Senior Staff Electrical Engineer

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

Generac Home is hiring a Senior Staff  Electrical Engineer (Level V) to provide technical leadership across one or more business groups by exploring existing and new technologies to optimize market opportunity and fuel business growth.  The person who will thrive in this role is excited to be driving development in the lab and is passionate about bringing a product from concept through high volume manufacturing.  This is a hands-on role, and success will be achieved in the lab.  If you excel in that area and enjoy it, please consider applying.

Role can be located in either our N. Billerica MA office or S. Portland ME office with reasonable travel in between.  Salary range varies by location.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs, validates, and brings new products and technologies to market 
• Lead and assist teams in addressing difficult and complex technical challenges by stimulating cooperation and joint effort
• Matches new technologies to market needs and opportunities resulting in substantial business growth
• Lead innovation teams in developing patents and creating technical papers for publication.
• Develop new techniques, practices and processes utilizing new and existing technologies to enhance organizational performance.
• Collaborates with internal engineering teams to drive DFx.
• Ventures into new specialized or leading-edge technology across one or business groups that provides competitive advantage.
• Serve as an expert resource within the organization to guide and mentor engineering staff including reviewing designs and providing feedback, proactively identifying risk and proposing mitigations/contingencies, proposing ideas/options to improve project speed/timeliness, etc.
• Support the leadership team with respect to technical strategy
• Support and represent the organization as an industry leader in areas of personal and team specializations
• Participate in the transfer and optimization of technology and ideas across one or more business groups
• Specifies precise new product and technology functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates the most complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety. 
• Collaborates cross-functionally to optimize profitability by keeping development and product costs minimized while still delivering on key product objectives; pro-actively analyzes tradeoffs and presents options as appropriate
• Acts as a resource to mentor and teach less experienced engineers
• Travel to other Generac and key supplier/partner facilities as necessary

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering or related discipline
• 10+ years of relevant work experience in power electronics or related industry
• Designed and brought products through high volume manufacturing (100,000 units / year)
• Successfully launched a product that was optimized for cost

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering or directly related discipline
• 7-10+ years of demonstrated success as a technical leader in power electronics design or related industry strongly preferred;
• Ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple, complex projects simultaneously
• Broad design experience with a variety of electronics including power electronics, engine controls, displays, connectivity modules, etc.
• Strong electrical engineering background.
• In-depth experience in new product design and development
• Ability to conduct complex analyses of communications reliability, thermal management/performance, mechanical packaging design, environmental impacts/performance, etc.
• Familiar with standards for residential renewable energy systems.
• Published papers and or holder of one or more patents
• Ability to translate technical information to all audiences
• Demonstrated ability to apply engineering knowledge and experience to improve products, services and processes and mentor other engineers in design, development, risk identification, troubleshooting, issue resolution, innovation, etc.
• Experience in test & validation plan and procedure development and execution including multiple methods (HIL/SIL, bench component and/or system testing, fault injection methods, etc.)
• Experience in simulation and model-based design best practices

Generac is committed to fair and equity compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in N. Billerica MA is $161,200 - $217,600. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates relevant work experience, skills, certifications and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation, including short term and long-term incentives.

This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible, spending and health savings accounts, accrued paid time off, eight paid holidays in 401(k) retirement benefits.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.  On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”