Job Responsibilities and Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead cross-functional efforts to evaluate new products, technologies, and business concepts.
• Establish rapid experimentation plans and validation strategies.
• Coordinate engineering, prototyping, testing, and customer validation activities.
• Drive decision-making through data, testing, and customer feedback.
• Manage project portfolios with varying levels of ambiguity.
• Facilitate executive reviews and investment recommendations.
• Create repeatable frameworks for rapid concept assessment.
• Balance technical feasibility, customer value, and commercial potential.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years leading complex technical projects or innovation initiatives.
• Experience working in product development, R&D, or new venture environments.
• Strong understanding of engineering development processes.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lift 40 lbs and climb ladders.
• This position is located at our Hanover, MD location and will be in office 5 days a week
• Travel will be required(10-30%) as needed to investigate customer issues that drive ideas or to support on site testing of prototypes.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Startup, incubator, or innovation lab experience.
• PMP, Agile, or Lean Startup certification.
• Experience with physical product development.
Success Metrics:
• Time from idea submission to prototype.
• Number of concepts validated or rejected through testing.
• Quality of investment recommendations.
• Team throughput and learning velocity.
What Makes Someone Successful in This Role:
• Naturally curious and energized by solving difficult electrical challenges.
• Comfortable moving between CAD software, manufacturing discussions, testing environments, and field applications.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Thrives in environments where problems are not always clearly defined and creative thinking is encouraged.
• Excited by the opportunity to see designs move quickly from concept to prototype to customer application.
• Passionate about continuous improvement and motivated by making products better with every iteration.
• Position is required to be in office 5 days a week when not traveling.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to approach issues from both mechanical and controls perspectives.
• Comfort working in an ambiguous development environment where design objectives, equipment concepts, and performance targets may evolve over time.
Intralox’s benefit program is a major part of an employee’s total compensation from the company. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including health, dental, vision, and disability insurance, paid time off, 401K, flexible spending account, life and AD&D insurance, long term care, tuition reimbursement, and additional voluntary benefits.
The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. Intralox considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training and key skills. Therefore, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply regardless of their salary expectations.
The position is eligible for one of the following: commissions, discretionary incentives, or production incentives according to the terms of those plans.
Salary Range $73,500 to $156,200.
