Technical Program Manager – Advanced Energy Systems

Position Summary

Sapphire Technologies is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex product-development and customer-application programs for natural-gas and data-center infrastructure. The programs integrate high-speed rotating machinery, active magnetic bearings, power electronics, controls, manufacturing, and field deployment. Several are progressing from development into production and will require significant manufacturing scale-up.

About the Role

This role will own the integrated program schedule, identify and protect the critical path, prioritize cross-functional work, and coordinate resource needs with functional leaders. This position leads through influence rather than direct authority and is accountable for program schedule, scope, cost, risk, and stakeholder alignment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of experience leading or coordinating complex engineering and product-development programs.
• Demonstrated ability to build integrated schedules, manage critical paths, prioritize work, and coordinate limited technical resources.
• Experience managing customer technical requirements, questions, deliverables, and expectations.
• Working knowledge of electromechanical product development, manufacturing, procurement, validation, certification, and production launch.
• Ability to interpret technical requirements, drawings, analyses, test data, budgets, schedules, and risk assessments.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to influence technical teams and drive accountability without direct supervisory authority.

Qualifications

• High-speed rotating machinery, active magnetic bearings, power electronics, or motor-drive systems experience preferred.
• Experience in natural-gas, energy, HVAC, refrigeration, or data-center infrastructure.
• Experience with new-product introduction and manufacturing scale-up.
• Product certification, supplier management, or contract manufacturing experience preferred.
• Applications engineering, commissioning, or technical customer support experience preferred.
• Root-cause analysis or structured problem-solving experience preferred.

Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with company match