Product Integrity Manager
$97,500–$125,000 year
On-siteNeedham, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Own and lead design reviews, DFMEA, DVP&R, and safety review processes throughout the NPD lifecycle, proactively identifying and mitigating quality risks before tooling and production release. Define and govern design verification and validation strategy in alignment with product requirements and regulatory standards, setting standards used across programs. Serve as the senior quality voice in cross-functional NPD teams, representing quality requirements and consumer expectations in design and engineering decision-making at the leadership level. Manage, mentor, and develop a team of engineers while analyzing pre-production build data and early field learnings to identify design or process risks before market launch. Present validation status, quality risk summaries, and corrective action progress to senior management and executive leadership regularly. This onsite role in Needham, MA requires 5+ years of engineering experience with substantial ownership of design verification and validation activities, including experience in consumer goods.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Quality Engineering, Product Development, Human Factors Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of engineering experience with substantial ownership of design verification and validation activities
- experience in consumer goods
- 1-2+ years of experience managing or leading engineers or cross-functional project teams
- Deep, demonstrated expertise in DFMEA, DVP&R, design reviews, and engineering change management
- Proven track record leading product development lifecycles, document and design change control, and verification and validation methodologies at scale
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills
- Strong executive communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and lead teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Collaborative leader, comfortable driving outcomes independently and through others in a cross-functional matrix
- Please note this role will be onsite 5 days in our Needham, MA HQ location
Desired Qualifications
- advanced degree
- Experience at a consumer goods company with high-volume, rapid NPD cycles
- prior people-management experience
- Familiarity with supplier quality processes including PPAP and incoming quality controls
- Exposure to human factors engineering or usability validation methods
- Ability to travel as required to manufacturing sites or supplier facilities
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- SharePoint knowledge
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