Engineering Project Manager

About The Opportunity

Join world-class experts in finding answers to some of the world’s most challenging questions to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place. As Project Manager, you are charged with developing and executing the engineering strategy developed in our Core Business Unit. This role will help maintain focus on OI’s key initiatives while driving them to solutions. The position will be based in our Orlando, Florida office.

The Project Manager serves as an overall facilitator for New Product Development. In conjunction with the engineering team, the Project Manager plans and coordinates all activities relating to design, product engineering, testing, quality assurance engineering, tooling, purchasing, and manufacturing engineering. The main job responsibilities include coordinating timelines, managing project interfaces and ensuring that projects are completed on time and on budget. For OEM projects, managing specifications and customer relationships to deliver the product on time, on budget, and with uncompromising quality.

As a Project Manager You Will

• Defining, planning, and managing project milestone activities
• Coordinating a product development design or project team consisting of multiple engineering disciplines (electrical/firmware, mechanical/optics, software, testing, quality, and manufacturing engineering)
• Working with product management/marketing and engineering team members to develop agreed-upon specifications
• Managing and coordinating activities across the enterprise to meet product development or project requirements
• Leading the teams to deliver on engineering/cost/quality goals and timing
• Partnering with sales and product management to identify new ideas/business development opportunities
• Maximizing the value to the enterprise ensuring the commercial business case is strong throughout the new product development process
  
  

About The Candidate

Our ideal candidate brings experience and a knowledge in developing and executing strategies, while building commitment within the team. In addition, this person should possess:

• Work from our Orlando, FL office (not remote).
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field.
• 5+ years of project management experience, including launching product in a commercial/OEM environment.
• Familiarity with different NPD process a big plus (particularly lean, agile processes).
• Experience with optical-mechanical/electrical products a plus. Working knowledge of electronics, sensors, or electromechanical parts.
• Understanding of machining, SMT, and opto-electronic assembly a plus.
• Ability to understand technical aspects of the product and support top level discussions.
• APQP, DFMEA/PFMEA knowledge or experience a plus.
• Exhibit understanding of the cross-functional relationships between inter-company groups and the expertise required to take a product through development and on to production.
• Ability to work in a global environment across multiple cultures.
• Experience in estimating budget, cost, and materials on complex projects for capital-funded projects.
• PMI Certification a plus.
• Up to 25% travel
  
  

About The Company

Ocean Optics pioneered miniature spectrometers and delivers spectral solutions to researchers, OEMs and industrial customers, also designs and builds industrial-grade photonics systems for material inspection, chemical identification and quality assurance.

Our mission is to lead in creating precise yet practical optical solutions that enable researchers and industry to solve meaningful problems in health, safety and the environment. We have discovered, refined and delivered new approaches to solving problems with spectroscopy and imaging technologies. Backed by deep experience, we are working within applications including biomedical, semiconductors, research & science, industrial, environmental, food & agriculture, and safety & security.

We partner with customers to achieve ambitious goals, leveraging the power of light for advancement in health, safety and the environment.

With more than 200 employees worldwide, including in the US, Europe, and Asia, we leverage the wealth of knowledge from a diverse and multidisciplinary team, which drives our growth and high performance. Ocean Optics is a subsidiary of Halma plc, an international market leader in safety, health, and environmental technology.

About The Perks

Ocean Optics offers a comprehensive compensation package and a suite of health and wellness benefits. Also, as a member of the Halma Group of companies (www.halma.com), our employees enjoy excellent career development, networking, and advancement opportunities worldwide.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (US)

Ocean Optics is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.