Technical Project Specialist

Join our APO team at Helen of Troy as our Technical Project Specialist and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands, including OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Braun, PUR, Vicks, Honeywell, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, and Revlon. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere every day!

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BASIC PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
This position is responsible for resolving engineering and manufacturing issues to ensure the development can meet the product specifications, cost and quality requirement.

Core Accountabilities:
·       Responsible for the overall design, analysis, documentation and functional validation
·       Support the creation of mechanical architecture for new products and related accessories;
·       Provide technical oversight to product design team to inspire innovation and drive data-based engineering decisions;
·       Provide technical data to Product Definition and Industrial Design team for tradeoff analysis during early development;
·       Validate initial designs via analysis, prototyping and testing to increase efficiency of our development process;
·       Work with Quality Assurance and Test Engineering to define and implement validation testing plans and ensure products meet safety/performance/reliability requirements;
·       Work with regulatory and compliance to make sure product is meeting regulatory, safety standard.
·       Interface with Program management to ensure that cost, schedule and performance targets are achieved;
·       Act as the primary PD interface cross-functional teams (i.e. ID, Product Definition, QA, Operations, EE, RF/Antenna, suppliers and partners, etc.)
·       Ensure successful development of mechanical tooling and production part qualification (i.e. first-article inspections, manufacturing process capabilities, material certifications, etc.)
·       Collaborate with operations and quality teams to audit mechanical suppliers and external partners;
·       Work with cross-functional teams to improve processes and increase business efficiency;

Education, Qualification and training
Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, Master degree is preferred;

Experience or skills required
·       Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in mechanical or product design and development;
·       Experience in the development of home appliance, personal care, health care, houseware product; Fan and/or Air purifier experience is preferred.
·       Good knowledge on safety, regulatory standard on home appliances or medical products.
·       Advance knowledge and experience using CAD solid modeling and assembly creation; knowledge on CREO is preferred.
·       Hands-on experience in using FEA tools such as ANSYS, Abaqus or equivalent;
·       Strong knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and performing statistical tolerance analysis;
·       Experience with Asia ODM partners and manufacturing suppliers;
·       Self-motivated, Good communications & interpersonal skill, Analytical minded;
·       Good command of both reading and written English and Chinese;
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Founded in 1968, Helen of Troy is a leading global consumer products company with operations across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.  Our portfolio includes trusted brands such as OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon, and Olive & June – many of which rank among the top brands in their consumer goods categories.

We grow and strengthen our brands through innovation, operational excellence, and a collaborative culture focused on delivering exceptional products and experiences for consumers worldwide.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities.

Management reserves the right to modify the duties and responsibilities of the position at any time.