Staff Engineering Program Manager

About the Role

As Engineering Program Manager for Heron Power's next-generation power conversion platform, you will own the technical execution of the product roadmap from architecture through manufacturing launch. This role is intentionally hands-on and technically deep. You will work directly with power electronics, firmware/software, systems integration, test, and reliability teams to translate architectural intent into executable plans, surface technical risks early, and ensure tight coordination and execution.

You are not just tracking schedules — you are expected to understand converter architectures, firmware control strategies, system-level tradeoffs, and validation requirements well enough to drive meaningful technical conversations, challenge assumptions, and help teams converge on sound decisions. This is a high-visibility role with real ownership, where you will help build Heron Power's execution model and "no surprises" culture from the ground up.

How You Will Contribute

• Own and drive the end-to-end technical execution of Heron Power's first product launch, translating system-level goals into structured, engineering-driven milestones across concept, architecture, validation, and launch
• Drive deep coordination between power electronics, firmware/software, and systems integration teams, ensuring hardware and control-software roadmaps are tightly aligned and risks at the interfaces are actively managed
• Lead program planning and execution across hardware design, embedded firmware, controls, test, reliability, compliance, supply chain, and manufacturing, with a clear plan of record and critical-path ownership
• Partner with technical leads to define product requirements, validation strategies, and decision gates, ensuring design tradeoffs are explicitly documented and understood across teams
• Facilitate and contribute to technical design reviews, including architecture reviews, design readiness reviews, and validation readiness reviews, with sufficient depth to surface real risks
• Own engineering BOM strategy and NPI readiness, working closely with power electronics engineers and supply chain to balance performance, cost, availability, and manufacturability
• Establish and track DFMEA-driven risk management, ensuring risks across design, firmware behavior, system integration, and manufacturing are identified, mitigated, and retired
• Be the steward of a "no surprises" culture: proactively surface technical and execution risks early, drive clarity, and ensure issues are addressed before they become program-blocking failures
• Act as a force multiplier across the organization — increasing engineering velocity, reducing ambiguity at interfaces, and raising the bar on execution discipline without slowing innovation

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (power electronics focus strongly preferred) or equivalent demonstrated technical depth
• 5+ years leading complex, multidisciplinary engineering programs, ideally involving power electronics, embedded firmware, or tightly coupled hardware-software systems
• Strong technical foundation in power electronics systems, with the ability to understand converter architectures, control strategies, and system-level tradeoffs well enough to guide execution
• Demonstrated ability to work deeply with firmware/software teams, including understanding control loops, timing constraints, interfaces, and hardware-software dependencies
• Experience driving programs from concept through validation and manufacturing launch, including prototype builds and design iterations
• Strong grasp of DFM principles and the realities of building, testing, and scaling power electronics hardware
• Proven ability to distill complex technical programs into clear risks, decisions, and priorities for both engineering and leadership audiences
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving startup environment, with high ownership, ambiguity, and minimal process overhead
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence across engineering, operations, and leadership teams

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, validating, or debugging inverters, rectifiers, or other high-power conversion systems
• Experience with power electronics simulation and modeling tools (PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink)
• Familiarity with embedded firmware development for power electronics or control systems
• Proficiency with BOM ownership, PLM systems, change management, and NPI processes
• Experience with UL / IEC compliance for power conversion equipment
• Familiarity with Enovia PLM, CATIA, or similar tools
• Proficiency with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) or similar technical program management platforms

Pay

The salary for this role ranges from $150,000 to $200,000 per year.

Benefits

Heron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits.