Engineering Talent Development Lead

Lutron Electronics; Coopersburg (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lutron Electronics seeks a Talent Development Manager – Engineering to shape how engineers build technical, functional, professional, and leadership capabilities. You will partner with engineering leaders, HR, and Lutron University to translate capability needs into engaging learning experiences.

You’ll apply consulting, stakeholder management, and project management skills to influence learning priorities across a highly innovative engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Learning and Development, or a related field, with a concentration in technology, process management, or quality management.
• Experience designing, developing, and implementing adult learning programs within technology-driven organizations.
• Familiarity with learning management systems (LMS), digital learning platforms, and knowledge management systems.
• Expertise in learning strategy, instructional design, facilitation, coaching, or technical capability development.
• Flexibility to travel on an occasional basis to Lutron locations in Philadelphia, Boston, and Austin as needed.
• You are authorized to work in the U.S. and will not require sponsorship for work visa by Lutron.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering leaders to identify current and future capability needs.
• Assess skill gaps and align learning strategies to business priorities.
• Develop a strategic learning roadmap aligned with Lutron’s principles and engineering priorities.
• Guide leaders in defining the capabilities needed to support future business goals.
• Support the development of technical skill frameworks and engineering career pathways.
• Enhance the Engineering Development Program to accelerate onboarding and professional growth.
• Partner with leaders, managers, and participants to strengthen program effectiveness.
• Build foundational technical, professional, and leadership capabilities for early-career engineers.
• Design, develop, and deliver learning experiences for employees across engineering roles and levels.
• Leverage classroom, digital, blended, coaching, and on-the-job learning approaches.
• Facilitate onboarding experiences for new engineering employees.
• Help engineers discover and access learning aligned with performance and career goals.
• Partner with subject matter experts to ensure learning content remains relevant and credible.
• Build a differentiated engineering learning portfolio and define and manage the portfolio for Engineering.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen technical, professional, project, and leadership development.
• Evaluate and manage external learning partners and training vendors.
• Forecast learning investments based on engineering capability priorities.
• Oversee the thoughtful use of continuing education resources across Engineering.
• Explore digital learning platforms, knowledge management systems, and other tools that can make learning more accessible and effective.
• Serve as a trusted learning consultant to engineering leaders and key stakeholders.
• Coach leaders and managers to strengthen their role in developing talent.
• Diagnose performance and capability gaps and recommend targeted learning interventions.
• Partner with Engineering and HR to design practical solutions addressing business needs.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and improvement.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of learning programs through data, feedback, and stakeholder insight.
• Track learning participation, progress, and outcomes through Lutron’s learning management system.
• Recommend and implement improvements to increase learning impact and participation.
• Support the deployment and tracking of engineering-related compliance, safety, and quality programs.
• Collaborate with Talent Development colleagues across Lutron to share practices and strengthen Lutron University’s products and services.

Skills

Learning and development

People leadership

Instructional design

Coaching

Organizational development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Learning and Development, or related field

7+ years in learning and development or related field ( engineering focus )

Tools

LMS

Digital learning platforms

Knowledge management systems

Job description

Lutron Electronics seeks a Talent Development Manager – Engineering to shape how engineers build technical, functional, professional, and leadership capabilities. You will partner with engineering leaders, HR, and Lutron University to translate capability needs into engaging learning experiences.

You’ll apply consulting, stakeholder management, and project management skills to influence learning priorities across a highly innovative engineering environment.