Our client is a well-established Audio & Video Products company. They are seeking a motivated R&D Technical Lead to add to their team. The position is primarily ONSITE at one of their locations in Fort Wayne, Indiana or So Cal.

The R&D Technical Lead serves as the Engineering lead for the products team who designs audio I/O and control endpoints for their main product platform. They work closely with other cross-functional members of the group (e.g. Product Management, Program Management, HW Engineering, SW Engineering, Supply Chain, NPI, etc.) to plan and execute the product roadmap.

This R&D Technical Lead is accountable for coordinating the technical efforts of all team members working on multiple department projects. They have dotted line management responsibility for shared resources from functional departments including Electrical, Software, Mechanical, Acoustics, and Test Engineering. The R&D Technical Lead drives the product architecture, technical development plan, and product validation plan. The Technical Lead will also contribute in a hands-on manner to the implementation as required.

The role includes overseeing and managing the Company's development partners working at global sites, in addition to projects based at our US offices. This requires someone with excellent leadership and communication skills, and the ability to grow and develop design teams, both local and remote. This position is a senior-level technical position that reports to the Sr. Director of System Engineering. The successful candidate will bring both technical and business understanding, as well as excellent team and interpersonal skills. In return, the role offers the opportunity to shape the future of the main platform.

• Develops Engineering Requirements Document, high-level product architecture, Technical Development Plan, and Product Validation Plan in coordination with other key stakeholders and subject-matter experts.
• Oversees all technical resources on one or more cross-functional product development teams.
• Works closely with offshore design partners and contract manufacturers.
• Utilizes highly effective interpersonal skills to build and grow relationships with both internal teams as well as third party providers.
• Creates and evangelizes technical solutions that best satisfy the technical, financial, manufacturability, quality, and time to market constraints and requirements.

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience designing, building, and testing A/V products and related subsystems for commercial markets. (e.g. on-board DSP HW, FPGAs, PSUs, microcontrollers, Cameras, speakers, etc.)
• Experience creating cost effective solutions that meet aggressive product feature, cost, quality, performance, and time to market requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Exceptional analytical and creative problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent English language communication skills, both written and oral.
• Experience with real-time software and firmware is desirable.
• Experience working with offshore design partners and contract manufacturers is a plus.
• Ability and desire to travel both domestically and internationally as needed to enhance communication and coordination of programs.