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Devices Senior Project Manager, R&D

City: Shanghai

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Seeking a highly motivated and experienced R&D Project Manager to join our growing team. The right candidate will be instrumental in Devices End-to-End life cycle. This role demands strong cross-functional leadership skills and technical foundation across multiple disciplines, specifically plastic & rubber forming, electronics, motors & gears, and small metal parts. The successful candidate is accountable to align and govern project scopes, ensure Devices meet functional performance, regulatory requirements, on-cost, on-quality, and on-time delivery.

Your responsibilities

Lead Technical Development: Manage the technical execution of assigned R&D/maintenance projects, focusing on components and systems involving plastic injection molded parts, electronic assemblies, motor integration, and small metal hardware, to meet business desires.
Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Apply deep knowledge of plastic injection molding processes, materials (thermoplastics, resins), tooling requirements, and potential defects (sink, warp, short shots) to guide design and ensure manufacturability and cost-effectiveness. Liaise with mold designers and toolmakers.
Electronics Integration: Design, specify, test, and troubleshoot electronic circuits, PCBA layouts, components (sensors, microcontrollers, power units), and their integration into mechanical assemblies. Understand EMI/EMC considerations.
Motor Application & Integration: Select appropriate motor technologies (DC brushed/BLDC, stepper, gear motors) based on application requirements (torque, speed, efficiency, size, noise). Design mounting solutions, drive electronics interfaces, and ensure performance validation.
Small Metal Parts: Design, specify, and source small hardware components (fasteners, springs, pins, clips, brackets, stamped metal parts, etc.), considering material selection, plating, tolerances, assembly methods, and cost. Understand manufacturing processes like stamping, machining, MIM.
Prototyping & Testing: Create detailed designs and perform simulation (using CAD, preferably SolidWorks & Ansys). Build and evaluate prototypes. Develop and execute comprehensive test plans (functional, reliability, environmental, abuse) to validate designs meet specifications and regulatory standards.

The experience we're looking for

Bachelor's degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a closely related field.
Minimum of 8+ years of hands-on experience in R&D or Product Development engineering roles, in bringing consumer electronics, appliances, power tools, medical devices, or similar complex electromechanical products to mass production.
Proven, demonstrable knowledge and experience in following key technical areas:
Plastic/Rubber Forming: Deep understanding of design principles, materials, tooling, process parameters, and common defects.
Electronics: Circuit design/analysis, component selection, PCBA layout considerations, testing, and troubleshooting. Experience with embedded systems is a plus.
Motors: Practical experience selecting, integrating, testing, and troubleshooting electric motors in products. Understanding motor control basics is beneficial.
Small Hardware: Expertise in designing with and specifying small metal parts (fasteners, springs, stamped components, etc.), understanding manufacturing methods (stamping, machining, MIM), materials, and finishes.
Proficiency in 3D CAD software (SolidWorks & Ansys highly preferred, ProE, MiniTab, PSpice, Matlab etc.). Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

The skills for success

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What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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