Job Description

Lead all Product engineering department activities, spanning across Helmet, Body Armor, Vehicle Protection, development and testing. Provide superior technical knowledge in all areas of Product Engineering life cycle. Work on RCA and CAPA for Product Engineering customer complaints. The role has full budgetary responsibility for the Product Engineering department and implementing continuous improvement principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes

Knowledge and Skills Required :

• Able to perform in high level Technical & Management role. 
• Able to demonstrate experience of working within a Product designing environment .
• Familiarity with safety standards like NIJ (National Institute of Justice) for ballistic protection and ISO certifications
• Strong working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD. 
• In depth knowledge and experience of Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), and Lean Manufacturing techniques such as Six Sigma
• Experience of New Product Introduction, reworking design changes and upgrades through to production 
• Experience of managing a team of minimum 20 (Preferable 30)