Manager, Systems Engineering

About the Role

Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS) is a diversified industrial technology manufacturing company shaping solutions for the safe and efficient transfer of electrical energy. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, we serve customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics markets worldwide. With approximately 16,000 employees, we design and manufacture innovative technologies that support electrification, energy efficiency, and advanced automation. Our global reach is matched by a culture that empowers innovation and long-term growth. Guided by our principles—We Care, We Succeed With Our Customers, and We Own the Outcome—we work collaboratively, think boldly, and deliver solutions that move industries forward.

The Manager of Systems Engineering is responsible for understanding how Littelfuse products are, and could be, applied in customer systems. This position focuses on developing a practical understanding of customer applications, supporting near-term customer opportunities, and identifying product and solution opportunities for future growth. This role supports the Director of Systems Engineering and collaborates with internal teams such as field applications engineers, product managers, vertical market managers, sales, marketing, and design engineering.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer application needs into system-level requirements, use cases, reference architectures, and product opportunity inputs.
• Support customer and FAE technical discussions by explaining application problems, product fit, and technical tradeoffs clearly and practically.
• Initiate and support teardowns, competitive reviews, technical analysis, and experimental work to validate customer use cases for existing and proposed Littelfuse products.
• Lead or coordinate system-level validation activity, including test planning, application testing, performance review, results documentation, and follow-up actions.
• Work with product management and engineering to identify product gaps, roadmap inputs, and application requirements in target growth markets such as data centers, industrial power, building automation, aerospace and defense, and energy infrastructure.
• Develop application notes, reference designs, training material, technical presentations, white papers, and other customer-facing or sales-enablement content.
• Support sales and field application engineering teams on opportunity qualification, design-in support, technical problem solving, and customer preparation.
• Operate effectively in a matrix organization and influence teams without direct authority.
• Travel to company locations, customer meetings, technical reviews, and industry events as needed, with anticipated travel up to approximately 25%.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline is required; M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Systems Engineering, Physics, or related field is preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in systems or application engineering, electronics product design engineering, electrical systems, or related technical roles.
• Hands-on system-level development, integration, validation, testing, or troubleshooting experience is required.
• Experience with power electronics, circuit protection, switching, data center power, industrial electrical systems, aerospace/defense, or energy infrastructure applications is preferred.
• Demonstrated customer-facing or internal-customer-facing technical experience, such as applications engineering, technical marketing, product engineering, or strategic technical support.
• Ability to connect customer application requirements to product requirements, technical validation work, and practical business recommendations.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, including the ability to explain unfamiliar technical problems to internal and external customers.
• Experience working in cross-functional and matrixed organizations is required.
• Multi-disciplinary and multi-industry experience is highly desired.

Pay

Salary Range: $147,500 - $228,560. The salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.

Benefits

We offer competitive compensation and benefits, performance-based incentives, flexible work arrangements, and development opportunities.