Senior Hydrogen Product Engineer - System Interfaces

Role is based in Boston, MA or Berlin, Germany.

The Role: Senior Hydrogen Product Engineer – System Interfaces

The Senior Hydrogen Product Engineer (SPE) is a multidisciplinary role, in an exciting new industry that seeks to bring zero emissions mobility to all sectors of global heavy- duty transportation. The SPE will be responsible for developing, differentiating and delivering new product offerings in heavy duty, marine, rail and off-road vehicle applications by either adapting commercially available technologies and products, or creating innovative new technologies to perform in fit-for-purpose systems. These new products will directly support developing business opportunities, making LIFTE H2 the partner of choice for integrating complex hydrogen technologies into integrated supply chains to service the hydrogen economy.

The SPE will be passionate and customer obsessed, with a blend of business, technical and project management skills who will work with third party equipment and technology providers, nationally recognized testing laboratories, codes and standards organizations and LIFTE’s cross-functional teams to help develop and deliver robust state of the art hydrogen solutions and supply chains. 

The SPE will be part of LIFTE’s Product Development Team and will report to the Head of Product Engineering.

Your Responsibilities

• You will own the customer experience, business and technical requirements, technical delivery, performance metrics and roadmap for the system interfaces for the heavy-duty refueling system of systems (SoS).
• You will manage external and internal product development relationships with suppliers, national labs, testing agencies, standard organizations and the LIFTE team to ensure delivery of a seamlessly integrated SoS.
• You will utilize Systems Engineering principles and practices to ensure systems interfaces are defined and managed.
• You will be passionate about delivering integrated products which are:
• Safe to operate
• Cost competitive 
• Highly efficient and reliable and
• Delight our customers
• You will use analytics (both pre- and post-product release) to make data-driven product and system design decisions.
• You MUST be passionate about managing equipment interfaces and possess a high level of attention to detail.
• You will work closely with LIFTE's Digital Team to deliver digital capabilities across the LIFTE supply chain systems.

Additional Details

• Domestic travel at 10% and occasional international travel required.
• Position is based in Boston, Massachusetts or Berlin, Germany.
• Combination of virtual and in office working (80/20).
• US visa and green card sponsorship based on mutual agreement. 

Extremely Competitive Benefits Program

US:

• Incentive Stock Options
• Performance-based company profit sharing bonuses
• 401K plan with company match
• Industry leading healthcare coverage: medical, dental, and vision
• Generous time away, including 5 weeks paid vacation for all, regardless of seniority
• Sick Time
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 6 Holidays plus 2 floating holidays

DE:

• Urlaubsgeld
• Weihnachtsgeld
• Performance-based company profit sharing bonuses
• Stock options possible
• Betriebliche Altersvorsorge
• VWL
• Travel, health, and accident insurance
• Jobrad
• Competitive and environmentally friendly mobility options paid for by employer
• Family friendly policies

What Experience & Education is Required?

• For US: Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis. LIFTE H2 participates in e-Verify.
• Masters in engineering, physics, or science with focus on one or more areas: thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, process control, electrical control systems, mechanical systems or machine design.
• Education or experience in formal systems engineering.
• An extensive background (8+ years) in product management and a record of successful product delivery.
• Experience and knowledge with hydrogen systems and markets.
• Experience working with next-gen collaboration tools are an asset (Asana, Pipedrive, Slite, Gsuite, Slack).

What Skills are Necessary for Success?

• Outstanding cross-group collaboration skills and proven ability to drive results across multiple organizations.
• Must be able to think holistically and be a systems thinker.
• Ability to effectively drive business & technical conversations with developers, partners, and customers.
• Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, especially for formulating compelling technical documents.
• Strong ability to work independently and handle ambiguity.
• Analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive action.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering large, cross-functional, customer facing products.
• Demonstrated track record of creative problem solving; thinks big, starts small, grows fast.
• Strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple responsibilities.
• A strong eye for designing elegant customer experiences and improving product usability.
• Extreme curiosity and appetite for learning and growth.
• Ability to provide vision and direction in an interrupt-driven, fast-paced and diverse environment.
• Ability to come up to speed and operate on technical and business concepts quickly.

What Qualities are We Looking for?

• Passion: your passion is incorporated in what you do and drives your progress.
• Servant leadership: constant focus on how your work can serve the needs of others.
• A focus on excellence: your work is error-free and complete.
• Good judgment: your recommendations are sound.
• High integrity: do the right thing, especially when no one is looking.
• Community builder: we like each other and want you to be a contributing member of the LIFTE community in whichever way you are uniquely designed. Diversity of thought and approach is important to us.