VAVE Engineer II

Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE HAYW) is the largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment in the world with a significant presence in the commercial pool market that is continuously growing. Hayward designs manufactures and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment including pumps filters heating cleaners salt chlorinators automation lighting safety flow control and energy solutions at our company owned facilities. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Hayward also has facilities in Tennessee Arizona and Rhode Island as well as Canada Spain France Australia and China. This role is based in New Kingstown RI.

The Electrical Engineer II (Value Engineering) plays a key role in optimizing electronics design and product development to enhance performance reduce costs and drive innovation across Haywards pool components and control systems. This role requires expertise in analog digital and embedded systems design with a focus on value engineering and product optimization from concept through manufacturing release.

As part of a crossfunctional team the Electrical Engineer II will collaborate with product management mechanical firmware and test engineering to improve efficiency and add industryleading features to smart heaters variable speed pumps LED lighting chemical delivery systems and full automation controls.

Product Optimization & Electrical Design

• Independently and collaboratively design or modify analog and digital circuits using schematic capture and simulation.
• Own the endtoend electrical design process including PCB board layout EMC/EMI compliance and product validation testing.
• Develop and execute test methods for design validation including simulations prototyping and system verification.
• Participate in and lead design reviews ensuring robust circuit design verification and testing.
• Identify technical solutions and evaluate tradeoff options to align with platform requirements and common engineering tools.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with crossfunctional teams to drive product optimization efforts.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation engineering specifications and design requirements.
• Present findings and design methodologies to engineering and leadership teams.
• Specify and evaluate components for optimized performance and costeffectiveness.

Testing & Product Launch

• Coordinate and execute validation testing and system certification for compliance with HALT Thermal EMC/EMI UL CE and other industry standards.
• Partner with manufacturing engineering to ensure seamless production support during early product launch phases.

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).
• 24 years of experience as an electrical design engineer product developer sustaining engineer or Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) engineer based on education level.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g. Altium KiCad Eagle).
• Experience with embedded systems microcontrollers and analog/digital circuitry.
• Knowledge of electrical safety standards EMC and environmental compliance.
• Familiarity with designing for long life/high MTBF environments.
• Understanding of mechanical thermal and packaging design for industrial electronics.
• Experience in project scope estimation and ability to balance multiple assignments.
• Firmware coding in C is a plus.

Soft Skills & Additional Requirements

• Ability to work independently while also contributing in a teambased environment.
• Strong problemsolving skills with an analytical approach to design challenges.
• Flexibility to lead design scope or execute assigned tasks based on project needs.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Why Join Hayward

At Hayward we Care Respect Lead and Growvalues that drive our commitment to delivering innovative highquality products. If you are passionate about electrical engineering product optimization and valuedriven design we invite you to be part of our team shaping the future of pool automation and control systems.

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