Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for a product development engineer.

A product development engineer is a professional who develops, designs, creates and manages new product ideas for firms, where they are hired. He/she is involved in the whole product development process including gathering enough information to inform the process of idea validation.

Other responsibilities include participating in the designing of the proposed products and producing prototypes and conducting product testing. By carrying out research on the business capacity to launch a new product, they do the necessary planning and commence the pilot production. Later, he/she initializes the manufacturing and the commercialization of the product. Lastly, the engineer optimizes latest technologies to streamline the product development process.

Employee Performance Goals Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Setting Goals: List specific goals in the space provided below each competency under "Performance Goals". Assign an appropriate timeline for each goal as well as numeric or financial terms to measure the goal.
  2. Employee Comments: The employee must comment next to each goal under "Employee Comments" with "Okay" for goals which he/she feels comfortable working with, and "Needs Clarification" for goals which he/she believes need to be discussed further. An employee who is comfortable with all the goals can sign the goals at this stage.
  3. Summary: Give a summary of the total time estimated for the employee to have achieved the goals. State action plans and specific milestones to track the goals. Any additional comments agreed between the employee and the supervisor should be noted here.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources personnel must confirm that the goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. He/she must then sign the goals in the "Human Resource" section provided under "Signatures".
  5. Signatures: When discussion of the goals has been completed and consensus has been reached, sign the goals and let the employee sign too. Send the final copy to the human resources for inclusion in the employee's professional records.

Performance Goals for Next Period

Performance Goals

Employee Comments

ORGANIZED WORKPLACE:

Strive to follow proper channels in solving work related issues.

Make it a responsibility to report any issues that might be interfering with proper work organization.

[employee comments goal]
KNOWLEDGE OF COMPANY PROCESSES:

Anticipate outcomes based on the understanding of the company's decision-making bodies and power relationships

Build client's confidence using one's knowledge of the company's processes and the external community

[employee comments goal]
KNOWLEDGE OF JOB:

Embrace teamwork and delegate responsibility to individuals in order to make them accountable for execution

Identify adjustments in one's area of responsibility and set priorities accordingly

[employee comments goal]
TEAM BUILDING:

Understand the company's expectations, their requirements, their need and their mode of operations

Understand the need to work as a team and the part each player ought to play

[employee comments goal]
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR:

Be willing, to tell the truth at all times even when you are in error

Do a thorough analysis of facts before delivering a final result on each project

[employee comments goal]
FLEXIBILITY:

Help others to perform tasks that are provided without feeling shortchanged

Communicate effectively in every situation to every person in the workplace

[employee comments goal]
INITIATIVE:

Assume responsibility for every action and task without passing on blame

Attempt to do things differently and see the results changes

[employee comments goal]
COMMITMENT TO THE JOB:

Be a team player; contribute one's own strengths and support other employees' weaknesses, to ensure a strong, winning dynamic

Seek ways to learn new skills in order to improve one's performance and experience

[employee comments goal]
PRACTICAL THINKING:

Use diagrams such as organizational charts or flow diagrams in order to see how different ideas relate to each other

Seek to determine whether the findings, arguments, and ideas represent the entire picture and be open to finding that they do not

[employee comments goal]
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE:

Shows little willingness to understand industry trends, terminologies, and concepts surrounding a product

Learn to communicate information about products clearly and in a simple language

[employee comments goal]

Summary

Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 3: To be completed by the employee

1. Goals completed since last performance feedback

2. Goals for next period

3. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:

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