Product Manager

The training positions are 7 months at corporate global headquarters in Korea. Candidates will meet corporate management, expand career knowledge, and be paid to learn while spending 7 months on-site at the Korean worldwide headquarters. Full time permanent position available and required, paid relocation, to Cedar City, Utah following return to US.

Product Manager will serve as a key technical bridge between Korea HQ R&D and local engineering, production, and quality teams to ensure world-class product performance and reliability. Korean speaking skills preferred,

Key Responsibilities

Product Lifecycle & Technical Ownership

• Own and manage the technical specifications and performance standards for power equipment products

• Ensure consistent product quality across design, manufacturing, and field applications.

• Monitor product performance throughout the lifecycle and drive continuous improvement initiatives.


Failure Analysis & Troubleshooting

• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for product defects in manufacturing processes or field/customer applications.

• Perform technical troubleshooting of product failures using engineering principles.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to identify failure mechanisms and corrective actions.

Quality Improvement & Corrective Actions

• Develop short-term and long-term corrective and preventive action plans based on failure analysis.

• Drive implementation of quality improvements in collaboration with engineering, production, and quality teams.

• Ensure effectiveness verification and validation of corrective actions.

Standardization & Documentation

• Establish and maintain documentation of failure cases, corrective actions, and improvement history.

• Drive standardization of quality improvement processes and engineering practices.

• Support continuous product quality monitoring and preventive quality initiatives.

Cross-functional & Global Collaboration

• Act as a technical liaison between Korea HQ R&D and local US engineering/quality teams.

• Facilitate clear technical communication across multicultural and cross-functional teams.

• Support alignment between product design intent and manufacturing execution.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of power equipment design, structure, and operating principles (MCCB, ACB or similar).

• Ability to perform basic electrical and mechanical testing (e.g., continuity test, insulation resistance, operational performance tests).

• Strong engineering problem-solving and analytical thinking skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in a cross-functional and multinational environment.

• Proficiency in MS Office and basic engineering tools (CAD, drawing interpretation).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in product engineering, R&D, manufacturing engineering, or quality engineering in power equipment or electrical manufacturing industries.

• Strong knowledge of quality tools such as FMEA, 8D Report, Root Cause Analysis methodologies.

• Experience with UL standards (UL 489, UL 1066 or similar) and ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.

• Experience working in manufacturing systems such as ERP, PLM, or MES.

• Proficiency in CAD tools such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks.

• Bilingual capability in Korean and English preferred for direct collaboration with Korea HQ RE&D teams.