Senior Product Engineer

Overview

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Senior Product Engineer

Job ID: 45364

We are seeking a Senior Product Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will ensure accurate and up‑to‑date product cost breakdowns for site operations and provide critical insights to key business partners.

You will also align equipment capacity with sales forecasts by identifying and addressing gaps between production capabilities and volume demands.

If this sounds like you, keep reading

Who are we?

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo

Identification Technologies (IDT):

IDT is creating trusted identities for IoT applications through Smart Components and Enabling Services.

HID’s Identification Technologies powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things through smart components and cloud services. We make it possible for people and organizations to transact safely, work productively, and travel freely. Our contactless identification and sensing (RFID, NFC, and BLE) components and solution enabling technologies address the dynamic requirements across multiple industries to wirelessly connect, identify, collect and manage data quickly and accurately across virtually any IoT application.

• Drive the industrialization of new RFID products (tags, reader stations and embedded electronics), from development phase to mass production.
• Ensure continuous improvement and optimization of existing production lines and products to achieve operational excellence and profitability.
• Support and manage the transfer of products, technologies, and production lines between different facilities.
• Collaborate closely with HID Textile Services dedicated manufacturing facilities to monitor their production activities, and technical performances, and follow Continuous Improvement Programs.
• Plan and coordinate the steps needed to adjust manufacturing capacity based on sales forecasts.
• Developing effective industrialization roadmap and associated budgets to ensure rapid, controlled qualification and ramp-up of products.
• Benchmarking and selecting optimal materials, processes, suppliers, and technical alternatives to maintain product competitiveness.
• Lead projects for selected products through industrialization and manufacturing transfer.
• Identifying and implementing new manufacturing processes and methods, ensuring their successful deployment.
• Establishing and implementing robust testing methods and tools.

Primary Duties

For existing products, the Industrialization Leader will ensure continuous improvement by:

• Managing the entire product life cycle up to obsolescence.
• Optimizing qualified manufacturing processes to achieve high yield and profitability.
• Overseeing changes to processes, products, and production lines.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues related to equipment and processes.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in industrial engineering, Electronics, or related field.
• 7+ years in industrialization or manufacturing engineering, with at least 3 years in project leadership.
• Proven track record in managing complex industrialization projects in electronics or RFID.
• Fluent in English written and spoken for technical communications and document creation.

Preferred Qualifications

• RFID technology, UHF preferentially.
• Experience in Production Environment Methodology.
• Experience with global supply chain and outsourced manufacturing.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Employees works primarily in an office environment, within a well-ventilated area, and is exposed to moderate noise levels.
• Compliance with all relevant HID Global policies and procedures related to Quality, Security, Safety, Business Continuity, and Environmental systems.
• Travel and fieldwork, including international travel may be required. Therefore, employee must possess, or be able to acquire a valid passport.
• Must be legally eligible to work in the country in which you are hired.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package.
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance.
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture.
• Extensive career development opportunities and resou