A growing manufacturer is seeking a Manager of Engineering and Product Support to lead a highly technical engineering team and serve as a bridge between product development, operations, sales, marketing, and customers.
This is a role for an experienced lighting industry professional who understands that great products are not created in an engineering vacuum. You will bring a strong understanding of lighting, customer applications, product management, and engineering, and you will help shape and continually improve the company's product offering for the North American market.
Most product development is performed by an international R&D organization. You will work closely with international R&D leadership and company management to translate North American customer and market requirements into successful products and product improvements.
About half of this role is team leadership and development. The balance is product management, applications engineering, product development, customer support, market intelligence, and continuous improvement.
What You Will Do
- Manage approximately five mechanical and electrical engineers
- Provide direction, mentoring, coaching, and technical leadership to a highly technical team
- Manage the product lifecycle from implementation through end of life
- Help manage and continually improve the North American product offering
- Gather product ideas and requirements from customers, sales professionals, and engineers
- Identify market needs and emerging opportunities within the lighting industry
- Provide technical information and applications support to customers and the sales organization
- Assist customers with product applications and technical solutions
- Coordinate engineering activities with production and operations
- Manage and coordinate product certifications
What You Bring
- Significant professional experience within the lighting industry
- Demonstrated knowledge of lighting products and applications
- Experience managing and developing technical engineering personnel
- Strong product management or product development experience
- Experience working directly with customers on technical applications
- Engineering or other technical degree
- Experience with SolidWorks
- Applications engineering experience
- Previous experience as an Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, Product Manager, or Applications Engineering Manager
- Experience with commercial lighting. Residential lighting experience may also be relevant.
Why This Role
- Have a significant voice in how the U.S. business develops
- Work directly with company leadership and an international R&D organization
- Lead an experienced, highly technical, and engaged engineering team
- See ideas move from concept to implementation quickly
- Help improve the company's product lifecycle and internal processes
- Make a visible impact rather than becoming a cog in the machine
- Work in a new facility with a showroom and strong working conditions
- Build toward a potential executive leadership opportunity within the U.S. organization over the next 3 to 5 years
Pay: $130,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
Experience:
- Energy efficient lighting: 5 years (Required)
- Product management: 3 years (Required)
Location:
- Vero Beach, FL 32969 (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Vero Beach, FL 32969 (Required)
Work Location: In person
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