Manager, Engineering

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Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

Job Description:

What will you work on?

Manage and lead a team of Project Manager and Engineers to carry out all engineering activities at vendors on the product development and debug to meet the product specifications, cost and schedule.

How will you create impact?

Support and grow our Interactive/Doll/Plush business.

Plan, manage, and control engineering development activities from prototyping to production.

Communicate and resolve all product, quality and manufacturing issues with vendors and internal departments.

Handle the consigned material, and special components sourcing and cost negotiation.

Assist sourcing, MOQ and cost negotiation on new material and material authorization review.

Provide technical support and debug as needed.

Drive VAVE activities to meet targeted cost saving.

Train and develop staffs.

What are your skills and experience?

Master Degree or Bachelor Degree in Engineering or related discipline;

At least 7 years’ experience in the (Hard / Soft toys) industry;

Multi-national company experience is a must;

Has knowledge in the (Hard / Soft toys) industry standards for different countries;

Able to review 3D models and provide design input thru DFMEA/DFM/DFA

Understand injection molding tool construction and molding parameters.

Able to troubleshoot injection molding defects and provide corrective actions.

Understand surface decoration like spray painting, tampo printing, heat transfer.

Understand assembly process like ultrasonic welding, gluing, heat staking.

Possesses strong troubleshooting skill and familiar with Fishbone Diagram, 5 WHY analysis, Defect Mapping, DOE analysis.

Ability to provide risk assessment and mitigation plan.

Very hands on and data driven.

Strong project management skill and communication skill.

Able to transform vision into clear strategy, goal, and objectives.

Familiar with licensed product process and approval.

Possesses superior problem-solving skills, and independent decision-making abilities, all while operating in an extremely demanding, fast-paced team setting.

Has knowledge in the toys industry standards for different countries.

Excellent communications skill in English is a must and Mandarin/Cantonese is an added advantage.

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What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

Growth and Career Opportunities

Flexible Work Hours

Innovation, Collaboration and Fun

Comprehensive Benefits

Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

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.

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 or by phone at and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.

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