Senior Manager Electrical Engineering

Generac Power Systems - Senior Manager Electrical Engineering - Reno, Nevada

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

Generac is seeking an industry-leading Senior Electrical Hardware leader to contribute to Generac’s home standby battery systems.

As a member of our team, you will shape the direction of next-generation renewable energy products at Generac. You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world’s energy infrastructure and thrive working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Responsibilities

• Build a team of electrical engineers and create a culture of design excellence.
• Excel at leading cross-functionally and across disciplines to solve design challenges and implement new processes.
• Drive end-to-end process development, championing Altium 365 tools to the fullest extent and advocating for more efficient ways to develop hardware.
• Influence the entire company on technical solutions from concept to mass production.
• Create new electrical technologies that exceed competing technologies in key metrics like CEC efficiency, quiescent power, BOM cost, and reliability.
• Drive deep collaboration with cross-functional teams and advocate for a culture of inclusiveness and collaboration.
• Hold a high bar for design review rigor and find new ways to get it right the first time.
• Identify and create validation and test tool needs to increase design testing at system, reliability, component, and manufacturing level test coverage.

Create automated test tools that are reused across the company.

• Lead the development of finished products supporting our revolutionary home-standby battery systems.
• Lead the interaction with major internal Generac subassemblies and external stakeholders and customers.
• Determine product needs and shape the product specification at a system level.
• Collaborate with software, firmware, and mechanical design engineers throughout the product life cycle (from product inception to manufacturing) to debug and improve products.
• Directly impact product time to market with high internal visibility resulting in high risk, high reward scenarios.
• Absorb product knowledge to the point of product expertise.
• Resolve show-stopping limiters at design pilot and full-blown production stages of the product life cycle.
• Understand contract manufacturers, part vendors, and fabricators / assemblers capabilities and quality.
• Potentially lead a team of deeply technical and experienced engineers in your subject matter expertise.

Minimal Qualifications

• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience including large volume (1M+) consumer product hardware development, IoT device development, process-driven engineering design cycles, and R&D bleeding edge technology development.
• 5+ years of experience leading PCB architectures that include mixed signals, UL 1998 safety critical devices, power electronics, and computing platforms.
• 2+ years' experience displaying industry leadership such as presenting at conferences, teaching at a university, or participating on a standards body (UL, IEEE, IPC...).
• Demonstrated excellence in communication.
• Expert in Altium 365 schematic and layout design tools and processes including revision control, PLM management, and part library development.
• Expert in circuit modeling using SPICE tool of choice.
• Expert in PCB engineering such as DFM / DFT, fabrication and assembly technologies, strain / stress analysis, thermal management, connector / cable engineering, and EMI / EMC compliance.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UL / IEEE / NFPA / ANSI standards.
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience with evidence of exceptional ability.
• Fluent in engineering first principles in firmware / software and mechanical design.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls.

The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion, the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders.

The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our success is directly tied to our employees’ professional growth and personal well-being, combined with strong families and communities.

As an inclusive workplace, our employees embrace diversity, celebrate differences, and treat others with equality and respect.

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