Electrical Product Design Engineer

Electrical Product Design Engineer

Dometic is a global market leader in the mobile living industry. Millions of people around the world use Dometic products in outdoor, residential, and professional applications.

Our Marine organization is a trusted provider of innovative solutions for the worldwide boating and boat building industry, and we recently expanded our scope to lead the boating industry into an electrified future. Dometic has won numerous NMMA Innovation Awards over the years and we are always striving for new ways to make boating easier, safer, and more enjoyable.

We are a journey of continuous growth - now looking for our next star - a passionate Product Manager. This position reports to the Senior Product Manager and will work in Stuart, Florida.

About the position

As a Product Manager on the Stuart team, you will be involved in driving our connected products portfolio. Will be working with our existing digital switching and connectivity products improving customer journey with Global Dometic Marine product portfolio while working with other Product Managers managing products such as air conditioning, steering, trim tabs, refrigeration, power management, Jackplates. This position will help develop and deliver cohesive, integrated solutions that bring together Dometic products across multiple segments to meet the unique needs of the marine industry.

Your main responsibilities

Own the portfolio of digital switching and telematics marine products

Manage product competitiveness and complexity by ensuring right distance between SKUs (Stock Keeping Units), managing product life cycle, proposing end-of-life, and driving modularization

Maintain a deep understanding of the markets, customer experiences, needs, segmentation, and competitor offerings

Support product development prioritization based on input from the market, develop end-to-end product business plan, and identify needs for investment to ensure right products are built correctly

Identify and fill product gaps and generate innovative ideas that grow market share

Deeply understand current and future electrical system architectures, including both Dometic and third-party components, to design and deliver custom integrated solutions tailored to OEM builder needs

Support sales and marketing function in defining product positioning, USPs (Unique Selling Points), product branding, selling content, and value-based selling

Develop strong working relationship with key customers

Develop and manage product vision white papers, roadmaps, presentations, and formal business cases

Create buy-in for the product vision internally and externally with key customers

Define mechanical, electrical, and UI/UX product requirements

Develop and set strategic pricing guardrails per segment to ensure appropriate product prices

Drive product price positioning, product pricing lifecycle, and annual pricing updates

Conduct margin analysis, industry/market research, and in-life performance measurement to determine product demand, positioning, viability, and profitability

Act as an internal voice of the customer for the development team

Drive product launch priorities including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members

Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed

Build awareness and understanding of products to clients (internal and external)

Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on products and services

Look for field feedback and warranty information and drive for product continuous improvement

Pre-empt potential problems and provide effective solutions in reaction to the application of concepts, techniques, knowledge, or processes developed to support the new product or product change