Full-Time in Oklahoma City
Inventronics seeks a Technical Marketing Manager for Intelligent Products to define “smart” features for LED drivers, define and promote controllers, programmers & other intelligent non-driver products, define graphical user interfaces, and work with lighting control-system makers to ensure Inventronics drivers are compatible.
Responsibilities
- Strategy for intelligent products
– Keep informed of market trends & the competitive landscape
– Formulate an intelligent-product strategy & set priorities
– Maintain relevant product roadmaps; propose additions
– Propose technology development projects when needed capabilities lie outside R&D design expertise
- Compatibility with lighting control systems: From a system-level view, propose how Inventronics drivers should fit into selected control systems to provide value to customers at a competitive cost
◦ Which drivers to integrate
◦ Details of control interfaces
◦ Define interoperability testing
◦ Design system demos for trade shows
– Example systems: DALI, DMX, EnOcean, ZigBee
– Identify exiting control products that work with Inventronics drivers
– Propose which interface components to make vs. procure (private label or co-market with partners); propose partnerships
– Create examples of cost-effective lighting systems for different sizes of controlled space, e.g. fixture, room, office, floor, building
- Product development
- Review & advise on intelligent features of all proposed drivers to ensure consistency with Inventronics strategy, other company products, & market needs.
– Present options for different levels of controls integration with Inventronics drivers
- Propose new development projects (internal or external) based on strategy, market intelligence & customer requests:
– “Intelligent” daughter cards & circuits for inclusion in drivers
– Non-driver intelligent products, e.g. controller modules, programmers
– Software “products,” e.g. programmer GUIs
Proposals should include a justification (reason for making the product), specification, competitive analysis, & (from R&D estimates) BOM cost & development schedule.
- Monitor the progress of development projects. Assist with making design choices. Reassess viability if cost or performance targets are missed. Ensure compatibility with Inventronics drivers.
- Driver programming
– Ensure Inventronics programming software is easy to use & professional looking; perform acceptance testing
– Programming methods: Propose processes & fixtures to enable convenient programming of intelligent products in the factory, warehouse & field, including later field replacements
– Establish/evolve a “configuration database” & process to record what software is loaded into each driver by s/n
◦ Firmware & configuration loaded by Inventronics, distributors
◦ Configurations programmed by customers
– Monitor software development to ensure it’s aligned to support the product roadmap.
- Product marketing:
– Prepare marketing collateral: datasheets, sales tools, slides, photos, press releases
– Prepare brochures & product-concept slides when appropriate
– Prepare & conduct sales training on intelligent products
- Based in the Oklahoma City office with up to 40% travel, including 1-3 visits per year to the main office in Hangzhou, China
Qualifications
- Education: B.S., B.Eng. or B.SC. in electrical engineering
- Power electronics & technical marketing experience preferred
- Familiarity with lighting control systems a plus
- Very good communication & interpersonal skills. If English is a second language, minimum TOEFL 80 or IELTS 6.0.
Company
Inventronics is a leading global supplier of reliable & innovative LED drivers for outdoor and indoor applications from 5W to 500W. Headquartered in Hangzhou, China, the company has over 1000 employees and a large professional R&D center, a postdoctoral program and a world-class safety laboratory. Inventronics uses proprietary circuits and packaging technology to offer a broad portfolio of commercial and industrial products, now being sold in over 50 countries in all regions of the world. www.inventronics-co.com
Qualified applicants are invited to send a resume to [email protected]
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