Engineer Manager for Electronic Controls Development Team
About the Company:
Throughout a history dating back to 1881, Bradford White Corporation has been manufacturing some of the most high-performing, technologically advanced, and energy-saving products to the world market. While many manufacturers continue to move production out of the country, we continue to invest in America.
We are proud to have millions of products installed for millions of satisfied customers all over the world. Our essential products continue to support the health, safety, sanitation, and infrastructure of communities and for 2023 we've been recognized as an Energy Star Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award Winner for the fourth straight year.
For the Bradford White family of companies, customer satisfaction is our greatest reward, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to deliver products that are Built to be the Best®. Today, we employ more than 1900 employees with headquarters in suburban Philadelphia and manufacturing operations in Middleville and Niles, Michigan and Rochester, New Hampshire.
Primary Function:
Responsible for leading the controls design team of hardware and software engineers in the design and development of microcontroller-based control systems used in electric, gas-fired, solar and hybrid water heaters. The focus of this role is primarily hardware/software design for high volume, low-cost electronic assemblies.
Responsibilities:
Estimating development costs, timing and control system costs based on product requirements, existing platform controls and control team capabilities / resource availability.
Recruiting, developing, managing, coaching the controls team and external contractors based on strategic objectives and customer needs.
Creating and managing an annual budget to improve team performance, capabilities and resources to keep up with customer demand.
Understanding key products, application challenges, performance requirements, etc. for all divisions of Bradford White Corporation with the goal of recommending potential control system solutions to improve product performance, customer value, quality, reliability, etc.
Manage resources to support internal and external customer needs, competitive analysis, cost reductions, quality improvements, parts obsolescence, etc.
Job Requirements:
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or other Technology.
5+ years' experience in designing hardware for electronics controls (HVAC or appliance applications would be a plus).
5+ years' direct leadership of design engineers in new product development.
Proven project management experience on several development projects.
Creation of product specifications, Statement of Work, from customer requirements.
Experience with project documentation including BOMs, test plans, instructions, and procedures.
Strong interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and ability to learn quickly.
Strong computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Costing, project planning and the supervision of the product from conception to production.
Design and testing to regulating agency standards such as UL, FCC, CE, CSA, etc.
Experience in high volume, low-cost design.
Design for Six Sigma and/or Design for Manufacturability
Experience with communications such as RS-485, Ethernet and WiFi would be a plus
Proficiency in writing embedded code for electronics controls utilizing C/C++ would be a plus.
Research and selection of components, circuitry, and topologies.