Electrical Systems Technical Program Lead (Energy Hardware)

Job Description

Job Description

Lead the Launch of Next‑Gen Energy Hardware

Step into a role where your program leadership turns bold electrical designs into shipped products. As the Electrical Systems Technical Program Lead, you’ll guide cross‑disciplinary teams—electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality—from first sketch to full-scale production.

A Day in the Life

Morning: You kick off with a cross-functional standup, aligning electrical, firmware, and mechanical teams on this week’s sprint goals. Midday: You run a risk review, triaging blockers and assigning mitigations across suppliers and internal owners. Afternoon: You facilitate a design review, track new actions in Jira, and update the program Gantt in Smartsheet. Late day: You brief leadership on KPIs, schedule health, and readiness gates as the product moves toward validation and launch.

What You’ll Lead

• Drive end-to-end program delivery—from concept and prototyping through validation, ramp, and production launch.
• Own integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across the product lifecycle.
• Coordinate execution across electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality teams.
• Identify risks and roadblocks early; implement and track mitigation plans to hit critical dates.
• Manage feature maturity, component readiness, and program roadmaps to achieve business objectives.
• Champion cost-down and quality-up initiatives throughout development and into production.
• Facilitate design and program reviews; lead cross-functional technical discussions and decision forums.
• Track and drive closure of Jira action items and engineering deliverables.
• Report status, KPIs, risks, and schedule variances to leadership with clear, data-backed narratives.
• Align detailed engineering plans to overarching company goals and go-to-market timelines.

Required Background

• 5+ years of Technical Program Management in engineering environments.
• Proven leadership of complex hardware or electromechanical programs.
• Hands-on experience shepherding products from concept through manufacturing and production launch.
• Deep knowledge of engineering development lifecycles and cross-functional product development.
• Expertise building and managing schedules, milestones, and inter-team dependencies.
• Direct collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and quality organizations.
• Proficiency with Jira, Agile practices, and project scheduling tools.
• Fluency with Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or comparable Gantt-based planning platforms.

Preferred Experience

• Domain exposure in battery systems, energy storage, automotive, aerospace, robotics, industrial automation, or advanced manufacturing.
• Working understanding of electrical systems, electronic hardware, PCB/PCBA development, and/or embedded systems.
• New Product Introduction (NPI) and production ramp leadership.
• Familiarity with product release processes, engineering change management, and configuration control.
• Programs that span firmware and software integration.

Your Technical Toolkit

• Product Development Lifecycle and New Product Introduction (NPI)
• Manufacturing Readiness and Product Release Processes
• Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and Multi-Level BOMs
• Agile product development with Jira & Scrum frameworks
• Cross-functional team leadership across hardware, firmware, and software

How You Succeed

• Relentlessly drive teams toward milestone achievement.
• Communicate crisply with engineering leadership and stakeholders.
• Balance technical complexity, schedule realities, and business priorities.
• Remove obstacles with urgency to maintain program momentum.
• Guide products through development, validation, and into production launch.

Additional Proficiencies

• Bachelor's Degree
• ISO 13485
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
• Design for Assembly (DFA)
• Tolerance Analysis
• Budgeting / Forecasting Experience
• Engineering Degree

Energy Technology Industry