Electrical Engineering Manager

Job Description:

At Pentair, you will work alongside passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our mission into practice, helping the world sustainably move, improve, and enjoy water, life's most essential resource. From our residential water filtration to industrial water management to pool products and more, our 9,000 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help create a better world for people and the planet through smart, sustainable water solutions.

We have an opportunity for an Engineering Manager, Electrical, to join our Apex NC team. You will lead the electrical engineering discipline for Pentair Pool's connected-product portfolio and partners closely with the IoT Engineering organization to deliver connected pool products that set the standard for reliability, performance, and user experience.

You will:

• Team Leadership & Talent Development

• • Lead, coach, and develop a team of 4-6 Electrical Engineers designing new-product hardware for connected pool equipment.
  • Serve as a player-coach — set technical direction, review designs, and remain hands-on in architecture and design-review discussions.
  • Own hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and succession planning for the electrical engineering team.
  • Foster a culture of engineering excellence, design ownership, and continuous improvement across the electrical discipline.

• Electrical Design & Technical Execution

• • Direct end-to-end electrical design of mixed-signal PCBAs for microcontroller-based control boards, power electronics, motor drives, sensor interfaces, and safety-critical circuits.
  • Oversee integrated RF/wireless design across Wi-Fi, BLE, Thread/Matter, and Sub-GHz technologies for connected pool products.
  • Establish and maintain electrical design standards, schematic and layout best practices, component selection guidelines, and design-review discipline aligned with IPC and industry norms.
  • Guide the team through architecture trade-offs across cost, performance, reliability, EMC, safety, and manufacturability.

• Cross-Functional Partnership

• • Partner tightly with the IoT Engineering organization — home of the embedded firmware function — to align hardware architecture, peripheral selection, communication interfaces, and integrated system behavior for connected products.
  • Collaborate with Mechanical Engineering, Systems Architects, Industrial Design, and Product Management to translate product requirements into robust electrical architectures.
  • Engage Sustaining, VAVE, Manufacturing, SQA, and Reliability partners to enable design-for-manufacture, design-for-cost, and design-for-reliability outcomes from program kickoff.
  • Coordinate with Regulatory Compliance and external certification bodies (UL, CSA, FCC) throughout the design cycle.

• Program Delivery & Process Discipline

• • Manage electrical workload, resource allocation, and deliverables across concurrent NPD programs to meet cost, quality, and schedule commitments.
  • Drive electrical execution through Pentair's stage-gate NPD process, contributing to specification quality at the front end of every program.
  • Own electrical design reviews, DVT planning, EMC/regulatory test readiness, and design-transfer to manufacturing.
  • Track and report on team-level KPIs including on-time deliverables, first-pass design success, and post-launch electrical quality.

• Quality, Reliability & Compliance

• • Ensure electrical designs meet applicable safety and regulatory standards including UL 1081, UL 1563, UL 676, NEC 680, and FCC Part 15.
  • Champion electrical FMEA, worst-case analysis, derating, and reliability practices across the team.
  • Support failure analysis and RMA root-cause investigations for shipping products; feed lessons learned back into design standards and NPD programs.
  • Advance a culture of first time-right electrical design through peer review, structured design verification, and documented design intent.

Key Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive industry experience in electrical/electronic hardware development for microcontroller-based, connected consumer or light-industrial products.
• 3-5 years of direct people-management experience leading electrical engineering teams through the full product development lifecycle.
• Some domestic and international travel may be required, typically less than 15%.
• Deep expertise in mixed-signal PCBA design, including schematic capture, PCB layout supervision, component selection, and design-for-manufacturability.
• Demonstrated experience with power electronics, motor drives (including VFDs), and line-voltage AC / low-voltage DC design in a regulated product environment.
• Working knowledge of RF/wireless design and integration across Wi-Fi, BLE, Thread/Matter, and Sub-GHz — able to lead a team delivering integrated RF product hardware.
• Strong understanding of embedded system hardware/firmware interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN) and proven experience partnering with firmware teams on hardware bring-up and integration.
• Applied experience with safety, EMC, and regulatory compliance standards relevant to consumer/industrial electrical products (UL, CSA, FCC, NEC).
• Track record of applying stage-gate NPD processes, design reviews, FMEA, and structured design verification in a hardware development environment.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills; comfortable operating as a technical peer to Mechanical, Systems, Firmware, and Product Management leaders.
• Experience with distributed team collaboration across sites and time zones is a plus.

Compensation:

For this full-time position working at this location, the anticipated annualized base pay range will be from $110700 - $205600 / year. At Pentair, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the pay range. Pentair considers various factors in determining actual compensation for this position at the expected location. Actual compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, work location, and other relevant business or organizational needs. This position may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as, annual incentive bonus.

Benefits:

As a Pentair employee, you would enjoy a wide array of benefit options to help keep you and your family healthy and protected, health benefits, a generous 401(k), employee stock purchase program, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, parental leave, caregiver leave, tuition reimbursement, plus paid time off and wellness programs to encourage a healthy work/life balance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer. With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day.