Product Manager, Thermoelectric Modules

Sheetak, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheetak is seeking a Product Manager, Thermoelectric Modules to own the product strategy, requirements, and roadmap for TEC and TEG lines, spanning the CENTUM family and Energy Harvesting. This role combines market intelligence with hands-on product management, writing PRDs and guiding products from concept through launch, while also running select projects day to day.

The right candidate learns quickly, stays curious, and thrives in a fast-moving, collaboration-driven environment focused on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering; advanced degree a plus.
• 2–4+ years of product management experience for hardware or electronic components.
• Experience writing PRDs and driving products from concept to launch.
• Ability to conduct market research and competitive analysis.
• Strong project management skills with scheduling and risk tracking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Own TEC/TEG product roadmap and balance near-term commitments with long-term strategy.
• Write and maintain PRDs and define product positioning for lines.
• Prioritize features based on target application requirements.
• Track market trends across end markets and anticipate demand.
• Benchmark competitors and analyze pricing and positioning.
• Translate customer input into research findings and opportunities.
• Scout new technologies and propose roadmap opportunities.
• Serve as project manager for TEC/TEG development projects.
• Coordinate cross-functional work between engineering, manufacturing, and quality.
• Act as main product contact between Engineering, Manufacturing, Applications Eng, and Sales.
• Own go-to-market readiness and monitor post-launch performance.

Skills

Market research

PRD writing

Roadmap development

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

MBA (preferred)

Tools

Pipedrive

Smartsheet

MS Project

Jira

Job description

Own the roadmap, market research, and go-to-market for Sheetak's thermoelectric cooler and generator product lines, and help run select projects day to day.

Department

Product Management

Reports To

Director of Product Management

Location

Austin, TX (on-site)

Employment Type

Full-Time / Exempt

Work Arrangement

On-site, 5 days/week

Travel

Up to 20%

About Sheetak

Sheetak is a pioneer in advanced thermoelectric materials and devices, delivering high-performance cooling and energy harvesting solutions. Our products enable breakthrough innovation in optoelectronics, AI infrastructure, aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial markets. As we scale development and manufacturing of our core product lines, we are looking for a Product Manager, Thermoelectric Modules to take direct ownership of our TEC and TEG product lines, from roadmap and requirements through launch, while also helping run select projects day to day.

Position Summary

The Product Manager, Thermoelectric Modules owns the product strategy, requirements, and roadmap for Sheetak's thermoelectric cooler (TEC) and thermoelectric generator (TEG) product lines, spanning the CENTUM family (Single Stage, C3 multistage, µCENTUM) and the Energy Harvesting line. This role leads with market intelligence: staying ahead of technology trends, competitive moves, and emerging applications in thermoelectrics and adjacent cooling approaches, then turning that intelligence into a sharp, well-justified roadmap. That research is backed by hands-on product management: writing PRDs, prioritizing trade-offs, and driving products from concept through launch. A secondary responsibility is acting as project manager on a subset of initiatives, keeping cross-functional work on schedule between design freeze and launch. The right candidate is as comfortable spotting a whitespace opportunity in a market landscape as they are writing a PRD or running a project timeline with engineering and manufacturing.

While this role is well suited to someone early in their product management career, we're looking for someone who learns quickly, stays curious, and gets things done.

Responsibilities / Skills

• Own the product roadmap for TEC and TEG product lines, balancing near-term customer commitments against longer-term product strategy and the opportunities surfaced through market research.
• Write and maintain PRDs and product requirement documents, and define product positioning and differentiation for µCENTUM, CENTUM, and Energy Harvesting lines against competitive alternatives.
• Prioritize feature and configuration trade-offs based on target application requirements.
• Continuously track trends across Sheetak's target end markets (optoelectronics, AI infrastructure and datacenter cooling, aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial) to anticipate where thermal management demand is headed next.
• Monitor the technology landscape for thermoelectric materials, device architectures, and packaging approaches, and maintain a structured view of the competitive landscape, benchmarking competitor products on performance, pricing, and positioning.
• Convert customer conversations, RFQs, win/loss patterns, and market signals into structured research findings and prioritized product opportunities.
• Scout new technologies, materials, and market segments for whitespace opportunities, and bring roadmap proposals forward with clear supporting research and rationale.
• Serve as project manager for a subset of TEC/TEG development projects, maintaining schedules, tracking milestones, and coordinating cross-functional dependencies between engineering, manufacturing, and quality.
• Act as the primary product point of contact between Engineering, Manufacturing, Applications Engineering, and Sales for the TEC/TEG portfolio, supporting pricing and quoting decisions and presenting product and project status updates to leadership.
• Own go-to-market readiness for new TEC/TEG products and monitor post-launch performance, feeding learnings back into the roadmap and the market research process.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, or related discipline); advanced degree a plus.
• 2 to 4+ years of product management experience for hardware or electronic components, ideally in thermal management, semiconductors, or advanced materials.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct market research and competitive analysis, and to translate findings into concrete product decisions and roadmap proposals.
• Demonstrated experience writing product requirements documents and driving a product from concept through launch.
• Working knowledge of project management fundamentals, including scheduling, milestone tracking, and risk and dependency management, and willingness to apply them hands on to specific projects.
• Comfortable operating in a small, fast-moving organization where product and project responsibilities overlap.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate between engineering detail, market analysis, and customer or executive level summary.

Preferred

• MBA, business coursework, or a minor in Business/Marketing, particularly alongside the engineering background above.
• Experience with thermoelectric devices (Peltier coolers, TEGs), thermal management, or surface mount technology.
• Track record of monitoring emerging materials, technologies, or trends in thermal management, semiconductors, or adjacent hard tech fields and turning that monitoring into product recommendations.
• Familiarity with optoelectronics, AI infrastructure and datacenter cooling, or energy harvesting applications.
• Experience with CRM/quoting tools (e.g., Pipedrive) and program scheduling tools (Smartsheet, MS Project, Jira, or similar).
• PMP or similar project management certification.
• Competitive salary and equity participation.
• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.

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Help set the roadmap for Sheetak's TEC and TEG product lines, from market research through launch.