Project Lead/Principal Design Engineer (Energy Storage and EV Charging)

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

JOB SUMMARY
This position will be responsible for conceptualizing products, providing leadership by example and driving development of a wide range of technology-based products in the areas of ISO Containerized Energy Storage Systems, Electric Vehicle DC Fast Chargers, Grid Augmentation Power Systems, Data Center Power and Backup Systems, and Solar PV Systems. A key job focus is analyzing technical specifications and system requirements and providing technical and commercial feedback to internal Jabil and customer personnel to determine best approaches and feasibility of development within time and cost constraints of project expectations as well as driving technical solutions with internal and external resources throughout the development project cycle.

LOCATION

The team strongly prefers this position to be based on-site with the rest of the team in St. Petersburg, FL - Gandy location. However, they are open to this individual being remotely based with the ability to travel to the St. Petersburg, FL - Gandy location as needed (based on project needs); roughly 25% of the time or less.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

LEADERSHIP AND TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES

Performance Responsibilities:

· Support creation of R&D roadmaps for both products and technology competency.

· Help drive funding activities to realize internal R&D reference platform funding for creation of reference platforms.

· Drive the development of Intellectual Property, i.e. Patents, proprietary tools sets, etc.

· Create effective professional relationships with customers and Jabil colleagues

· Demonstrate adaptability and effectiveness in fast-changing business environments

Communication:

· Organize and present verbal and written ideas clearly while utilizing an appropriate business style.

· Ask questions; and encourage input from the team members.

· Communicate design technical directions and host technology forums

BUSINESS AND FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Strategy and Direction:

· Know and understand the business product development team strategic directions.

· Provide regular updates to Business Unit Directors (BUDs), Business Unit Managers (BUMs), sector leads, and functional engineering management on the execution of the strategy.

Cost Management:

· Identify and implement creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value-added processes, or complete re-engineering of processes and systems).

· Utilize tools to monitor project costs and cost trends, striving continuously to improve value and tools.

· Provide feedback to peers, BUD, BUMs, and EMS Engineering management on cost and cost trends.

· Manage creation and submission of project proposals and quotations.

· Help maintain and drive technology roadmaps and product development strategies for business sector.

TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

· Lead product development efforts from concept to mass manufacturing within Jabil manufacturing facilities.

· Be broadly knowledgeable technically and able to effectively work in engineering disciplines outside of your comfort zone.

· Be willing and able to learn new concepts quickly and apply them to ongoing product development.

· Lead and inspire by example.

· Be the subject matter expert for the design and customer teams for multiple centers of excellence, such as electromagnetic compatibility, engineering design tools, power electronics, structural design, thermal management, SW architecture and design concepts, test methodology, PCBA design for manufacturing, mass production and assembly, tooling, functional safety, regulatory approvals, etc.

· Help drive the development and maintenance of processes and methods for product and technology architecture development and documentation, system design and documentation, and requirements engineering.

· Identify internal and external resources that can support the product development cycle and architecture cycles.

· Know an