Manager Product Development Engineer

Manager Product Development Engineer Full-time Company Description Location: Belagavi, India (Aequs Facility) Work Arrangement: Onsite 4 days/week Job Type: Full-Time Employment: While the day-to-day work location for this role is the Aequs premises in Belagavi, employment will be with Mattel Technology & Innovation Center (MTIC), Hyderabad. MTIC will manage all employee-related processes, including onboarding, payroll, benefits, and other HR-related services. CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers. Job Description The Opportunity: The role of the Product Development Engineering Manager is built upon demonstrating a high level of business/role acumen and assuming responsibility for end-to-end ownership of their roles while serving our customers. This is a high growth, high visibility role with the opportunity to have frequent communication with senior management. What Your Impact Will Be: Managing and Training employees (30%) Managing a team of five to six employees, providing day-to-day guidance, support, and performance feedback Acting as the team’s Mentor, driving adoption of digital tools and best practices across the group Supporting employee development through onboarding, training, and regular coaching conversations Establishing Mattel Engineering Footprint in India (25%) Drive a positive culture within the Mattel India engineering team Actively work on establishing and improving the engagement of the India based team Establish an internship program through local universities to foster regional awareness and growth within the department Ensuring scheduled deadlines are met (15%) Working with India based Manufacturing Vendors to maintain back-end schedule commitments and on time production starts Attending on-site meetings in Asia as needed (CR, Debug, Value Engineering, etc) Evening meetings with North America, often multiple times per week as needed to align with management and global brand team Optimizing toy designs for manufacturing (10%) Reviewing upfront toy designs for manufacturability and working with the tooling vendor or engineering teams to optimize for India Manufacturing Making modifications to existing multi-year items to increase consumer experience, improve star ratings, and/or reduce cost Optimizing product cost (5%) Collaborating with our cross-functional teams and refining costs Working with Asia and North America counterparts, in live VC’s, to brainstorm multiple cost scenarios and reductions Participating in shop floor Kaizen’s to cost reduce items Ensuring adherence to product quality and safety regulations (5%) Working with local manufacturing teams to ensure ongoing product quality is maintained throughout the product lifecycle Routinely checking in with manufacturing vendors to ensure reliable and repeatable product assembly meeting Mattel ongoing quality expectations. Overseeing the implementation and execution of corrective actions to existing product Qualifications What We’re Looking For: (10+) years of work experience, with (5+) years relevant experience working in Product Engineering, Product Development, Toy Manufacturing or related field in consumer products Strong analytical, proactive and critical thinking mindset Ability to positively interact and connect with a diverse group of individuals (e.g. Design, Marketing, Engineering, Model Makers, Manufacturing, Finance, Planning,