NPD Team Lead (Aerospace)

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio; onsite 5 days a week

Company

Crane Aerospace & Electronics develops aerospace and engineered electronic products.

What you will do

• Lead technical product design and global new product development initiatives using the NPD process.
• Transform customer insights into value propositions and manage project funnels.
• Coordinate offshore design and site teams to industrialize product concepts.
• Oversee product handoffs and sustainment with site engineering and operations teams.
• Manage company intellectual property, support commercial needs, and report NPD status.
• Lead engineering test labs, agile prototyping, validation, and continuous improvement using proprietary tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Industrial Operations Research, or a related field.
• At least 4 years of experience designing and developing highly engineered products; experience may be gained concurrently.
• At least 4 years applying manufacturing-process knowledge covering castings, forgings, conventional and advanced machining practices.
• At least 4 years practicing Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, Design Failure Modes Effects Analysis, and Design for Manufacturability.
• At least 2 years managing product development projects using project-management best practices.
• At least 2 years collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• At least 2 years using Creo or similar 3D parametric modeling tools to create engineering drawings, Bills of Materials, process flows, and Finite Element Analysis.
• At least 2 years using Materials Requirements Planning or Enterprise Resource Planning software.
• Experience developing and conducting rigorous testing plans, accelerated lifecycle and reliability testing, and validations for at least 5 products.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in an onsite role requiring presence at the Cincinnati site 5 days per week.
• Work across offshore design, site engineering, operations, and commercial teams.
• Equal opportunity employment; qualified applicants are considered without discrimination based on protected characteristics.

Hiring process

• Apply online through the Crane careers website.