Summary
Vertiv is seeking a Product Development and Lab Manager for LV switchgear in the United Arab Emirates. The role leads product development projects and a small team, manages laboratory testing and validation, and ensures designs meet IEC 61439 and applicable UAE requirements. Responsibilities include approving technical drawings and bills of materials, coordinating with factories and external test labs, and managing projects through commercialisation. Applicants should have a degree in electrical or mechanical engineering and extensive experience with LV switchgear, testing laboratories, and relevant standards.
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Job Description: Product Development/Lab Tech Manager – LV Switchgear IEC
Job Purpose
A key member of the Product Development team in design, development and validation of LV switchgear, ensuring compliance with IEC 61439 and local UAE authority regulations (for example ADDC)
Key Responsibilities
- Development Leadership for UAE based development projects: Lead a small team including an engineer and technicians, helping to drive the development of new, high-performance, and cost-effective LV switchgear products.
- IEC 61439 Compliance & Design Verification: Oversee design verification, ensuring all assemblies meet IEC 61439 requirements for temperature rise, dielectric strength, and short-circuit withstand. Where necessary arranging same with third party labs
- Lab Management & Testing: Management of internal test lab and collaborate with external test labs to realise type-testing goals, prototyping and validation. Analyse test data to ensure product performance matches design criteria.
- Technical Design & Innovation: Approve technical drawings/models, BOMs, and design modifications. Drive value engineering and cost optimization initiatives.
- UAE and ‘in region’ Market Standards: Ensure products adhere to local UAE, as well as other ‘in region’ authority regulations for LV Switchgear, control panels and other Vertiv switchgear products.
- Project Management: In collaboration with the Product management team and wider product development team, manage projects from concept to commercialisation, ensuring alignment with project timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
- Factory Interface: Support manufacturing, engineering coordination, and factory readiness for new designs.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- Experience: extensive experience in similar/associated roles, with specific experience of LV Switchgear, switchgear sheet metal enclosures and fabrication capabilities.
- Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of IEC 61439-1 & 2 (Low Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear Assemblies) and UAE quality regs.
- Lab Experience: Proven experience managing or working with testing laboratories, with familiarity in ASTA/KEMA certification and type-testing procedures to IEC 61439
- Soft Skills: Strong leadership, project management, and cross-functional communication skills.
Associated Standards & Knowledge
- Core Standard: IEC 61439 Series (Parts 1, 2, and 6).
- Related Standards: IEC 60947 (Components), IEC 60898, IEC 61008/61009, and IEC 61010.
- Regional Requirements: ADDC requirements, ASTA certification, and Quality/Safety procedures.
- Tools: AutoCAD. Solidworks or similar
Key Competencies
- Prototyping & Validation: Hands-on experience with prototyping and validation, specifically for switchgear enclosures.
- Value Engineering: Experience reducing product cost without sacrificing compliance or quality.
- Component Knowledge: Expertise in Circuit Breakers, Switch Devices, and Control Gear.