Product Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title: Associate Technical Product Manager
Experience: 5+ years

About NEXTracker: NEXTracker, the global leader in solar trackers, seeks an exceptional Associate Technical Product Manager to lead the development of new products. With our commitment to innovation and sustainability, NEXTracker is at the forefront of revolutionizing solar energy solutions worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand and prioritize product requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Break down complex requirements into actionable tasks and create detailed development plans, fostering clarity and efficiency in project execution.
• Write user stories and create and maintain epics in Jira, ensuring comprehensive documentation of project scope and objectives.
• Provide technical guidance to development teams, including defining endpoints, payloads, and API specifications, to ensure alignment with product vision and technical standards.
• Drive end-to-end software delivery, ensuring timely and high-quality releases through effective project management and coordination.
• Collaborate with designers to create wireframes and prototypes, facilitating a seamless transition from concept to implementation.
• Maintain technical documentation, including API documentation, architecture diagrams, and release notes, to support ongoing development and future iterations.
• Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, to foster collaboration and drive continuous improvement.
• Continuously monitor and improve the product development process, implementing best practices and identifying areas for optimization to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and senior leadership, providing transparency and enabling informed decision-making.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in technical product management or a related role within a software product development company.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, particularly agile practices.
• Proficiency in creating and maintaining epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria in Jira.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in creating technical documentation, including API specifications, architecture diagrams, and wireframes.
• Ability to break down complex requirements and provide accurate development details.
• Proven track record of driving end-to-end software delivery and meeting project deadlines.
• Ability to think and act strategically, with strong cross-functional management capabilities.
• Ability to conduct market research to understand customer needs.
• Strong data analytics capabilities and ability to understand a product portfolio P&L.
• Experienced with customer meetings and presentations to large groups.
• Ability to work in a matrix organization, with virtual and multi-locational teams, and cross-cultural environments.
• Ability to learn, articulate, and support complex products and technologies.
• Excellent presentation skills to all levels of audience.
• Proficient with MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Access, etc).
• Experience with tools such as Power BI, Swagger, Postman, Confluence, Figma, Miro etc.

At Nextracker, we are leading in the energy transition, providing the most comprehensive portfolio of intelligent solar tracker and software solutions for solar power plants, as well as strategic services to capture the full value of solar power plants for our customers. Our talented worldwide teams are transforming PV plant performance every day with smart technology, data monitoring and analysis services.

For us at Nextracker, sustainability is not just a word. It's a core part of our business, values and our operations. Our sustainability efforts are based on five cornerstones: People, Community, Environment, Innovation, and Integrity. We are creative, collaborative and passionate problem-solvers from diverse backgrounds, driven by our shared mission to provide smart solar and software solutions for our customers and to mitigate climate change for future generations.

Culture is our Passion