Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, optimize, and maintain manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and equipment. Drive continuous improvement and TPM activities to increase OEE, reduce scrap and downtime, support new product introductions, perform root-cause investigations, and partner with maintenance, production, and engineering teams to implement capital projects and DFM guidance.

Lead design-for-manufacture reviews and launch operations for new/improved lighting products. Plan production processes, fixtures, PFMEAs/DFMEAs, work instructions, and lean improvements while collaborating with product development and operations to ensure safe, cost-effective, high-quality production.

Responsible for maintaining and improving quality systems for lighting products, leading root-cause and CAPA efforts, conducting audits, supporting NPI, analyzing production data to drive improvements, working with suppliers, creating quality documentation, supporting testing/validation, and training production staff.

Manage full lifecycle of a fiber connectivity product line for data center markets: NPD, go-to-market support, forecasting, pricing, S&OP participation, marketing collateral, market research, and performance metrics. Travel up to 25%.

Provide engineering expertise and project support for Starline high-amperage busduct systems: design layouts, draft technical offers, resolve technical issues, support sales and installations, produce documentation, and travel to customer sites (~25%).

Owns national channel strategy and relationship with CDW to drive revenue for data center power, access, and management solutions. Builds pipeline, leads joint business planning, enables partner sellers, coordinates cross-functional teams, manages forecasting, and supports Territory Sales Managers. Requires travel and remote work.

Lead and grow strategic relationships with national electrical contractors, OEMs, and distribution partners. Develop account strategies, negotiate contracts, drive revenue through upsell/cross-sell, collaborate with internal teams, support project business, and represent the company at trade shows and customer sites. Role requires ~50% travel.

Lead lifecycle management and go-to-market for data center power products (PDU and accessories). Define roadmap, gather customer feedback, perform competitive analysis, support pricing, launches, training, and cross-functional coordination with engineering, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and support. Travel with sales and represent products at customer demos and industry events.

Lead backend platform engineering for a centralized SAP Commerce backend: build and maintain custom extensions, integrate with ERP/PIM/CRM via middleware, diagnose production issues using Commerce Cloud and Dynatrace, design OCC/headless APIs, and raise team capability through reviews and documentation.

Design and apply Starline high-amperage busduct systems: produce system layouts, technical offers, and drawings; support sales/customers with estimation, compliance, troubleshooting, training, and project lifecycle coordination; collaborate with internal teams for assembly and field issue resolution.