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The Product Engineering & Quality Manager- Electrical Products-  provides technical leadership and regulatory oversight for electrical, electronic, and digitally enabled products throughout their full lifecycle. This role serves as a key advisor to New Product Development (NPD) and crossfunctional teams, ensuring product designs comply with applicable domestic and international regulatory requirements, certification standards, and industry best practices-particularly for electrical power, electronics, embedded software, and wireless communication technologies.  The Manager and team will have responsibility for performing software quality assurance tasks to ensure validation and verification processes are commensurate with design assurance levels required under the product application.

The Manager leads postlaunch technical product support, including evaluation and approval of engineering and artwork changes, configuration management, product marking compliance, and resolution of complex fieldedproduct issues. Responsibilities include interpreting evolving regulatory codes and standards, supporting product performance improvement and costreduction initiatives, managing part obsolescence and supplier transitions, and providing technical guidance to engineering, sales, marketing, and customers.

This role also represents the business in relevant industry standards and regulatory bodies, proactively monitoring regulatory changes and advocating for standards that support product innovation and business objectives. In addition, the Manager supervises and develops a product engineering team, prioritizes workload across competing demands, and drives continuous improvement to enhance technical effectiveness, compliance assurance, and operational efficiency.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide technical/engineering leadership and support for fielded products, including integrated products with electrical power, electronics, and embedded software.  Support may span initiatives including product performance improvement, supplier work transfer, part obsolescence, or design change for cost reduction.
• Review product designs/concepts and advise New Product Development (NPD) engineering teams of applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards 
• Configuration control/management review and approval of Engineering Change Orders (ECO) and Artwork Change Requests (ACR) for appropriate product markings
• Provide technical support for product engineering, sales, marketing, and customer inquires for post-launch and in-service products
• Monitoring and management of workload demand from incoming requests, establishing prioritization with internal stakeholders
• Management, supervision, and mentorship of technical/engineering team, including driving recruitment, hiring and termination
• Monitoring and providing alert of regulatory code changes (domestic and international) and participation on relevant technical industry committees
• Other duties as assigned

Desired Experience

• BS Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Experience with systems integration and configuration management of structural/mechanical, electrical power, electronics, and embedded software for consumer products or similar devices
• Preferred minimum 7 years experience in related fields of electrical/electronic systems design/integration, validation, verification, and qualification assurance of embedded software
• Familiarity with applicable regulatory codes, including:
  • US FCC 47 CFR 15, Radio Frequency Devices
  • US FDA 21 CFR Subchapter J Part 1010, Performance Standards for Electronic Products; General
  • US FDA Laser Notice No. 56
  • US FDA 21 CFR 170.39, Substances Used in Food Contact Articles
  • US DOE 10 CFR, Energy Conservation
  • US EPA TSCA, Toxic Substances Control Act
  • California Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Regulations
  • California Prop 65, Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act
  • Canadian CEPA, Canadian Environmental Protection Act
  • Canadian ISED/ICES, General Requirements for Compliance of Interference Causing Equipment
  • European REACh (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Directive
  • European RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive 2011/65/EU
• Product certification marking and listing services, including UL listing, CE mark, and ETL mark
• Scan and provide interpretation of domestic and international regulatory codes and industry standards 
• Supervision and development of technical/engineering personnel, monitoring and measuring workload, and effectively communicating across functional roles to manage priorities across the business
• Focus on continuous improvement for adaptive learning and process efficiency growth
• Travel may vary up to 20%.