Senior Project Engineer

Who We Are

Munchkin is one of the most innovative and fast-growing consumer product companies in the world! With over 320+ patents under our belt, we continue to create solutions that leave our customers asking, "how did I ever live without this?" Recognized as #8 on America’s Most Innovative Companies list by Fortune Magazine, innovation is the core of our company DNA and has been driving our designs for 30 years!

Founded in 1990, Munchkin has sold billions of dollars of products through our key retail partners: Target, Walmart and Amazon and has global distribution in over 50 countries. We are industry leaders in design and innovation with over 140 international product and brand design awards in the past 5 years and growing!

We lead with our core values and believe that investing in the community is our responsibility. We create opportunities for every child’s potential and well-being through the Radiant Colors program, work to create a sustainable future, and in partnership with the International Fund for Animal welfare have committed to animal conservation.

After 30 years of being a leader in the baby industry, Munchkin is growing up and expanding our business reach to even more consumers with the launch of Curio, a highly curated line of home goods inspired by curiosity.

There is no better time than now to join Munchkin as we embark on our next and biggest growth journey moving us into technology focused, higher valued products, and household consumer goods. Munchkin is growing up and you could be the next influential leader to play a key role in driving enormous customer-centered value and rapid growth.

What You’ll Do

The Senior Project Engineer is responsible for driving technical execution of Munchkin’s portfolio of products from concept through production ensuring performance, cost, quality, and schedule adherence. This role will direct, coordinate, and exercise functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering projects.

• Develop, design and translate product concept to a defined product, including project management and resolving technical issues
• Work with US Product Design and Hong Kong Engineering Teams as well as vendors on the following areas:
  • Product development from concepts to production
  • Review, evaluate and generate feasibility studies on product designs
  • Direct model makers on prototype building
  • Manage preliminary costing against development efforts and provide cost saving studies
  • Oversee tooling construction and layout, follow tooling through debug and into production
  • Manage the product development schedule to meet the development milestones
  • Co-ordinate with design and QA to set functional specifications
  • Potential to manage EP, FEP, PP and PS with North American factories up through first shipment
• Plans and implements engineering projects, including defining the project philosophy, activities, and milestones, per customer requirements, including costing objectives
• Provides updates on the status of project milestones and negotiates schedules accordingly under expedited timelines
• Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget
• Coordinates preparation and delivery of project deliverables, engineering documents, and costing information
• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications
• Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems
• Directs integration of technical activities and products
• Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Interfaces with internal customers to provide project status reports and ensure customer needs are met
• Provides status and progress reports to customer, project team, and management.
• Other duties may be assigned

Bring It!

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum seven years related work experience in development and manufacturing of consumer hardgoods, such as infant/toddler products, appliances, housewares, toys, sporting equipment, etc.
• Desired manufacturing experience:
  • Injection molding
  • Blow molding
  • Roto molding
  • Liquid injection molding
  • Compression molding
  • Metal forming, stamping and assembly
  • Film extrusion and processing
  • Softgoods experience
  • Electronics experience
• Experience with engineering drawings, MS Office and photo-editing software
• Proficiency in SolidWorks to generate solutions and review work of others is a must
• Fluency in written and oral communication skills in English. Fluency in Mandarin or Cantonese is a plus
• Must be a self-motivated, proactive, problem-solver with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to travel domestically (North America) and internationally (Asia) up to 15% of the year
• Ability to work past 5:00 p.m. to communicate optimally with global teams in Hong Kong

We Got You Covered!

As a Great Place to Work Certified™ company, we are committed to offering the best to our employees. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, vision, dental, prescription drug coverage, life insurance, wellness benefits, generous employer-matched 401(k) plan, Paid Childcare Leave, among other benefit plans. Our total rewards are top of market and includes competitive salary, bonus and opportunities to earn equity. We focus on supporting employee development and growth.

We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we take time to recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make Munchkin the most loved baby lifestyle brand in the world.

To give our people flexibility, we offer hybrid work environment with opportunities for half-day Friday’s all year around and provide annual weeklong global office closures giving our people a chance to recharge.

Salary range: $90,000-$120,000

To learn more, visit us at www.munchkin.com.

Munchkin welcomes and values what makes everyone unique. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status.

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