The Product Development Manager at our Oconee, SC manufacturing facility leads a multidisciplinary engineering team to design and deliver innovative electro-mechanical solutions for the Utilities and Energy sector, including smart grid and metering technologies. This role is ideal for a technically strong leader who can effectively bridge hardware and software domains. This leadership position owns the full product lifecycle—from concept through certification and manufacturing—driving customer-centric, innovative, and high-quality outcomes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a collaborative, authentic, and high-performing engineering team across electrical, mechanical, and firmware disciplines.
- Own end-to-end product development lifecycle (concept, design, prototype, validation, certification, and manufacturing handoff) with accountable delivery of scope, timelines, quality, and cost.
- Provide technical leadership across embedded systems and hardware design, ensuring customer-centric solutions aligned to smart grid and metering product needs.
- Drive agile and innovative development practices, improving processes for quality, reliability, and efficiency while ensuring compliance with industry standards (e.g., ANSI, FCC, UL).
- Partner cross-functionally to translate customer and business requirements into executable plans and sustain existing product portfolio performance.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in product development, preferably in the electronics/electrical industry.
- 5+ years of experience managing or leading an engineering team.
- Proven experience managing full product lifecycle and delivering high-quality, high-reliability products in regulated industries.
- Demonstrated ability to drive execution, influence stakeholders, and build accountable, inclusive teams.
- Applied leadership in areas such as requirements analysis, design review, risk mitigation/FMEA, and design for manufacturability
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Knowledge of analog/digital design, power management, or signal integrity.
- Strong software or firmware background with ability to integrate hardware and software solutions in a collaborative and agile environment.
- Familiarity with regulatory certification processes and manufacturing transfer (DFM, validation, sustaining).
- Understanding modern electronics and mechanical CAD design tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro, PTC Creo, etc.)
- Track record of fostering innovative, customer-centric product strategies and continuous improvement.
Travel: 0-10%
Physical Demands: This is a typical office job, with no special physical requirements or unusual work environment. This is a safety sensitive role.
Benefits Info:
This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial, social, health and wellbeing programs, paid vacation, 401k matching, employee stock purchase program, hybrid work schedule, and more! This position is eligible for our annual bonus program.
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