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Staff Product Manager

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In-Office
Oakland, CA, USA
161K-218K Annually
Senior level
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Oakland, CA, USA
161K-218K Annually
Senior level
The Staff Product Manager will drive hardware and software initiatives for residential solar products, managing product roadmaps and coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure product launch success.
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We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

Generac's Home Division is hiring for a Staff Product Manager (Level IV) who can drive both hardware and software initiatives across our residential solar and storage product line. This person bridges the gap between engineering, operations, and customers — turning complex technical challenges into shipped products that work in the real world.

If you’ve been on a roof, debugged a commissioning flow, and written a product roadmap, we would love to speak with you.

This role can be located out of either our TBD Oakland CA office, N. Billerica MA or S. Portland ME office.  Role is onsite in the office.

What You’ll Do

  • Own the product roadmap for residential solar and storage offerings, spanning hardware design, embedded firmware, and customer-facing software

  • Drive cross-functional initiatives from concept through launch, coordinating across engineering, manufacturing, field operations, and sales

  • Define requirements, write specs, and prioritize r— balancing technical debt, customer needs, and business goals

  • Lead new product introduction (NPI) efforts, managing the transition from prototype to volume production

  • Communicate progress, tradeoffs, and decisions clearly to stakeholders at every level — from installers in the field to the executive team

  • Partner with field teams to understand real-world installation challenges and feed those insights back into the product

  • Strong project management instincts — you keep things moving, unblock teams, and hold yourself and others accountable to timelines

  • You can explain a BOM issue to an engineer and a value proposition to a customer in the same afternoon

  • Comfort working across the stack: mechanical/electrical hardware, embedded systems, cloud platforms, and mobile/web applications

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or other Engineering
  • 5+ years of product management experience in residential solar, energy storage, or a closely related hardware/software domain
  • Hands-on familiarity with residential solar installations — inverters, battery systems, metering, interconnection, permitting workflows
  • Demonstrated record of shipping at least one hardware or integrated hardware/software product from development through market launch

Preferred Requirements:

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering or other disciplines
  • Experience with energy management systems, time-of-use optimization, or grid services (demand response, VPPs)
  • NABCEP certification or equivalent hands-on solar/storage training
  • Experience with agile development methodologies in a hardware and software environment
  • Familiarity with UL/IEC certification processes for energy products

Generac is committed to fair and equity compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in $161,200 – $217,800.  Compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation, including short term and long-term incentives.

This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible, spending and health savings accounts, accrued paid time off, eight paid holidays in 401(k) retirement benefits.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.  On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”

Top Skills

Agile Development Methodologies
Customer-Facing Software
Embedded Firmware
Energy Management Systems
Energy Storage
Hardware Design
Iec Certification
Project Management
Residential Solar
Ul Certification

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