VP, Product Development

Fieldpiece Instruments is hiring a Vice President of Product Development to drive our new product development engine.  The VP will manage cross-functional teams led by the Director of Upstream Marketing and Product Category Directors to ideate, design, and launch innovative, technically complex HVACR tools and instruments that exceed customer expectations.  By collaborating closely with customers, the industry, and internal stakeholders, the VP ensures our product portfolio stays ahead of the competition, is exceptionally customer centric, and increasingly differentiated.

The ideal candidate thinks like an engineer and acts like a product strategist, leads with empathy, clarity, and accountability, and thrives in a high-growth, hands-on environment.  You’re a visionary leader who can align cross-functional teams around a bold product roadmap and deliver consistent, high-quality results.  You bring a bias for action and a proven record of turning ideas into commercially successful products.

Fieldpiece is a thriving team of innovators - committed to pushing boundaries and celebrating curiosity.  We’ve been providing HVACR professionals with rugged, feature-rich tools like meters, manifolds, leak detectors, and more since 1990.  Fieldpiece leads the industry in the way we think, work, collaborate, and remain laser-focused on creating products that empower HVACR professionals.  If you thrive in an environment where challenges are embraced, ambiguity fuels innovation, and relationships are built on trust and transparency—this is your opportunity.

As one of the Best Places to Work in SoCal (2023 & 2024), we’re proud of our people-first culture and Hire to Retire philosophy.  We offer a hybrid (3 days onsite), flexible work schedule, a kitchen full of snacks to keep you charged throughout the day and a unique, onsite music room with complimentary guitar and piano lessons.  While we’d like this position in our Orange, CA office, we’d also consider candidates for our Kamas, UT location. 

What You’ll Do

• Partner with executive leadership to develop and own the multi-year Product Development Roadmap, aligned with business strategy, customer needs, and market trends.
• Champion a voice-of-the-customer culture, using market research and field insights to prioritize product investments.
• Enthusiastically drive the entire product lifecycle – from ideation through commercialization and sustainment – with passion and precision, identifying strategic product categories and ensuring innovation wins in those categories.
• Lead the full end-to-end product development lifecycle — from opportunity identification through technical feasibility, product launch and post-release optimization.
• Oversee the engineering function with a focus on innovation, reliability, manufacturability, and performance in demanding field environments.
• Oversee world-class pricing, positioning, and value propositions that set our products apart as industry leaders.
• Manage and mentor a diverse team including Product Directors, Product Managers, Director of Upstream Marketing, and Market Researchers.
• Collaborate with Operations and strategic ODM partners to solve production challenges, improve yield, and reduce costs.
• Own IP strategy and foster a pipeline of differentiated product features and technologies.

What You Bring

• BS or MS in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or related field) required; MBA or advanced business training preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive product development leadership experience, ideally in electromechanical or instrumentation-based product categories.
• Proven success managing cross-functional teams across product management, engineering, and market research.
• Experience managing ODM partners, supplier relationships, and international development efforts.
• Expertise with Lean, Agile, and Stage-Gate product development methodologies.
• Deep understanding of customer-driven design, usability, and technical product development.
• Skilled in balancing strategic vision with tactical execution.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and organizational skills.

Excellent benefits!

• Matching 401k up to 4% with immediate vesting.
• Healthcare premiums are subsidized 80% for you and your family with HSA and FSA options.
• Supplemental Term Life, Employee Assistance Programs (EAD), and more.
• Hire to Retire philosophy that includes personal career development plans.
• Onsite music program with lessons from guitar, piano and voice coaches. 
• And more!

The California base annual salary range for this role is currently $300,000-380,000 plus bonuses.  Pay scales are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members. We can share more information about our bonus program and benefits during the hiring process.

EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability

Our values drive everything we do and our culture.

We are a TRIBE.

Our collective growth starts with individual growth.

We are fully engaged and empowered, collaborating to achieve our common mission.

Our people are central in making Fieldpiece the best place we will work, ever.

We do the UPFRONT HOMEWORK.

We are prepared before coming together to move forward effectively.

We begin with the end in mind by understanding The Why upfront, visualizing, researching, and acting.

We address obstacles head-on with creativity, grit and tenacity, while having fun along the way.

We deliver the RIGHT STUFF.

We deliver innovative solutions by seeing the world through the eyes of our customers.

Our culture of purposeful critical thinking leads to greatness now, rather than perfection never.

We earn TRUST.

We prove our credibility, reliability, and genuine interest in others to build lasting relationships.

Our tribe, partners, end users, suppliers and channel partners can rely on us to listen, act with integrity, and deliver quality.

We are LEAN.

We never stop searching for a better way.

We get started, fail fast, and move forward.

Our actions deliver valuable results.

We leave our EGO at the door.

We are unconcerned to be judged by the questions we ask.

With humility, we value and pursue ideas and feedback from everyone.

Our personal success is derived from the tribe’s success.