Product Development Engineer Cobra Golf

• Develop all components and assembled clubs in a timely matter, validate and approve all product from sample phase all the way to production release of finished golf club and club components.
• Responsible for various aspects of product development from Beta phase to mass production to ensure products are ready to be commercialized.
• Knowledge of golf club manufacturing methods. Ability to take on all key manufacturing processes to maximize output and minimize bottleneck.
• Work in a collaborative environment with various internal (Cobra) and external (suppliers) partners.
• Responsible for working with suppliers to qualify new products through Pilot Run; be the owner to ensure all manufacturing processes can meet cost/quality/capacity requirements to support overall business objectives.
• Set up product standards, quality criteria and limits on all commercialized products with various product construction and designs.
• Execute testing and analysis on products to pass testing criteria and performance target.
• Initiate and qualify new suppliers and new methods of manufacturing on all club components to support business goals.
• Ownership of production "component specifications", "cosmetic specifications", and "club assembly specifications."
• Conduct and own build trials at key assembly locations.
• Travel to Asia and Mexico based suppliers to manage development of new projects.
• Lead continuous improvements in our critical manufacturing processes in the supplier base manufacturing environment. Review current processes and procedures and lead continuous process improvement project team.
• Process Ownership - understand critical process setting, track performance metrics, and understand key cost drivers involved in critical manufacturing processes.
• Direct and work with Asia Team members on any development/process/quality concerns.

• 2-4 years of managing product development experience.
• 2+ years of experience working with suppliers based in Asia
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or demonstrated successful equivalent work experience.
• Fundamental knowledge of tooling and various other manufacturing processes (investment casting, forging, stamping, painting, etc.)
• Knowledge/experience with injection molding processing and tooling (Ex. compression molding processing and tooling, composite material processing and tooling).
• Statistical Process Control experience
• Strong project management skills
• Working knowledge of a CAD system, specifically NX (Specification drawing)
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Strong documentation skills and experience
• Ability to travel internationally and domestically.

The Hiring range base pay for this position is $68,640 - $96,300 + Bonus + Benefits

(Benefit Summary Corporate)

Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience