The Why: You are the owner of structural design within your projects. You don’t wait for problems to surface – you anticipate them. From concept through qualification, you drive designs forward, improve the methods behind them, and take responsibility for what leaves your desk.
You ensure:
- Development projects reach qualification milestones with design methods that get better along the way.
- Technical risks, design weaknesses, and process gaps are caught and resolved early.
- Your commitments are delivered on time, without needing to be chased.
YOUR MISSION
Lead development projects from concept to qualification: Own the structural design execution across your projects – hitting milestones, improving design methods as you go, and leaving processes better than you found them. At least one implemented improvement to design methods, processes, or standards per project is the bar.High Performance – Relentless execution. Each project sharpens the next.
Drive your work to closure without prompting: Own your actions, decisions, and open issues end-to-end. If something is blocked, you unblock it. If a commitment is at risk, you flag it early and fix it. You lead yourself.
Accountability – Own your impact. Hold the bar. No excuses.
Build strong working relationships across functions: Collaborate closely with colleagues across design, analysis, manufacturing, and testing. Challenge assumptions constructively when something doesn’t add up – then commit fully once a decision is made. No unresolved conflicts, no recurring escalations.
Togetherness – One team. Disagree, then commit. Move as one.
Identify and surface technical risks early: Spot design weaknesses, structural risks, and process gaps before they impact schedule or reliability. Raise them clearly, drive resolution actively, and document what you find. Problems that stay hidden become everyone’s problem later.
Candor – Say the hard thing early. Truth drives better engineering.
Explore new methods and challenge existing assumptions: Engage with cross-functional development initiatives, push beyond your immediate brief, and bring back actionable learnings. Question how things are done and propose better approaches – curiosity here has a direct line to better products.
Playfulness – Break things. Learn fast. Bold experiments keep us ahead.