Electrical Engineering Manager

Posted Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM

The Next Level of Fire & Life Safety Leadership

With more than two centuries of combined history, brands like Kidde, Kidde Commercial, Edwards, GST, Badger, Gloria and Aritech have been leading the way in protecting people and property around the world. Now, we’re taking that leadership to the next level. Kidde Global Solutions brings together the most trusted and iconic brands in safety, building upon our shared experience and expertise to address the needs and challenges of more customers in more places.

With an unmatched portfolio of solutions and services, and a commitment to constant innovation we’re elevating the standards for an entire industry – and establishing the next level of fire and life safety leadership.

At Kidde Global Solutions, you’re joining a global technology leader in fire and life safety solutions and our employees are the heart of it all. With industry-defining brands in life safety and security, you’ll be part of a legacy of leadership working with cutting-edge technologies that protect lives and property worldwide. As a leading fire safety brand, our mission is to provide solutions that protect people and property from the effects of fire and related hazards.

We’re committed to expanding our impact and providing dynamic opportunities for growth within our team. You’ll be part of a company that prioritizes quality, integrity, collaboration, and customer care, with the resources, training, and incentives to ensure your success every step of the way.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and be part of an innovative, mission-driven team, apply now!

Job Title :
Electrical Engineering Manager

Job type: F ull-time

About This Role

Kidde’s Residential Fire Detection organization is searching for an Electrical Engineering Manager to join the design team located in Bradenton, FL and with some team members remotely located in Colorado. In this position, you will have responsibility to lead the Electrical Engineering function for new product development for residential solutions in North America. The manager should be comfortable leading a diverse team of electrical engineers to deliver life safety devices, which are low cost and low power, while maintaining Kidde’s high bar for reliability.

These often have complex system interactions, and the candidate will be instrumental to working with other functions to ensure that the integrated system works as intended. They should be willing to improve the teams’ processes, or build new ones to ensure timely and reliable output. Primarily, the candidate is a people leader and developer. They will utilize their experience to assess individual team members’ strengths and weaknesses, putting them in a position to succeed while also growing in areas of need.

We are seeking hardworking individuals who take pride in developing products that save people’s lives! In addition, you will enjoy close collaboration with like-minded teams around the globe focused on protecting customers and delivering business goals to advance our future success.

Key Responsibilities

New Product Development

• Assign team members to new product development efforts for the North America market, on time and on budget.
• Be part of projects core team as the Engineering representative and provide update on design progression, root cause analysis, creating and presenting action plans to mitigate project risks.
• Ensure team is accurately defining the scope of work (or work breakdown) needed to accomplish the project, and then delivering to that agreed schedule.
• Work with suppliers and vendors to drive innovation and new technology within the team.
• Facilitate internal engineering development processes, such as regular design reviews, technical data reviews, root cause analysis, and sample builds.
• Ensure the system and sub-system performance through local sample builds and factory sample builds, followed by verification and validation test plans related to the electrical engineering domain. This includes the core electrical design, sensor performance, and RF performance.
• Utilize Jira to track team tasks and test results.
• Responsible to…