Sr. Manager, Electronics System Engineering

Sr. Manager, Systems Engineering (Electronics)

The Sr. Manager, Systems Engineering (Electronics) is a key role responsible for Rheem's controls system engineering development process and providing visionary leadership to our team of System Engineers developing innovative electronic control solutions. This role plays a critical part in shaping the future of Rheem's Water Heating solutions. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead, mentor, and manage the activities of our System Engineers, making a profound impact on Rheem's product development and innovation.

This position will serve Rheem North America, located in Roswell, GA or Montgomery, AL (Hybrid). This role follows our hybrid work arrangement, with team members working in the office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays.

Responsibilities

• As the Sr. Manager, Systems Engineering (Electronics), you will be at the forefront of driving innovation and ensuring the success of our electronic control systems.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Providing exemplary leadership and mentorship to our team of electronic controls system engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• System Architecture and Design: Leading the development and extension of system architecture and design for electronic controller applications, driving technological advancements and ensuring robust solutions. Design, develop, architect and test interconnected systems and technologies that form the ecosystem of our products.
• Project Management Excellence: Taking the lead in project management for electronic control system development and verification activities, ensuring projects are executed efficiently and effectively.
• Work Product Reviews: Overseeing system work product reviews and ensuring the closure of action items before the release of design documentation and work products.
• Process Enhancement: Collaborating cross-functionally to define and improve system work products, processes, and quality criteria, elevating our development capabilities and product quality.
• Collaborative Engagement: Actively engaging with software, hardware, test, and product development teams throughout the product life cycle, ensuring seamless integration of system engineering work products.
• Requirements Definition: Defining, documenting, and updating controller system requirements and verification plans in collaboration with various teams.
• System Architecture: Defining and documenting controller system architecture, including key functional blocks, inputs, outputs, and interfaces.
• Verification Excellence: Creating and maintaining a controller traceability matrix, mapping controller requirements to associated verification activities and results, and actively participating in verification activities.
• Product Design Support: Participating in product design reviews to guarantee that products meet hardware and software feature requirements.
• Manufacturing Support: Assisting manufacturing engineering and suppliers by contributing to the development of product test procedures and control documentation.
• Customer Service Collaboration: Collaborating closely with the customer service team to provide support for product training and ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Stakeholder Reviews: Present roadmaps, status updates, and recommendations to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.

Qualifications

• An innovative solution-first spirit with the ability to think creatively and drive forward-looking solutions
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical discipline)
• 10+ years of experience in the development and/or testing of embedded microprocessor-based controls, along with 5+ years of successful embedded system engineering project management.
• Gained progressive experience from individual contributor to leading a team.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience with electronic controls for Water Heating and/or HVAC equipment is highly valuable.
• Engineering Expertise: Proficiency in System Requirements Documentation, Requirements Allocation, Requirements Traceability, and Test Case development and execution.
• Safety and Certification: Familiarity with Functional Safety standards (e.g., IEC 61508, ISO26262) or Agency Certification Requirements (e.g., UL 60730, UL 174, etc.).
• Quality Assurance: Experience with product and component level FMEAs and electronics failure analysis.
• Product Lifecycle Management: A track record of managing embedded systems development over the entire product lifecycle.
• Technical Competence: Ability to read, understand, and implement technical procedures and government regulations, as well as interpret a variety of schematic, electrical, and mechanical diagrams.
• Collaborative Skills: Proficiency in working with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, business teams, and external subject matter experts.
• Passion for Innovation: A deep passion for building and owning innovative, customer-facing services/products.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional presentation and communication skills.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient computer skills and in-depth knowledge of relevant software such as the MS Office Suite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Master's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Industry-Specific Experience: Experience in HVAC applications is strongly preferred.
• Managing a team
• Test Development: Familiarity with Test Development for Electronic Products.
• Six Sigma Certification: Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certification.
• Quality and Reliability: Experience in Quality and Reliability aspects of product development.
• Project Management: Project management experience is a plus.

As a leader at Rheem, how you achieve results is as important as the results you achieve. While LEADING DEPARTMENTS AND FUNCTIONS, you will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies and behaviors:

• Building Business/Functional Talent
• Building Partnerships
• Coaching
• Compelling Communication
• Creating Influence
• Driving Change
• Driving Execution
• Driving Innovation
• Empowering Others
• Focusing on Customer-First
• Fostering Relationships/ Emotional Intelligence
• Promoting Global Business Growth
• Systematic/Tactical Direction

Equivalent combination of education, experience, and skills may supplement above minimum job requirements.

About Us

At Rheem, we engineer products for life. For home life. For work life. For the life of the planet we all share. Backed by over 100 years of expertise, we're passionate about product innovation and boldly committed to sustainability. Our full line of global air and water solutions deliver reliable performance, comfort and energy savings for residential and commercial applications worldwide. From engineers to accountants, sales professionals to support experts, Rheem depends on people to power our innovations. Join Rheem and help shape the future of products that impact livesevery day. Our Behavior Based Values set us apart:

• Listening to Understand Open mind, learning from others, accepting feedback, embracing the objective
• Contributing Respectfully - Sharing opinions, valuing ideas, sharing opposing perspectives with respect
• Thinking Creatively Applying creativity, seeking improvements, understanding from the customers' lens
• Acting with Responsibility Owning decisions and actions, acting with integrity, embracing accountability

Rheem is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Rheem encourages all qualified candidates to apply, including those of any race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The job description above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equivalent combination of education, experience, and skills may supplement above minimum job requirements. For U.S. Based jobs, please note that Rheem is unable to hire candidates to be employed in the following states: Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, or Vermont. Rheem and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4197
• Job Category Engineering & Science
• Posting Date 07/16/2026, 01:12 PM
• Travel No
• Worker Category Onsite