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(ERMCO) is the leading manufacturer of distribution transformers and engineered electrical solutions, serving electric utilities, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and industrial customers across North America. Headquartered in Dyersburg, Tenn., ERMCO delivers reliable, high-quality products that power homes, businesses, and communities across North America.\nWith our commitment to safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement, ERMCO is at the forefront of supporting grid modernization and energy transition. Our vertically integrated operations, customer-focused culture, and investment in people and technology make ERMCO the Most Valued Partner for delivering resilient, sustainable power infrastructure for the future.\nJob Summary\nThe Platform Engineering Manager defines and governs the architecture, roadmap, delivery standards and operating model for engineering software platforms, automation tools, integrations, and the digital engineering ecosystem. This role leads the team that converts business and engineering needs into scalable platform capabilities that standardize how design knowledge is executed across the enterprise.\nThis role will be onsite in Athens, GA or Dyersburg, TN. Relocation Assistance is available.\nResponsibilities\nDefine architecture for engineering platforms, automation tools, integrations, and the digital engineering ecosystem.\nPrioritize platform work that scales engineering capacity across sites and standardizes how design knowledge is executed.\nManage technical dependencies across software, data governance, and engineering users.\nCreate the digital backbone needed for repeatable, data-driven decisions and sustainable automation growth.\nOwn platform roadmap, architecture standards, integration patterns, backlog governance, and release planning.\nManage and lead the software development team across all different sites. And collaborate with the rest of the design and development teams.\nAligning with IT and business systems to reduce technical dependency and improve long-term maintainability.\nParticipate in design software code reviews to provide technical input and ensure that designs meet project and customer requirements.\nWrite clear, scalable, and maintainable code by employing best practices and refactoring techniques.\nCoordinate testing, deployment, version control, issue triage, and adoption & performance metrics.\nDevelop team capability, role coverage, succession depth, and consistent delivery practices across the Design Technology function\nSoftware Development Tools:\nDeep knowledge of application development, source-control and software lifecycle platforms such as Visual Studio, Bit Bucket, SourceTree.\nProficient in programming languages such as C#, .NET, Phyton, VB and C++, and web application frameworks.\nFamiliarity with SQL queries driven applications and deployment, testing, maintaining Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs).\nExperience in developing and maintaining databases, including knowledge of other relational databases (e.g., IBM Db2, SQL Server).\nAbility to read, understand and debug legacy coding languages such as VB6, VBA, Fortran, etc. and translate functionality into modern languages.\nQualifications\n15+ years of relevant engineering, automation, software, platform, or manufacturing systems experience.\n10+ years of experience leading and organizing software development teams.\nBackground in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.\nWorking knowledge of product engineering design workflows, product configuration, and manufacturing process requirements.\nExperience developing software integrations, data workflows, web-based tools, APIs, or automation solutions that support engineering or manufacturing users.\nCapable of modernizing legacy engineering applications and establishing reusable platform services.\nExperience partnering with IT, engineering SMEs, operations, QA, R&D, and product engineering teams to deploy scalable digital solutions.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nDemonstrated experience, leading platform architecture, technical roadmaps, backlog governance, and release planning for engineering or manufacturing systems.\nStrong web development experience, including modern application design, user-facing interfaces, reporting logic, and maintainable software practices.\nFamiliarity with applicable industry standards, such as IEEE and CSA, and their impact on engineering design rules and validation.\nDeep transformer domain knowledge across product design, configuration logic, factory readiness, testing, and standards compliance.\nExpertise applying AI, machine learning, or generative AI capabilities to engineering automation, decision support, design-rule validation, or manufacturing process improvement.\nLet’s Build the Future Together\nAt ERMCO, your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your impact is real. Whether you’re building on early career experience or launching your professional journey, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, contribute, and grow in a manufacturing environment that values innovation and collaboration.\nJoin ERMCO and TRANSFORM your career!\nJob Locations\nUS-GA-Athens US-TN-Dyersburg","description_format":"text","description_chars":5307,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":10,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Relocation assistance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Power Grid","Electrical Equipment & Cables"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-10T02:57:07Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 1","filings_12m":1,"filings_prev_12m":0,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":77500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-09T07:32:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":13,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T05:05:11Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ermco-platform-manager-design-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ermco-platform-manager-design-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T05:05:11Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11889,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3832489},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3832489"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fermco-platform-manager-design-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fermco-platform-manager-design-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fermco-platform-manager-design-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ermco-platform-manager-design-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fermco-platform-manager-design-engineering"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3999699}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ermcopower.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3999699},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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