Senior Technical Product Manager – Solar Plant IOT Systems

Nextpower•Fremont, CA

10d

About The Position

The Senior Technical Product Manager – Solar Plant IOT Systems is responsible for evaluating, developing, and executing products that help customers monitor solar power plant site conditions using camera systems, soiling sensors, other sensors, and supporting electronics and software. The products use Internet of Things (IoT) concepts to enable better management of solar power plants. The role involves analyzing business value for product changes, writing product requirements, driving product innovation, planning programs, and collaborating across the company to deliver successful products. The position helps shape the product roadmap and communicate it to the wider team. It leads product development from concept through launch, identifies and evaluates improvements, and coordinates with engineering, supply chain, and other teams. It also manages improvement programs for advanced vision systems for fire and smoke detection, soiling measurement systems, weather stations, and other sensing systems deployed at solar projects.

Requirements

5+ years of product management experience with related products.
A track record of successfully launching complex products.
Experience delivering business value from Internet of Things (IoT) systems.
Experience with IoT/MODBUS communication, field instrumentation, camera systems, telemetry, or other electromechanical systems.
Experience with electronics and firmware product development.
Experience with solar plant SCADA and operation.
Ability to write clear and measurable product requirements.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience doing financial analysis to support business decisions.
An advanced degree in a relevant engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain product roadmaps that address customer needs, business value, and organizational constraints.
Lead product development from conceptualization through launch.
Identify and evaluate potential product improvements and define product requirements.
Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, and other teams to deliver products on time.
Communicate product and development program status across the company, including to sales, engineering, supply chain, project services, and executive teams.
Manage product improvement programs for advanced fire and smoke detection vision systems, including hardware, embedded software, and AI image processing systems.
Manage product improvement programs for soiling measurement systems, weather stations, and other sensing systems used at solar projects.
Analyze business value for product changes, drive product innovation, and plan programs.