How you will make an impact as an Product Development Engineering Lead at DEKA:
- Lead a cross-functional technical team through product development, V&V, and commercialization
- Translate high-level project goals into system requirements in partnership with System Engineers
- Provide both high-level technical and people leadership to project teams
- Drive delivery of project milestones while managing project schedule, cost, and resources effectively
- Drive day-to-day project activity to achieve results including removing roadblocks to solving technical and other project challenges, managing resource conflicts, upholding high-performance standards, and meeting commitments
- Create comprehensive project plans
- Work closely with upper management to drive project schedules and resolve roadblocks across all DEKA projects
- Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline with a minimum of 5 years leading commercial robot or medical device product development teams solving challenging technical projects
- Experience with robots or electromechanical products with embedded software
- Direct experience leading projects from initial concept through design and release
- Must have experience successfully managing schedule, budget, and project resources
- Exceptional project management and communication skills (both written and verbal)
- High energy, drive, commitment, self-initiative, and perseverance are required with a demonstrated track record
About DEKA:
One hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research & Development, where we are taking the same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age.
Behind DEKA’s brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. Here at DEKA, some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time are created, and new ideas are always welcome and explored.
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What We Do
DEKA is one of the leading research and development companies in the country and is the birthplace of some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time. For over thirty years, DEKA Research & Development Corp. has made Manchester, New Hampshire home. Located about an hour from Boston, the beach, and the mountains, we are situated in the beautiful and historic Amoskeag Millyard buildings located in downtown Manchester.
DEKA continues to be a place where no idea seems too big and where creativity and crazy cool gizmos reign supreme. The engineers, technicians, machinists, designers and all of the other folks who make up DEKA are some of the most creative and innovative professionals you could ever hope to meet. It's a place where one crazy idea can end up being the next greatest invention. At DEKA we embrace the spirit of innovation and constantly aim to turn the impossible into a reality.
DEKA is filled with people who are driven to be among the best and brightest in their field of work. It’s a concentrated bunch of really smart thinkers, doers and problems solvers, who are driven to using innovative design solutions and state-of-the-art technology to improve lives. We all see endless possibilities in the power of technology to do good. Employees have the opportunity to work on diverse projects that have a positive, enduring impact on millions of people worldwide. We are growing! We're always seeking passionate individuals to join our growing team of evolved thinkers.
