Senior Manager Electrical Engineering - Decatur, GA

 

We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come for our customers, our communities, and our planet. 
 
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.  
 
We are positioned at the intersection of sustainability and technology. Our businesses develop technology that helps save our customers energy and reduce their carbon emissions. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and location-aware applications. 

About this Team

If you want to be on the cutting edge of technology and touch all facets of Acuity Lighting business, then this is the group for you! This position provides exposure to Acuity Indoor, Outdoor, Industrial, OEM, and Residential portfolios and your efforts can make a direct impact to top line revenue and bottom-line margin via new products development, value engineering activities, product enhancements, and new technology integrations. The Electronics & Light Engine group provides innovation and ideation direction and solutions into all Acuity illumination product teams.

Electronics Engineering is the key role in our illumination systems strategic vision, innovation solution designs and product lifecycle management which shape corporate and personal financial success.  This role provides exposure to aspects of Acuity Brands Engineering, Optics, Supply Chain, Finance and Product Management which can support your career growth opportunities.

Our exciting team is seeking to integrate a new Electrical Engineer Manager that will independently explore new innovations to be brilliant, be productive, and be connected.

How you will contribute
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual who is looking to build their leadership skills and play a critical role in defining and executing our Acuity Engineering Design strategy to deliver high-quality, on-time, and cost-effective product innovation results.  This position will take charge of our talented team’s day-to-day activities including project management, team meetings, driving design deliverables, collaborating with manufacturing/sourcing, and mentoring new talent.
Also, the successful manager will provide individual product ideation, electronics hardware design, LED selection, PCB design, and PCBA drawing creation.  To supplement this Light Engine design the selection of LED drivers, surge protection devices, emergency battery backup equipment, and luminaire electronic controls many be included. Individual design responsibilities also include prototyping, testing, and assembling samples required for evaluating designs and cost reductions.
This role requires collaboration with our cross functional engineering team members, mentoring engineers, engaging with production, and product management to ensure a successful and on-time product launch.  This manager will apply LEAN methodology in project and daily tasks to streamline and improve processes.
Key Responsibilities
Manage day-to-day engineering associate activities, relationships, and project schedules.
Develop and manage engineer goals and team key process indicators to ensure the accurate and on-time completion of project work
Ensure team performance and effectiveness with necessary associate coaching, mentoring, and continuous improvement direction
Effectively communicate and translate a business strategy to action plans and addresses misses effectively using root cause/countermeasures
Communicates a compelling and inspiring vision or sense of common purpose to the team
Holds team accountable to milestones and rallies support behind the organizational vision
Mentor and teach engineers how to utilize the Acuity Product Development System (PDS)
Teach/Support ABS/Lean Transformation with direct reports by leading Kaizen teams and monitors effectiveness of Kaizen-related changes
Independently completes and directs Electronics design activities including but not limited to, selecting Electronics and LEDs, LED driver, and system controls to provide an integrated high quality Light Engine solution
Calculate parameters for Electronics and LED schematic configurations while working with the Optics team to provide correct lumens targets and lumens per watt to enable specific light distribution
Develops and distributes engineering data in the form of Engineering Change Notices, bills of material, drawings, PCB design/manufacturing files, test specifications, parts tracking, and all necessary product deliverables for product launch
Manage engineering documentation, ECRs, ECOs, DFMEA, calculations, and drawings using the Acuity Product Life Management systems
Design work varies from new product development to product enhancements, cost reductions, support Customers/Focus Factory/Supply Chain as the needs of the business change
Independently initiates and completes product design from project charters, specification matrix provided by Product Manager, customer experience matrix, reviewing competitor's samples, and Acuity Electronics & Light Engine design standards. These concepts and designs must be compliant with Acuity DFx (Design for Reliability/Testability/Manufacturability etc..) before products launch
Submits photometry/thermal test requests and works directly with the testing group as necessary on any required follow-up
Works with mechanical design team at large to ensure all samples submitted for testing are compliant to product CEM and Electronics & Light Engine testing/DFx documentation
Reviews functional specifications, project charters and competitors' samples along with testing reports to ensure product is compliant to CEM. Complete luminaire product scaling activities to ensure accurate and complete products specifications can be published
Partners with Acuity Focus Factories to resolve component, testing, deviation requests and bill of material errors to keep the manufacturing lines running and ensure quality product is produced