Electrical Engineering Technical Manager
About The Position
Lutron Electronics is looking for an Electrical Engineering Technical Manager for our Austin, Texas Engineering office. In this role, you will be a technical expert on a cross-functional team that conceives, designs, and delivers innovative, high-quality products that maintain and expand our market position as the world leader in automated lighting and shades. You will join a dynamic group that thrives on shared experiences and continuous learning during a transformative period in the lighting industry. The Electrical Engineering Technical Manager is a senior technical leadership role responsible for defining, guiding, and governing the electrical architecture of complex products across the company’s portfolio. This individual serves as the highest-level electrical engineering authority, ensuring that designs are robust, scalable, manufacturable, and aligned with business, quality, and regulatory objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Electronics Engineering (master's degree preferred).
- Minimum, cumulative GPA of 3.00 GPA (or equivalent) for all degrees earned.
- 12+ years of engineering experience in product development.
- Expertise in power electronics, analog circuits, and physics fundamentals.
- Advanced proficiency with CAD and PLM tools.
- Curiosity and solution-focused mindset.
- First principles thinker.
- Authorized to work in the U.S. and will not require Lutron to sponsor for any work visa, such as an H-1B, either immediately or at any time in the future. Lutron does not offer work visa sponsorship for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Excellent technical communication skills.
- Experience with high-volume consumer or commercial products.
- RF system experience.
- Embedded system experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct supervision to develop senior and junior electrical engineers.
- In charge of enforcing technical rigor, documentation, and design excellence.
- Define the electrical architecture for new and existing products, from concept through production.
- Translate system-level requirements into electrical design strategies and product design roadmaps.
- Evaluate trade-offs between performance, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and schedule.
- Establish design standards, best practices, and architectural principles across electrical systems.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance during concept development, detailed design, prototyping, verification, and validation.
- Ensure designs are optimized for manufacturability, assembly, serviceability, and cost at scale.
- Support root-cause analysis and resolution of complex technical issues in development and production.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, software, optical, LED packaging, industrial design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and regulatory teams to ensure electrical designs meet all functional, aesthetic, and compliance requirements.
- Support customer, partner, and supplier technical discussions as an electrical subject-matter expert.
- Collaborate with suppliers, consultants, and industry experts on design feasibility and process selection.
- Contribute to long-term technology roadmaps and R&D strategy.
- Identify cost reduction and product improvement opportunities.
Benefits
- competitive compensation and benefits
- options for continued growth and education
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
