COMPANY OVERVIEW
A privately held company, we design, engineer, and manufacture innovative power tools and accessories for the commercial and hobbyist woodworking markets.
PRIMARY FUNCTION
As the leader of the Electrical and Software Engineering team, you will be responsible for guiding the team to deliver high quality electrical and electronic circuit designs and their associated software (firmware). You will be responsible for supporting the Advanced Development and Product Development phases of our new product development projects, as well as software (firmware) updates for our existing products.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Management
- Provide daily personnel management including clear communication of goals and expectations
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Assess performance of team members
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Create and help execute on personal development plans for team members
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Support VP of Engineering in determining staffing needs
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Participate in annual expense budget planning and manage annual expense budget
Advanced Development
- Provide engineering support to Advanced Development projects to meet project performance targets and key milestones
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Support senior engineers in developing electrical architectures that meet new product requirements within cost and schedule
Product Development
- Work with team members and Engineering Project Manager to plan work packages
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Provide BOM cost estimates from detailed design packages
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Assess quality of designs and qualification (test) plans
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Ensure compliance to external product and device standards including collaboration with Product Compliance Engineer
Sustaining Engineering
- Manage software-related sustaining engineering activities
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Support Operations and Sustaining Engineering teams to ensure up-time and low defect rate for brake cartridge programming
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Support Sustaining Engineering, Service, and Sales teams to analyze and resolve warranty issues and customer complaints
Technical Leadership
- Develop best practices and standardization for electrical and software engineering tools and processes
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Approve new and revised designs
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Working closely with IT, manage databases, systems, and processes for creating and maintaining electrical product information
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Identify potential (IP) intellectual property to expand company patent coverage and present them to VP of Engineering
QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED
- B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science
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5+ years of related industry experience (prior management experience required)
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Proficiency in electrical circuit design or embedded firmware programming
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Experience with system-level design, integration, and testing
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Proficiency with electrical circuit design CAD and simulation programs and/or software versioning system
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Familiar with Agile development methods (preferred)
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Familiarity with lab equipment experience
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Ability to mentor
