Product Lifecycle Engineer
Experience Required: 5 to 10 years
Responsibilities
1. Continuous Product Improvement Based on Field Feedback
- Collaborate with sales, marketing, channel partners, and distribution partners to gather field feedback, identify product issues, and drive continuous product improvements.
- Manage the post market surveillance process to monitor field performance, identify emerging risks or trends, and trigger investigation or corrective action as needed. Ensure cross-functional data collection and documentation. Write annual report based on findings.
- Manage analysis and disposition of units returned through the Return Authorization (RA) process, ensuring root cause is identified, findings are documented, and systemic corrective actions are driven when required.
2. Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing
- Oversee execution of key Quality Management System (QMS) processes.
- Build, refine, and improve QMS processes and supporting systems.
- Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing processes to enhance product quality and efficiency, ensuring quality is built into the product from the start.
3. Overall Product Lifecycle Management
- Oversee the product from launch to end-of-life, ensuring continuous improvement and integration of field feedback throughout its lifecycle.
- Manage the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process, including change documentation, cross-functional coordination, approval workflow, and implementation tracking. Ensure that the Bill of Materials (BOM) is maintained, coordinating updates between design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and finance.
- Work closely with Manufacturing to implement product and process improvements, ensuring changes are effectively validated, released, and sustained in production.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 5–10 years of experience in product engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, or product lifecycle roles.
- Strong working knowledge of Quality Management Systems and manufacturing quality methodologies.
- Experience managing or supporting ECO / change management processes.
- Experience performing root cause analysis and driving corrective / preventive actions.
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and commercial teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.
- Product management experience is a plus.
Top Skills
What We Do
Kalogon is a venture-backed small business based in Melbourne, Florida, founded by top engineering talent from SpaceX and NASA. Our mission is to eliminate the stresses of sitting and improve health through inventive seating solutions.
Kalogon’s flagship medical product is a customized smart cushion, Orbiter Med, that relieves pain and fatigue experienced by individuals who use wheelchairs. We have three other products in the medical space: Bondar (back support), Booster (smart cushion accessory), and our original Orbiter (smart cushion).
Beyond healthcare, we’re expanding into defense and aviation with three U.S. Air Force Direct to Phase II SBIR contracts to design custom seating for B-52 and E-4B aircrew, and a commercial aviation proof of concept.
Kalogon is a fast-paced company that leverages lean startup methodology to rapidly improve our technology in close partnership with our customers and partners. At the core of our approach is empathy-driven design, ensuring that we deeply understand the challenges our users face and create solutions that directly address their needs, enhancing both comfort and quality of life.
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