Product Development Manager (EM25184)
 TMEIC Corporation | |
 United States, Texas, Houston | |
| 2901 Wilcrest Drive (Show on map) | |
 Mar 05, 2026 | |
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Job # EM25184 Job Title Product Development Manager Office Location Houston, TX preferred Business Function/Department Technology / Product Development Sales Territory, if applicable General Role Description Develop and maintain an engineering team for the research and development of power electronics and tools and controls technologies to meet Mid-Range Plan (MRP) commitments within a set of capital and human resources on a rolling 2 year time horizon. Role Accountabilities - Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees to ensure successful development of products delivered to the Business Units (BU's) - Create, implement, and monitor a process for efficient resource assignments - Research and assess the Company's power electronics and tools and controls performance and competitive position; recommend appropriate R&D projects and investments to immediate manager and BU management - Monitor and investigate emerging power electronics, controls, embedded control hardware and software, and drive programming tool software technologies; recommend appropriate R&D projects and investments to the immediate manager and BU management - Create, develop, budget and manage R&D project and investment activities to meet business needs - Develop, monitor and manage team engineering capitalization and project expense budgets to meet business needs - Establish and maintain effective working relationships with parent company to secure approval for requested R&D projects and to obtain advance information about new power electronics and tools and controls products - Investigate product failures and recommend corrective actions, as requested by immediate manager - Prepare input for product development project status updates to immediate manager, staff, and BU's - Monitor skill base within the team and report opportunities for skills improvement to immediate manager - Ensure team members possess the necessary knowledge and skills and are trained to meet current and future needs per the MRP - Cooperate with other functional groups and other group companies to ensure projects are executed successfully - Establish and maintain a pool of qualified contract engineers to meet current and future needs per the MRP - Ensure client issues are resolved, at job site if necessary. Escalate to appropriate management as needed General Employee Accountabilities - Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager - Give manager best advice - Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified - Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager - Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment - Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws - Recommend viable improvements proactively - Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes Manager Accountabilities - Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees - Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team - Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement - Own the output of the team - Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities - Exercise effective managerial leadership to include - Two-way managerial team working - Fair and just treatment of direct reports - Context setting - Planning - Task assignment - Ongoing performance management - Coaching - Selection and orientation - De-selection and dismissal Job # EM25184 Job Title Product Development Manager Office Location Houston, TX preferred Business Function/Department Technology / Product Development Sales Territory, if applicable General Role Description Develop and maintain an engineering team for the research and development of power electronics and tools and controls technologies to meet Mid-Range Plan (MRP) commitments within a set of capital and human resources on a rolling 2 year time horizon. Role Accountabilities - Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees to ensure successful development of products delivered to the Business Units (BU's) - Create, implement, and monitor a process for efficient resource assignments - Research and assess the Company's power electronics and tools and controls performance and competitive position; recommend appropriate R&D projects and investments to immediate manager and BU management - Monitor and investigate emerging power electronics, controls, embedded control hardware and software, and drive programming tool software technologies; recommend appropriate R&D projects and investments to the immediate manager and BU management - Create, develop, budget and manage R&D project and investment activities to meet business needs - Develop, monitor and manage team engineering capitalization and project expense budgets to meet business needs - Establish and maintain effective working relationships with parent company to secure approval for requested R&D projects and to obtain advance information about new power electronics and tools and controls products - Investigate product failures and recommend corrective actions, as requested by immediate manager - Prepare input for product development project status updates to immediate manager, staff, and BU's - Monitor skill base within the team and report opportunities for skills improvement to immediate manager - Ensure team members possess the necessary knowledge and skills and are trained to meet current and future needs per the MRP - Cooperate with other functional groups and other group companies to ensure projects are executed successfully - Establish and maintain a pool of qualified contract engineers to meet current and future needs per the MRP - Ensure client issues are resolved, at job site if necessary. Escalate to appropriate management as needed General Employee Accountabilities - Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager - Give manager best advice - Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified - Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager - Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment - Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws - Recommend viable improvements proactively - Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes Manager Accountabilities - Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees - Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team - Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement - Own the output of the team - Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities - Exercise effective managerial leadership to include - Two-way managerial team working - Fair and just treatment of direct reports - Context setting - Planning - Task assignment - Ongoing performance management - Coaching - Selection and orientation - De-selection and dismissal Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications - Master of science in electrical, electronic, or mechanical engineering - 15 years of experience in power electronics or tools and controls development - Demonstrated successful working relationships with foreign parent or subsidiary companies - Demonstrated success leading remotely located teams Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted. EEO/AA/M/F/Vet/Disability Employer | |