Manager of Sustaining Electrical Engineering- Spot

• Be accountable for all electrical engineering sustaining activities for the Spot product ecosystem that directly impact production, service, and customer satisfaction metrics
• Manage a small team of electrical engineers responsible for Spot circuit boards and electrical systems spanning processing, sensing, actuation, and power
• Leverage your broad knowledge of electrical engineering and product development to work alongside the team as an individual contributor
• Function as a consensus-first leader with the capability to drive when necessary
• Foster a positive work culture where everyone is supported to do their best work in a safe, fun, and collaborative environment
• Triage all production, service, and field electrical bugs
• assign owners, monitor progress, and drive resolution
• Represent the team across the broader organization, including in high-visibility briefings to leadership on critical issues
• Develop a component second-sourcing strategy and resolve component obsolescence issues
• Review Spot sustaining ECOs
• Create and refine development processes to improve quality and efficiency
• Mentor, grow, and develop team members

• BS in electrical engineering, computer engineering, robotics, or closely related field
• Prior people management and/or technical leadership experience
• 8+ years of electrical design experience
• Excellent people leadership skills
• Strong embedded computing and robotics systems knowledge
• Sound judgement and decision-making skills, with a proven ability to drive resolution of complex electrical issues
• Experience with product development
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout software (e.g. Altium)
• Familiarity with common PLM software (e.g. Arena)
• Basic Linux skills

• Knowledge of formal root cause analysis tools
• Prior experience standing up a second sourcing strategy for electrical components
• Software development skills to be able to modify production code for experimentation
• Software scripting skills to automate processes and analyze data
• Knowledge of circuit board manufacturing DfX and best practices

medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure