Product Development ManagerDevelop 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.- 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- 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- 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