Sr. Engineering Manager

Vertiv; Delaware (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv, located in Delaware, Ohio, is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product development for their Single-Phase UPS portfolio. This role involves driving product definitions, leading engineering teams, and ensuring successful product launches. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in electrical engineering, the ability to mentor teams, and a strong background in UPS systems. The position provides significant technical leadership and a focus on improving customer experiences through effective engineering management and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years Engineering Leadership experience in R&D, Product Engineering, and technical team management.
• Expertise in product design and engineering across the full product lifecycle including electrical circuits and firmware.
• Experience in mentoring and leading engineering teams to solve design and customer issues.

Responsibilities

• Drive product definition and engineering alignment for UPS portfolio.
• Provide technical leadership for product engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Oversee product testing and manage day-to-day responsibilities of the engineering team.

Skills

Leadership in Engineering

Technical expertise in UPS systems

Project Management

Mentoring Team Members

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oracle

Agile

CREO

Mentor Graphics

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Engineering Manager is a high-impact Engineering Site Leader responsible for driving product definition, engineering alignment, and execution excellence across Vertiv’s Single-Phase UPS portfolio. This role leads Product Engineers, Lead Engineers, Sustaining and Test teams to ensure clear product specifications, strong technical direction, and seamless collaboration with design teams. This position is accountable for translating customer needs and field insights into robust product requirements, enabling design teams to build reliable, high-quality solutions. The Senior Engineering Manager plays a critical role in eliminating recurring customer issues by driving root-cause resolution, enforcing engineering rigor, and ensuring lessons learned are embedded into future product definitions. The role sets the standard for execution by prioritizing initiatives, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and maintaining strong oversight of validation, testing, and release readiness. Additionally, this leader drives New Product Development (NPDI) effectiveness, accelerates time-to-market through better planning and coordination, and ensures engineering resources are focused on the highest-impact work. Success in this role requires strong technical depth in UPS systems, power switching and distribution, battery systems and utilities, decisive leadership, and the ability to influence product designs—bridging product definition and design execution to consistently deliver measurable business outcomes and improved customer experience. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of electrical engineering principles, extensive systems engineering background, an understanding of Product Engineering and New Product Development process, and experience in developing and managing a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership defining new product design specifications, resolving complex customer technical issues pertaining to Single-Phase UPS products.
• Provides technical leadership to internal Vertiv functions - marketing, sales, application engineering, customer technical support and service, and manufacturing.
• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Product engineers, Lead Engineers, Sustaining team and test technicians.
• Brings extensive experience in UPS, power systems domain as well as new technologies and ideas to the table to drive innovation and reliability of single-phase UPS products.
• Responsible for managing the team’s day-to-day responsibilities and reporting status.
• Assigns priorities to the team and assists them with escalating issues and solving problems.
• Oversees the lab and Test engineers who support the product testing, DVT and Regression tests, reviews the tests and results to ensure defect-free product and firmware launches.
• Reviews and tracks the engineering OpEx budget for their group.
• Manages CapEx projects from initial quoting to commissioning and ability to track the spending and effectively utilize company funds.
• Ownership of product engineering deliverables including quality of customer-facing documentation such as QIG, Technical Manuals etc.
• Implement new processes to improve engineering performance and improves NPDI product launch Time-To-Market metrics.
• Organizes and actively drives Design Reviews, DFx Reviews, Pilot Builds, Testing, PPAP activities.
• Leads and mentors cross-functional teams to come up with permanent resolutions for the issues identified during these formal reviews.
• Thinks strategically, sees bigger picture to effectively improve New Product launch performance and field issues resolution which will positively impact Vertiv Single Phase UPS business positioning, growth, reputation and market share.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years Engineering Leadership experience:
  • R&D, Product Engineering, Technical team management
  • Product Design & Engineering: Full product lifecycle expertise, Electrical (circuits, PCB, UPS ≤20kW, rectifiers, inverters, BMS), Firmware (embedded, DSP), Mechanical (3D design, sheet metal, plastics, vendors)
  • Testing & Compliance: DVT, regression testing, Regulatory, safety, and certification
• Subject matter expert in Single Phase UPS products & technology, provide technical information on current products pertaining to customer issues or new product specifications.
• Use voice of customer (VOC) from a deep understanding of current customer pain points, field issues and market trends to shape New Product definitions.
• Experience in writing &/or approving technical publications, Functional Requirements, Technical Requirements documents.
• Experience in mentoring Product Engineers, Lead Engineers, Sustaining and Test teams to efficiently solve design issues and customer problems.
• Excellent organizational skills, handle multiple priorities, and ability to effectively manage team activities.
• Ability to effectively lead during times of uncertainty and ambiguity by thinking strategically and at the same time providing tactical solutions for superior execution.
• Excellent technical project management skills and ability to effectively communicate project status to senior leadership.
• Engineering software and systems familiarity. Oracle, Agile, CREO, Mentor Graphics, etc.
• Excellent planning, organizing, and communication skills. Ability to successfully communicate and articulate complex topics to a broad range of people in a global team environment.

Physical & Environmental Demands

• 100% fluent in English.
• 80% sedentary desk work, 20% test lab/manufacturing environment work.
• Ability to lift and carry 25 pounds or less.

Time Travel Required

10% for occasional customer site visits and NPDI launch factory visits.

Work Authorization

No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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