The Technical Project Lead works with product offering, sales, and service teams to develop and refine product requirements to drive cross-functional team development. The role leads product development through the new product development (NPD) lifecycle at a technical level to ensure the end product meets the market requirements. While this role involves work breakdown and planning, it is not a project management or program management position. The project engineer needs to have a keen technical background to support the electrical, mechanical, and firmware development teams.
Responsibilities:
Drive requirements development, refinement, and work breakdown for new product development projects.
Hold authority on system design decisions as it pertains to meeting market requirements.
Provide technical support and leadership to product development teams as first step in escalation path if issues or questions arise. Escalate major issues to the appropriate resources and pursue to closure.
Offer technical support, ideation, and problem solving to the engineering development teams enabling to push through roadblocks.
Work/task planning, scheduling, and tracking using an Agile methodology.
Track development progress versus plan, and manage resource needs to stay on schedule.
Translate detailed technical development plans to simplified project milestones for executive tracking purposes.
Track and report on team and individual performance to management and executive leadership.
Work with cross functional teams (Offering management, mechanical engineering, electrical/system engineering, engineering test) to create a development plan and strategy and bring products from ideation to concept and market launch. Drive execution of the plan. Example development stages:
Requirements definition and enrichment by collaborating with cross-functional teams (service, sales, manufacturing, quality, etc....)
Detailed specification breakdown and work/task breakdown based on higher level requirements
Concept development and refinement
Validation test planning and prototype planning
Prototype part ordering and local assembly
Prototype validation testing
Final conformance to specification checks and manufacturing handoff
Full product or platform development and release into PLM system
Identify areas requiring process improvement or documentation. Work with management and cross functional teams to execute improvements.
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering discipline, electrical preferred; Master's Degree a plus
Scrum Master certification or PMP preferred, but not required
5+ years of experience in product development & testing and/or cost improvement programs.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Ability to analyze and resolve complex problems with minimal guidance.
Experience with 3 phase power and conversion/conditioning products preferred, but not required.
The ability to work effectively in a cross functional group setting, including providing technical guidance to support management.
Strong communication and organizational skills with ability to summarize technical data/results quickly for non-technical audiences.
Mostly sedentary desk work, must be able to occasionally work in a power lab environment, including lifting objects, running cables, or stepping over/around objects
Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
Travel as required, domestic and international, < 10%
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
Vertiv is a $6.9 billion global critical infrastructure and data center technology company. We ensure customers' vital applications run continuously by bringing together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services. Our portfolio includes power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
Work Authorization
No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to help.join@vertiv.com.
