Design Automation Manager Job at Inside Talent, Inc. in Burnsville

Our client is in search of aDesign Automation Managerto join their innovative engineering team. In this role, you will lead a multi-site team responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving their engineering design automation processes and tools.You will play an essential role in efforts to scale design throughput and automate the flow of engineering work products from design centers to the appropriate manufacturing site. As an engineering leader, you will be responsible for establishing and continuously improving a best-in-class engineering design automation practice for the company.

In this role, you will:

• Build and coach a team of cross-functional, cross-site professionals to support the vision of fully automated digital custom solutions at scale.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders in engineering, customer experience, operations, and corporate functions to better understand the needs of your customers.
• Institute and champion industry best practices in automation technology as they relate to engineering design, configuration, costing and quoting activities, and product life cycle management.
• Curate the design automation process in a manner that improves safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency, while providing engineering work products at industry-disruptive speeds.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring that New Product/Process/Service Development and system maintenance are all supported with best-in-class automation.
• Responsible for establishing and reporting metrics used to measure and analyze the speed and accuracy of engineering work products made available to value stream customers.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Computer Science (or similar discipline) with 10+ years of relevant experience in the alignment and automation of engineering design activities via software and systems.
• 5+ years experience in the management of people.
• Ability to travel up to 20% for business within the USA and Canada.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in collaborating and influencing cross-functional groups. Including strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated team building and leadership skills supporting multiple sites.
• Ability to influence all levels within the organization.
• Extensive experience with system architecture design and optimization involving ECAD, MCAD, PCBA CAD, CPQ, design configurators, ERP, and PLM.
• Experience developing and deploying AI-based tools for the technical support of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving skills in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Highly motivated, fast learner with exceptional attention to detail that thrives in a team environment.

The base salary range for this role is $125,000 to $180,000 annually.