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About the Role
Drive the technical execution of global toys and games portfolios from concept through to full production, acting as the technical lead for major product lines and collaborating with cross-functional partners to deliver products that meet strict performance, cost, quality, and scheduling benchmarks.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Design and Brand teams during early ideation, providing critical mechanical feasibility and product cost assessments.
- Support technical prototyping and proof-of-concept builds alongside Engineering Innovation Teams to de-risk new mechanisms, physical features, and gameplay systems.
- Deliver detailed component and product designs optimized for high-volume manufacturing and assembly (DFM/A).
- Draft comprehensive physical product performance and technical specifications.
- Act as the primary technical point of contact with global Manufacturing Engineering teams in Asia, Mexico, and the EU to ensure alignment on tooling and production details.
- Integrate mechanical, material, electro-mechanical, or mechatronic engineering expertise throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Coordinate with dedicated Project Managers, leveraging PLM tools and basic project management methodologies to keep deliverables on track, on cost, and on specification.
- Lead technical product review sessions, document key deliverables, and track action plans to preempt development hurdles.
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot project risks, coordinating with global support departments to resolve complex issues or escalate when necessary.
- Research and explore emerging materials, mechanisms, and manufacturing technologies to continuously improve engineering efficiency.
Requirements
- Professional experience in product development, hardware engineering, or manufacturing engineering.
- Solid understanding of injection-molded plastics, materials, manufacturing processes, and engineering cost structures for durable consumer goods.
- Demonstrated experience utilizing CAD software to review design layouts and PLM tools to track engineering deliverables.
- Proven capacity to manage multiple product lines and engineering timelines simultaneously in a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Experience collaborating with and managing deliverables from external creative vendors, industrial designers, and cross-functional teams.
- Ability to travel both domestically and internationally to support product development and manufacturing phases.
Skills
- Mechanical feasibility assessment
- Product cost assessment
- Technical prototyping
- Proof-of-concept builds
- DFM/A
- Physical product performance and technical specifications drafting
- Manufacturing engineering collaboration
- Mechanical engineering
- Material engineering
- Electro-mechanical engineering
- Mechatronic engineering
- PLM tools
- Project management methodologies
- Risk identification and analysis
- Troubleshooting
- Emerging materials research
- Emerging mechanisms research
- Emerging manufacturing technologies research
- CAD software utilization
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Professional experience in product development, hardware engineering, or manufacturing engineering
- Toy or consumer packaged goods (CPG) experience is a strong asset
Education Level
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical, Mechatronic, Computer, or Electrical Engineering
Salary/Compensations
- $79,700 to $106,300 Per Annum
Benefits
- Growth and Career Opportunities
- Flexible Work Hours
- Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Other fun Perks!
About the Company
- Spin Master is a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company.
- Our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader.
- Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.
- Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Equal Opportunity
- Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
- Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.