Company Generac Power Systems
Name Engineering Manager – Manufacturing Test
Req # 64418
Employment Type Full Time
Shift 1st
At Generac, we bring our best energy to work every day and promote a drive to win while respecting others and supporting growth. Join us, as we inspire change for a better world, positively impact our people and the community, influence and achieve positive results that support growth, and innovate the industry.
Generac Clean Energy Solutions is looking for a skilled engineering leader to drive the development of robust test solutions for high-volume production. You will lead a team of talented electrical, mechanical, software, and test engineers and technicians responsible for architecting and implementing automated test systems to validate our next-generation renewable energy products. Join our team and make a meaningful impact on the future of global energy infrastructure.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of highly knowledgeable and collaborative test, electrical, mechanical, and software engineers. Challenge ideas and decisions with reasoning from first principles.
- Enhance team resiliency and capacity through hiring and building internal leadership.
- Architect and execute core technology test hardware platform to enable efficient development and scaling of automated test systems.
- Drive test software development for performance, scalability, robustness, and tight integration with test hardware and products. Develop tools for diagnostics, testing, and validation.
- Design comprehensive and reliable test procedures for high-voltage power electronics, battery modules, and product assembly.
- Establish and maintain documentation standards for test specifications, electrical schematics, CAD drawings, validation and release plans, and system development timelines.
- Collaborate and integrate with hardware design, system test, and firmware teams to develop efficient systems. Provide feedback to improve product quality and functionality.
- Participate hands-on in software and system debugging. Drive improvements to meet accuracy, cycle time, and other performance factors.
- Travel to different facilities worldwide, collaborating with teams and deploying our solutions.
- BS or MS in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering.
- 7+ years of test engineering experience including mechanical product validation, functional safety validation, integration/automated test, hardware/firmware for power electronics/battery bring up, system testing, and manufacturing testing experience.
- 4 years of progressive leadership experience in product validation.
- Track record of delivering automated manufacturing test systems for products produced at 100k+/year scale with outstanding quality.
- Excellent electronics fundamentals including architecture, understanding hardware schematics, power conversion devices, wireless design, and knowledge of likely failure modes and approaches to validate proactively to ensure robust hardware.
- Strong skills in electronic or electrical system design tools.
- Solid understanding of software fundamentals, including architectural design, algorithm development, data structures, code modularity, and maintainability.
- Demonstrated excellence in concurrency, asynchronous programming, and distributed systems to achieve strict cycle-time requirements and maximize throughput.
- Proficiency in system-level languages (such as Golang, Rust, C, C++, etc.) for designing products and automated systems.
- Proven ability to build team depth through hiring and internal development of engineers.
- Proactive, engaged, and positive approach to tackling challenging tasks, taking ownership, and being accountable for personal and team success.