Manager, Product Development Engineering

Hubbell - Solon, OH

Full-time - Manager

Solon, OH

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Manager of Product Development Engineering will provide administrative and technical leadership to a multi-disciplinary engineering team focused on developing advanced Radio Frequency (RF) products for the AMI/Smart Grid industry. This role involves overseeing hardware and firmware design, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and facilitating effective communication across departments to promote successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development of Hardware (Electrical and Mechanical) and Firmware designs across product lines.
• Serve as group and technical lead, synthesizing design inputs from various stakeholders.
• Ensure consistent implementation of design processes and metric tracking across locations.
• Contribute to documentation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of product development processes.
• Conduct proper peer reviews and ensure solid objective evidence of key design parameter analysis and design verification tests.
• Institute formal methods and procedures, including necessary training.
• Ensure all designs comply with regulatory requirements from governing agencies such as the FCC and Industry Canada.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in developing technology roadmaps for product lines.
• Facilitate project-related communications across departments.
• Resolve conflicts, remove roadblocks, and address questions and concerns promptly.
• Allocate and monitor team resources according to project staffing plans.
• Identify and communicate key responsibilities and practices to promote a successful organizational attitude and effective teamwork.
• Support the implementation of company programs, procedures, methods, and practices to reinforce key company messages.
• Manage administrative tasks including setting performance and development goals, check-in and final performance reviews.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing, developing, and testing of real-time embedded products.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading embedded product development teams.
• Competent working with Microsoft Office and other related Windows platform software.
• Familiarity with FCC part 90, part 15, Industry Canada standards and regulations for licensed and ISM band products.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team in the design and development of high volume electronics.

Nice-to-haves

• Masters level degree.
• Experience designing and developing firmware.
• Familiarity with communications, protocol selection, and network configuration.