The chosen candidate will be a key leader of Hawthorne’s Lighting and Controllers innovation pipeline in support of our North America and International business units.  The lighting and environmental controller categories of Hawthorne include commercial and retail lighting and environmental controllers as well as HPS, CMH, and LED fixtures for a variety of growing facilities. The business supported by the role provides products for hydroponic indoor gardening as well as greenhouse horticulture markets in North America and globally. The chosen candidate will both work with vendors and third-party contractors as well as provide individual contributions to execute product development. The ideal candidate will be self-driven with an eagerness to learn in a fast-evolving industry.

What you’ll do in this role:

• Develop a multi-year innovation and product improvement pipeline for the Lighting and Controller category in collaboration with the category manager and other R&D team members

• Take a leadership role in product improvement and development for Horticulture Lighting products in support of the International pro-hort market by close collaboration with with our European team

• Lead innovation on product pipeline related with high energy density power electronics, machine learning and big data analysis

• Support category and marketing team on technical instruction manuals and product specification sheets

• Support quality and manufacturing teams on activities related to Lighting fixtures and Environmental Controllers.

• Work with procurement and PLM team on accurately creating bills of materials, drawings, and instructions for vendors and manufacturing. Maintain all product documentation in SAP

• Manage relationships with domestic and international OEM suppliers related to the environmental controller category while also holding them accountable to product requirements and quality specifications

• Partner closely with other Category Managers to ensure they are armed with ample technical knowledge on the categories they support

• Partner with sales tech services to provide transfer of knowledge for sales training and to receive feedback from field applications that influence product design criteria.

• Travel up to 25% of the time

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Masters degree or PhD in Physics or Electrical Engineering

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in new product development, sustaining or manufacturing role, preferred in power system and advanced electronics field

• Preferred experience on high energy density power electronics device design and FPGA based controller design

• Preferred experience on advanced communication protocols and RF devices 

• Preferred experience on big data mining and analysis

• Working experience with Mandarin speaking environment

• Advanced knowledge on power electronics hardware design

• Advanced Knowledge on FPGA design

• Advanced Knowledge on programming with various program languages, e.g.Python, Java, C++, R and VB etc. 

• Knowledge on semiconductor device and solid state lighting

• Knowledge on UL, CSA, EC, and ETL certification processes

• Ability to interact with and contribute to cross-functional teams

• Ability to handle multiple projects or tasks simultaneously

• Drive to deliver products on time with attention to quality

• Ability to speak Mandarin preferred

What we do for you (just to list a few cool ones):

• A place on an engaged team of passionate colleagues in a growing and dynamic industry

• Offer extremely competitive benefits including: Health, Dental and Vision coverage

• First day of hire, 401K match (up to 7.5%) and discounted stock purchasing program (15% discount)

• 13 paid holidays and generous vacation policy

• Fitness Club Reimbursement ($350)

• Nutrition reimbursement program (up to $200 per associate and per spouse)

• Our commitment to diversity and inclusion includes employee resource groups: Scotts Women’s Network, Scotts Black Employee Network, Scotts Veterans Network, GroPride Network, and Scotts Young Professionals