Electrical Engineering Manager - Innovation

MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL; Town of Brookfield (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool’s Electrical Engineering Manager – Innovation leads a team of power electronics engineers focused on innovation in the power tools industry. The role sits at our Brookfield, Wisconsin headquarters and drives strategic direction with a focus on new technologies.

You will oversee strategic roadmap planning, resource allocation, and cross-functional collaboration with marketing, firmware, mechanical engineering, and global manufacturing to push breakthroughs from concept to product.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of power electronics design experience or 7+ years in battery system design.
• 2+ years of team leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of design documentation, circuit simulation, schematic capture, layout, and prototype verification testing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment.
• Strong leadership and self-motivation with organized, process-oriented work ethic.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time (domestic).

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and motivate a world class team of electrical engineers to deliver new-to-world solutions.
• Develop a roadmap of research and technology projects.
• Challenge your team technically and generate novel solutions.
• Lead technology investigations, develop system requirements and future architectures.
• Identify innovations and opportunities while considering financial impact and competitiveness.
• Develop plans to evaluate emerging technology to fit Milwaukee Tool product initiatives.
• Research and engage with prospective suppliers on selection of new technology including Lithium-Ion Battery Management ASICs and other ICs.
• Organize and align with product teams and managers to develop a robust product strategy and roadmap.
• Present quarterly learnings and status to the executive team.
• Drive communication with marketing and platform engineering to capture the voice of the customer.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Independent thinker

Team management

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Circuit simulation

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Prototype verification

Job description

Job Description:

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.; Sponsorship is not available for this position at this time.

INNOVATE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES!

At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success - so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to create disruptive new technologies and solutions on our electrical engineering teams. Our Engineering Team is responsible for giving life to the batteries, motors, and electronics that power solutions changing the lives of our users.

Every developmental phase of these critical components happens in-house under the watch of this team. We continue to invest in electrical engineering resources to design and develop leadership in electronic capabilities; something unique within the industry. And we're pushing the limits in firmware engineering, power electronics, embedded systems, machine learning, and the use of artificial intelligence.

Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to design and develop the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen. Year after year, our team continues to make significant breakthroughs in the industry and we're just getting started.

The Electrical Engineering Manager - Innovation will lead a team of power electronics engineers focused on innovation in the power tools industry.

You will be responsible for managing a team of engineers that are focused on innovation. You will oversee a variety of projects, from small quick hit technology improvements to large cross-functional investigations that push Milwaukee Tool into entirely new business categories. We are the research and development arm of Milwaukee, responsible for helping set large strategic directions through careful engineering and critical thinking. We focus on the end user and develop solutions to their problems that disrupt our competition.

You will be given wide latitude to operate independently and push your team to disrupt the industry. This group is uniquely empowered to generate ideas and then put together a plan to chase them down. Fail fast and fail often.

You will be responsible for strategic roadmap planning, resource allocation and scope management, oversight of technical reviews / design decisions, and process improvement. This includes working in a team environment with marketing, project management, firmware engineering, mechanical engineering, and global manufacturing operations. This position will sit at our Headquarters in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

You’ll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:

• Build, manage, and motivate a world class team of electrical engineers to deliver new-to-world solutions.
• Develop a roadmap of research and technology projects.
• Challenge your team technically, think outside the box and help your team generate novel solutions.
• Lead technology investigations, develop system requirements, define future architectures and reusability strategies.
• Identify new innovations and strategic opportunities while considering financial impact and competitiveness.
• Develop plans to evaluate and assess the emerging technology market space to fit/compliment Milwaukee Tool product initiatives and development.
• Research and engage with prospective suppliers on selection of new technology including Lithium-Ion Battery Management ASICs, microcontrollers, Power Devices, and other analog and digital ICs.
• Organize and align across product team and commercial managers to develop a robust product strategy and development roadmap.
• Present quarterly share outs to the executive team on project learnings and status.
• Drive communication with marketing, product teams, and platform engineering to capture the voice of the customer and tailor solutions to user needs.
• Provide expertise and engineering support on high complexity projects.

What TOOLS you’ll bring with you:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in power electronics design including switch mode power supply topologies, inverters, and semiconductor component selection. OR 7+ years in battery system design and development.
• 2+ years of team leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of industry best practices for design documentation, circuit simulation, schematic capture, layout, and prototype verification testing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, exercises independent judgement and works well under pressure in a dynamic environment.
• Strong leadership experience.
• Self-motivated, organized, efficient, process oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Practical knowledge in analog/digital system tradeoffs and design, especially related to signal integrity, noise analysis, and margin considerations.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time (domestic and