Engineering Manager - Product Validation

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to build and lead our team of Product Validation engineers focused on commercialization of our general-purpose robots. This is a unique opportunity to have a large impact at a high growth start-up. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, with a successful track record of leading engineering design verification and product validation of electro-mechanical products, we’d love to speak with you.

Responsibilties:

• Lead and validate the performance and reliability of Apptronik’s general purpose robots during product development.
• Partner with design engineering teams to drive product design to ensure adherence to safety, regulatory and systems engineering requirements for commercial deployment of Apptronik’s robots.
• Mentor, coach, and foster a culture of excellence within the product validation engineering team.
• Develop design verification and product validation test plans per systems engineering requirements and lead engineering testing.
• Build the product validation team to drive the commercialization of Apptronik’s general purpose robots.
• Lead the development of test methodologies, procedures, and drive traceability to system requirements and ensure that testing processes and procedures comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Build test automation processes to improve efficiency and reduce cycle time.
• Collaborate with quality assurance teams to establish and maintain robust quality control measures throughout the testing lifecycle.
• Investigate and resolve any test-related issues or discrepancies, implementing corrective and preventive actions to uphold product quality.
• Collaborate with 3rd party laboratories to ensure rigorous validation of Apptronik’s products across safety, certification, and product requirements.
• Build and lead Product Reliability growth strategy and drive engineering issue resolutions in a timely manner.

 Requirements:

• Demonstrated in-depth expertise in engineering design verification & validation of industrial robots or similar electro-mechanical systems.
• Experience in engineering methodologies including DFMEA, DVP&R, root cause analysis and reliability growth.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering. Master’s degree in engineering preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience
• 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams

Perks:

• Competitive base salary with benefits.
• Highly motivating equity incentive package.
• Optional hybrid work schedule (i.e. work from home in some capacity).
• Flexible working hours policy.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Open paid time off (PTO).
• 401K plan.