What are the responsibilities and job description for the Gyro Technology Development Manager position at Seakeeper Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
Salary : WHAT YOULL DO
Seakeeper is the world leader in vessel stabilization and our gyro products are world renown. As our Gyro Technology Development Manager, youll take over the development and improvement of the technology that makes our products great. This is a highly technical product with custom developed controls, hydraulics, and electro-mechanical systems. We also leverage various manufacturing processes optimized around our unique functional requirements and geometries, and leverage volumes uncommon for a machine of this complexity in the marine industry. In this role youll have endless opportunities to further your own technical knowledge as well as the ability to meaningfully impact the marine industry by :
- Becoming a Seakeeper technology expert across multiple engineering disciplines
- Identifying technology development pathways and the opportunities they could yield both in success and failure
- Working with the product engineering team to understand current design limitations
- Working with suppliers to understand current manufacturing limitations
- Creating and communicating a coherent short-term and long-term strategy for expanding product capabilities
- Constructing a team of top-notch engineering talent to effectively meet the demands of our long-term strategy
- Participating in technical discussions and documentation reviews, promoting data driven and growth focused culture
- Facilitating and managing timelines and weekly goals for the project teams
- Developing implementation packages providing proper background, engineering calculators, and design rules allowing the product development team to implement technological advancements into next-generation products
- Hiring, developing, and managing a team of multi-disciplined R&D and Technology Development Engineers with various tenure
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Do you have a positive attitude, an eagerness to learn and the ability to lead by example in a fast-paced environment? Then Seakeeper is the place for you! Here are a few other things youll need to succeed.
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YOUR TEAM
Our Gyro Technology DevelopmentManager will oversee the most experienced engineers Seakeeper. This team is comprised of engineers with varying backgrounds and specialties including hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, software, controls and more, with a heavy emphasis on collaboration and data driven decision making. This team executes projects through an Agile workflow that allows maximum exposure to a variety of projects and systems within the group.
WHY YOULL LOVE IT HERE
Its true that we make extraordinary products, but our favorite part about Seakeeper is our people! We believe in participative leadership. That means you have the freedom to make a difference and contribute to the larger goal, regardless of your position. Great ideas can strike at any moment, and when you have one, youre empowered to speak up! We are constantly pushing (or crushing) boundaries. Stagnant or bored are about as opposite from Seakeeper as you can get! We move quickly and if there is something that can be improved upon, we jump on it.
WHO WE ARE
71% of our Earth is covered by water and we want everyone to make the most of it. Thats why we are committed to creating products that transform the boating experience with an organization that employees want to work for, customers want to buy from, and vendors want to partner with. Our gyro stabilizers eliminate boat roll and create a land-like experience on the water. We defy gravity and completely change the way people spend time on the water.
We started the company 12 years ago, and now 50% of the boats built annually in our core market are Seakeeper equipped. With our recent introduction of smaller units that are ideal for boats as small as 23 feet, there is a long road of growth ahead!
Ready for a new challenge in a fast-paced environment? Want to help us disrupt an industry? Come on and apply, we are ready for you!
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