Product Lifecycle Management Specialist, Semios

• Bachelor of Applied Science or Engineering with 4+ years relevant experience or 6+ years relevant practical ‘hands-on’ experience in a technical supply chain-oriented role
• Background in electronics sustaining engineering, new product development support, manufacturing engineering, or components engineering
• Experience with manufacturing, and design concepts to streamline manufacturing, supply chain, field operation, and customer
• Experience in executing changes within a multi-disciplinary environment
• Proficient in configuration management and change control in PLM/PDM
• Excellent communication in technical writing and can work well in a cross-functional team environment

Desirable

• Motivated by meaningful work, you are looking for more than just a job; you want to work for a dynamic, growing company that finds solutions to real-life problems, such as helping the world reduce the use of pesticides and helping nature feed a growing population
• Your ideal work environment includes a collaborative team spirit with the opportunity to learn and grow as you take the initiative to try new things
• As a Product Life-Cycle Management Specialist, you will be responsible for being the bridge between the supply chain, manufacturing, and product development teams for the full product life-cycle from design and the integration phases of mechanical and electronics solutions
• You have a background in Manufacturing Engineering with responsibilities in product launching and sustaining engineering in a vertical supply chain environment - from manufacturing to distribution and field operation deployment
• You have a good understanding of product regulatory requirements, and supplier quality management in a cross-functional environment
• You are a fast learner, analytical, and willing to challenge yourself and others to improve best practices
• Owns product life-cycle management from conception to obsolescence for activities
• NPI launch - acts as vendor’s technical interface for manufacturing specifications, prototype/pilot/production build readiness, scheduling, and DFX
• Manufacturing release - FAA sign offs, production release checklist, process validation and qualification build
• Sustaining engineering - revision control, change control workflow including change control review, approval, implementation and administration (PCN, ECR/ECN, etc)
• Configuration management - ensure product revisions are up to date and maintained at various stages in NPI, production, inventories at warehouses, refurbishment, and field-deployed products
• Provide technical input in the supply chain such as strategic sourcing, cost reduction, and vendor qualification
• Collect and finalize design package for manufacturing transfer to vendors, and contract manufacturers
• Monitor new product production processes to proactively address any assembly steps with poor yield, quality problems, or general inefficiency
• Lead or coordinate continuous process/product improvement and cost reduction initiatives along with other tasks as assigned
• Manage assembly BOMs for products/SKUs for demand planning process with sales and forecast planner
• Work with the Product team to align BoMs to the Product Catalog, setting and re-calibrating forecast BOMs to actual consumption, until product definition and implementation are fully flushed
• Work with field services engineer to create and maintain install BOMs at PLM
• Some domestic/international travel will be required in working with overseas and domestic contract manufacturers and design teams