The Product Engineering & Quality Manager- Electrical Products- provides technical leadership and regulatory oversight for electrical, electronic, and digitally enabled products throughout their full lifecycle. This role serves as a key advisor to New Product Development (NPD) and cross‑functional teams, ensuring product designs comply with applicable domestic and international regulatory requirements, certification standards, and industry best practices—particularly for electrical power, electronics, embedded software, and wireless communication technologies. The Manager and team will have responsibility for performing software quality assurance tasks to ensure validation and verification processes are commensurate with design assurance levels required under the product application.
The Manager leads post‑launch technical product support, including evaluation and approval of engineering and artwork changes, configuration management, product marking compliance, and resolution of complex fielded‑product issues. Responsibilities include interpreting evolving regulatory codes and standards, supporting product performance improvement and cost‑reduction initiatives, managing part obsolescence and supplier transitions, and providing technical guidance to engineering, sales, marketing, and customers.
This role also represents the business in relevant industry standards and regulatory bodies, proactively monitoring regulatory changes and advocating for standards that support product innovation and business objectives. In addition, the Manager supervises and develops a product engineering team, prioritizes workload across competing demands, and drives continuous improvement to enhance technical effectiveness, compliance assurance, and operational efficiency.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide technical/engineering leadership and support for fielded products, including integrated products with electrical power, electronics, and embedded software. Support may span initiatives including product performance improvement, supplier work transfer, part obsolescence, or design change for cost reduction.
- Review product designs/concepts and advise New Product Development (NPD) engineering teams of applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards
- Configuration control/management review and approval of Engineering Change Orders (ECO) and Artwork Change Requests (ACR) for appropriate product markings
- Provide technical support for product engineering, sales, marketing, and customer inquires for post-launch and in-service products
- Monitoring and management of workload demand from incoming requests, establishing prioritization with internal stakeholders
- Management, supervision, and mentorship of technical/engineering team, including driving recruitment, hiring and termination
- Monitoring and providing alert of regulatory code changes (domestic and international) and participation on relevant technical industry committees
- Other duties as assigned
Desired Experience
- BS Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience with systems integration and configuration management of structural/mechanical, electrical power, electronics, and embedded software for consumer products or similar devices
- Preferred minimum 7 years experience in related fields of electrical/electronic systems design/integration, validation, verification, and qualification assurance of embedded software
- Familiarity with applicable regulatory codes, including:
- US FCC 47 CFR 15, Radio Frequency Devices
- US FDA 21 CFR Subchapter J Part 1010, Performance Standards for Electronic Products; General
- US FDA Laser Notice No. 56
- US FDA 21 CFR 170.39, Substances Used in Food Contact Articles
- US DOE 10 CFR, Energy Conservation
- US EPA TSCA, Toxic Substances Control Act
- California Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Regulations
- California Prop 65, Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act
- Canadian CEPA, Canadian Environmental Protection Act
- Canadian ISED/ICES, General Requirements for Compliance of Interference Causing Equipment
- European REACh (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Directive
- European RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive 2011/65/EU
- Product certification marking and listing services, including UL listing, CE mark, and ETL mark
- Scan and provide interpretation of domestic and international regulatory codes and industry standards
- Supervision and development of technical/engineering personnel, monitoring and measuring workload, and effectively communicating across functional roles to manage priorities across the business
- Focus on continuous improvement for adaptive learning and process efficiency growth
- Travel may vary up to 20%.
Skills Required
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience with systems integration and configuration management for mechanical, electrical power, electronics, and embedded software
- Experience in validation, verification, and qualification assurance of embedded software
- Familiarity with applicable regulatory codes and standards (FCC 47 CFR 15; FDA 21 CFR; DOE 10 CFR; EPA TSCA; California Title 20; Prop 65; CEPA; ISED/ICES; REACh; RoHS)
- Experience with product certification marking and listing services (UL listing, CE mark, ETL)
- Supervision, recruitment, development, and management of technical/engineering personnel
- Demonstrated software quality assurance capability to support validation and verification commensurate with design assurance levels
- Preferred minimum 7 years experience in electrical/electronic systems design/integration and related regulatory/compliance work
- Focus on continuous improvement and process efficiency
Worthington Enterprises Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits begin day one with an above‑market medical plan, 100% covered preventive care, and dental/vision, plus access to on‑site or mail‑order pharmacy in some locations. This establishes strong core health coverage and convenient care options.
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Affordable Benefits — Medical premiums are described as below market while maintaining comprehensive coverage elements such as fully covered preventive care. This positions healthcare costs as relatively manageable for employees.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Quarterly profit sharing, a 401(k) with company match, and an ESPP supplement base pay as core parts of total rewards. Profit sharing is characterized as a meaningful positive component of compensation.
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What We Do
Worthington Enterprises (NYSE: WOR) is a designer and manufacturer of market-leading brands that improve everyday life by elevating spaces and experiences. The Company operates with two primary business segments: Building Products and Consumer Products. The Building Products segment includes cooking, heating, cooling and water solutions, architectural and acoustical grid ceilings and metal framing and accessories. The Consumer Products segment provides solutions for the tools, outdoor living and celebrations categories. Product brands within the Worthington Enterprises portfolio include Balloon Time®, Bernzomatic®, Coleman® (propane cylinders), CoMet®, Garden Weasel®, General®, HALO™, Hawkeye™, Level5 Tools®, Mag Torch®, NEXI™, Pactool International®, PowerCore™, Ragasco®, Well-X-Trol® and XLite™, among others. The Company also serves the growing global hydrogen ecosystem via a joint venture focused on on-board fueling systems and gas containment solutions. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Worthington Enterprises and its joint ventures employ approximately 6,000 people throughout North America and Europe. Founded in 1955 as Worthington Industries, Worthington Enterprises follows a people-first Philosophy with earning money for its shareholders as its first corporate goal. Worthington Enterprises achieves this outcome by empowering its employees to innovate, thrive and grow with leading brands in attractive markets that improve everyday life. The Company engages deeply with local communities where it has operations through volunteer efforts and The Worthington Companies Foundation, participates actively in workforce development programs and reports annually on its corporate citizenship and sustainability efforts. For more information, visit worthingtonenterprises.com.
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