Senior Manager Mechanical Engineering - Clean Energy

Generac Clean Energy combines the speed and excitement of a technology startup with the resources and market power of an S&P 500 industry leader. Our careers offer boundless opportunity for energetic, mission-driven applicants who seek challenge and impact in a fast-paced culture of teaching, learning, and professional growth, developing solar+storage products and software for the clean energy revolution.

Join Generac Clean Energy as we drive to build energy solutions for a more resilient, sustainable world.

Location: South Portland, ME or Bedford, MA

What You Will Be Doing

As a part of the mechanical group, you will be part of developing next generation clean energy solutions, accelerating our progress towards a sustainable energy future. You will play a leading role in the architecture, design, validation, and production of Generac’s clean energy products, with an emphasis on innovation, manufacturability, quality, reliability, and cost.

Technical Responsibilities

As a Sr. Mechanical Engineering Manager your technical responsibilities will include:

Leading next generation energy storage system design, validation, and launch

System level ownership of mechanical requirements, development, and validation

Collaborating with the design studio, hw engr, mfg engr, quality, operations

Delivering solutions optimized for form, function, quality, cost, and experience

Ensuring solutions are manufacturable, serviceable, and compliant

Solving complex electro-mechanical integration challenges

Reviewing mechanical designs to ensure proper rigor and sound principles

Developing schedules, validation plans, and achieving milestones on time

Leadership Responsibilities

Interpersonal and leadership skills are essential in addition to technical acumen. Leadership responsibilities include:

Developing engineering talent through goal setting, training, and purposeful assignments

Motivating engineers & providing growth opportunities and project / company impact

Fostering a collaborative team dynamic that values ownership and accountability

Providing mentorship to build team resiliency, capability, and technical depth

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Minimum 10 years of mechanical design experience

Minimum 3 years of team leadership and mentoring experience

Record of developing multiple quality products into production

Expertise in electro-mechanical product design and integration

Expertise selecting engineering materials for function, aesthetics, and compliance

Expertise in 3D CAD (Solidworks preferred, others accepted)

Expertise in 2D drafting, GD&T, and tolerance analysis

Expertise in contract manufacturing, 6 sigma, inspection & measurement

Excellent written and oral communication with peers and leadership

Expertise in 5 or more mass production processes such as: Stamping / sheet metal / welding, Textures & cosmetic part finishes, Tooling & fixturing, Injection molding, CNC machining, Extrusion, Turning, Casting.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Experience designing for automotive or NEMA/IP rated products

Experience in high power system design (up to 1kV)

Experience designing interconnects for battery packs or ESS

Experience with UL 9540A regulatory requirements and testing

Experience in rapid prototyping (3D printing, quick-turn mockups)

Experience with structural FEA and ability to perform simulations