Key Responsibilities

Technical & Program Leadership

Provides direct and ongoing leadership for organizations designing, developing, and sustaining toner cartridges and related hardware across new platforms, derivatives, and legacy products.
Oversees engineering execution across multiple concurrent programs, ensuring alignment to Toner Supplies and Solutions (TSS) platform strategies, interface requirements with external partners, and HP business objectives.
Guides technical decision‑making for complex tradeoffs involving cost, yield, reliability, manufacturability, and time‑to‑market.
Acts as an escalation point for the most challenging cross‑functional and supplier-driven technical issues, ensuring timely resolution.

Portfolio, Resource & Execution Management

Manages headcount, skill mix, budgets, schedules, and deliverables across multiple teams and programs to meet roadmap commitments.
Ensures effective resource allocation across NPI, platform evolution, and sustaining engineering, balancing near‑term execution with long‑term capability development.
Partners closely with program management, operations, quality, and supply chain to ensure execution discipline across the product lifecycle.

Cross‑Functional & Executive Engagement

Engages regularly with senior leadership, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, finance, and executive stakeholders to:
Communicate program status and technical risk
Escalate issues with clear options and recommendations
Influence strategic decisions related to platform investments, cost optimization, and make‑vs‑buy strategies
Represents mechanical engineering perspectives in business reviews, technical reviews, and executive forums.

Supplier & Partner Leadership

Owns senior‑level engineering engagement with key external suppliers, setting expectations for:
Technical deliverables and interfaces
Product quality and reliability
Cost and yield targets
Development and production schedules
Ensures effective collaboration and communication between HP engineering teams and outsourced partners across geographies.
Drives joint problem‑solving and continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers.

Process Improvement & Cost Leadership

Identifies and leads opportunities for engineering process improvement, simplification, and standardization.
Drives cost‑reduction and yield‑improvement initiatives through:
Design optimization
Platform reuse
Manufacturing and tooling improvements
Supplier collaboration
Champions data‑driven decision‑making and best practices across teams.

People Leadership & Talent Development

Provides overall people‑care management for direct reports, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and career development.
Builds strong leadership bench strength within the team by developing managers and senior technical leads.
Drives a culture of accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement aligned with HP values.

Education & Experience

Bachelor's or Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Typically 10+ years of relevant engineering experience with 8-10 years of people and organizational leadership, preferably in:
Hardware product development
High‑volume manufacturing environments
Platform-based product strategies
Supplier‑intensive development models

Knowledge & Technical Skills

Mechanical system and component design for high‑volume consumable products
Manufacturing processes (injection molding, machining, sheet metal, tooling)
New product development and sustaining engineering across long product lifecycles
Product Lifecycle Management
Cost, yield, and reliability optimization in production environments
Thermal and mechanical integration as relevant to toner systems

Cross‑Organizational Leadership Skills

Impact & Scope

Impacts large, globally distributed engineering teams and critical product lines.
Leads initiatives requiring coordination across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, external partners, and executive leadership.
Direct influence on cost structure, product quality, supply continuity, and long‑term platform success for HP Toner Supplies.
Operates with broad autonomy, applying HP and organizational objectives to resolve highly complex technical, organizational, and supplier‑related challenges.
Achieves results through multiple layers of management and senior technical staff.

Toner Supplies Engineer Senior Manager