working with the Engineering Excellence, Project Managers, Digital Project Management Office (PMO) lead, QA and others, you will create and manage connected platform reporting systems to track and manage our performance with On Time / On Cost / On Quality metrics and report our results at Cross Functional Meetings.
- You will exhibit strong decision-making capabilities, particularly regarding prioritizing among disparate business needs and objectives.
- You will continue to enrich our application lifecycle management best practices with a continuous improvement mindset and work with Engineering Excellence and PMO demonstrate progress through KPI and metrics reporting.
- You will provide the human energy that motivates others around you and help ensure we achieve maximum colleague engagement in the exceptional work we do.
The Person:
You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have: Insert description/requirements based on job….
- 3+ years of demonstrated relevant experience in the following areas:
- Demonstrated ability to define product vision and detailed roadmaps for IoT cloud based Connected Digital Services across embedded systems engineers, tool and device designers, networking engineers, back/front end and mobile application teams.
- Referenceable skills working collaboratively with the other Chief Engineers, Engineering Teams, Product Management, Commercial and other key stakeholders in developing and advancing digital product architectures.
- Ability to clearly define, document and articulate digital product requirements that are Critical To Quality (CTQ) for digital solutions and driving these through all product contributor deliverables in achieving overall success.
- Ability to create and manage reporting systems to track and manage comprehensive team performance with On Time / On Cost / On Quality metrics and report results at leadership meetings.
- Working knowledge of global compliance for secure handling, device data, and communication of such data as identified in GDPR, Industry related specifications such as PII, related evolving regulations and company policy.
- 10+ years of demonstrated relevant experience in the following areas:
- Ability to lead others and work effectively with users and company colleagues in globally distributed cross functional organization to mature solutions through delivery and post deployment.
- Strong Product Roadmap and Program Management Skills to deliver quality products and services on time, on budget, and compliant with cybersecurity and data privacy requirements.
- Work with product managers and customer stakeholders to define and track key product performance indicators (KPIs), Product Critical To Quality & release-specific success metrics.
- Successfully managing, prioritizing, and assessing the impact of all work items, such as new features, defects, including providing the decisions on when to create, fix or defer at the detailed project delivery level.
- Development of best practices and execution of development leadership, problem solving, and solution deployment
- Ability to manage team finances and development resources to meet budget targets and constraints in addition to developing cost models for cloud and web-based products for future product related investments.
- Other experiences that are a strong plus include:
- Working knowledge of our technology stacks including, on-device firmware, Linux Gateways & WAN communication and IoT data delivery to cloud services, Web & Mobile software development.
- Leading teams using Object Oriented Programing Principles and experience working to agile methodologies and lean product development.
- Successfully collaborating with external partners, vendors, consultants, and Engineering Service Providers to manage overall delivery.
- Proven Innovation, application of disruptive concepts, patentable ideas, and process, and working knowledge of intellectual property protection is a plus.
Education
- Undergraduate degree (sciences, engineering or mathematics preferred) or 5 years equivalent work experience in digital technologies.
- Master’s degree in engineering related field of study is highly desirable.
- Additional digital technology certifications are a plus.
The Details:
You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:
- Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
And More:
We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:
- Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
- Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
- Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.
What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!
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The base pay range for this position in California, Colorado, Washington, New York, Maryland is $110,5000.00 $221,000.00 per year. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on payment may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via Stanley Black and Decker’s internal or external careers site.
We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.
Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.
Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.
Benefits & Perks
You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.
What You’ll Also Get
Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.
EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.
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What We Do
For the builders and protectors, for the makers and explorers, for those shaping and reshaping our world through hard work and inspiration, Stanley Black & Decker provides the tools and innovative solutions you can trust to get the job done—and we have since 1843.
You repair your home and car with the tools we provide. Your car and your phone are secured with our fasteners. The things you value most can be protected by our security systems. And the roads you drive on, the bridges you cross, the energy you consume, all of these most likely came to you via one of our infrastructure systems.
We join forces to bring together the best of the best to create practical, meaningful products and services that make life easier—empowering people to do better, safer, more significant work. Innovation and excellence have powered our success, but we know there’s more we can do for the world and those who make it. Across our businesses, we’re investing in breakthrough innovation and digital excellence, striving for outperformance and increasing our focus on social responsibility.
We define success as: delivering value to our customers, colleagues and communities. Our commitment to quality, safety and sustainability helps us on our path to becoming the type of uniquely human-centered global industrial company that keeps every stakeholder in mind, while helping to make the world better.
