Product Development Engineer - SDA (home and kitchen appliances)

Company description:

Lidl is a leading European food and retail company with over 12,000 stores worldwide. We have made a name for ourselves by delivering high-quality products at low prices. At Lidl & Kaufland Asia we are responsible for sourcing products that support Lidl's global operation. We handle every stage of the sourcing process: from insights and ideas through to realisation, production, quality assurance and delivery, we make sure that every product on a Lidl shelf can be trusted by our customers.

Our people and our business partners respect us for our responsible, ambitious, transparent and dynamic approach to growth. As we expand and harness the potential of new opportunities, we make sure we're at the forefront of design trends to ensure we deliver products our customers will love. By staying focused on quality, we provide our global customers with functional and beautifully formed products that reflect current consumer expectations, while remaining conscious of environmental and social impacts.

Job description:

Summary

Lidl & Kaufland Asia are hiring a Product Development Engineer to join our product development - small domestic appliances (SDA) team. The successful candidate will be responsible below tasks,

• Contribute to developing new products and improving existing ones by giving technical support and ideas.
• Optimize the existing products to achieve better quality & cost saving.
• Support the Product Development & Merchandising on  performance, product specifications, product benchmark and quality requirements of related products at all stages.

What you'll do

• Understand technical requirements and specifications to be applied into product development
• Collaborate with merchandising and sourcing teams and factories, regarding technical & engineering aspects of product development
• Ideate product improvements and present them to relevant stakeholders
• Create test failure analysis and communicate recommendations to suppliers
• Clarify the testing issues with external laboratory;
• Provide support to ad hoc assignment when necessary
• Bring in your own ideas and passion into the products (range)

What you'll need

• Higher Diploma or above
• Relevant experience of technical product development experience in home and kitchen appliances (small domestic appliances)
• Strong technical expertise in home and kitchen appliances
• Mechanical (internal) structure knowledge needed 
• Good sense of market trends and interest in home and kitchen appliances
• Knowledge for and familiar with the market trends
• Knowledge of EU safety protocol and requirements
• Familiar with MS Office (especially PowerPoint and Excel). Beneficial if familiar with Solidworks (or similar CAD software), Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
• Proficient in both spoken and written English and Mandarin, additional language skills in German and Cantonese are beneficial
• Proactive, self motivated and able to work independently
• Able to work together with cross functional teams
• Experience with European companies/markets/designs
• Beneficial if with factory experience/having experience dealing with suppliers in home and kitchen appliances, familiar with manufacturing process in plastic/metal and assembly and basic knowledge of tooling will be a plus.
   

What you'll receive

We are dedicated to fostering a family-friendly culture and work environment and we are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates with the required skills and experience. We enable fair pay within the company by creating non-discriminatory salary systems.

Market Leading Remuneration Package:

• Double pay and discretionary bonus
• Choice of MPF provider
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance

Supportive Environment:

• Rental re-imbursement scheme
• Out-Of-Office leave for important appointments
• In-house training courses
• Training sponsorship scheme
• Health Check
• Vision Check

Work-Life Balance:

• 5 day week
• Competitive Annual Leave
• Charity, Community and Sporting Events