Engineering Supervisor; Team Lead

Position: Engineering Supervisor (Team Lead)
Join Our Team at Realityworks

Who We Are

Realityworks is a 100% employee-owned company headquartered in Eau Claire, WI. We're passionate about transforming education by providing innovative, hands-on learning solutions that prepare students for real-world careers.

What We Do

We develop comprehensive educational products that combine curriculum, experiential learning tools, student activities, and assessment resources. Our solutions are trusted by middle schools, high schools, and post-secondary institutions across the country to engage learners, develop critical skills, and inspire career exploration.

Why Join Us?

When you join Realityworks, you become a co-owner in a company that values your contributions and rewards your success. Our employee-centered culture is built on collaboration, innovation, and shared achievement.

We offer a robust benefits package, including:

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): 100% company-funded and designed to grow in value as we succeed together
• Health, Dental, and Life Insurance: Comprehensive coverage to support your well-being
• 401(k) Retirement Plan: With company match up to 6%
• Generous Paid Time Off: Over 20 days annually, plus 10 paid holidays
• Wellness Incentives: Gym reimbursement and healthy living rewards
• Family-Friendly Benefits: Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Including dependent care coverage
• Disability Coverage: Long-term and short-term
• Education Support: Tuition assistance for continued learning
• Community Engagement: Paid volunteer time and donation matching

The Opportunity

• Realityworks is seeking a hands-on Engineering Team Lead to develop innovative Career & Technical Education (CTE) learning products. This "player-coach" role leads a small, cross-functional team while actively contributing to design, prototyping, and problem solving from concept through production. You'll drive execution, remove roadblocks, and support engineers day-to-day in a fast-paced environment-ensuring high-quality results while making a meaningful impact in education.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads a small, cross-functional engineering team, providing clear direction, prioritization, and accountability across multiple concurrent development initiatives
• Serves as a working leader, actively contributing to engineering work including design, prototyping, troubleshooting, and problem solving
• Provides day-to-day coaching, guidance, and performance feedback to engineering team members to support development and accountability
• Owns execution of engineering work streams, ensuring steady progress from concept through production
• Makes technical decisions and trade-offs to balance performance, cost, manufacturability, and timeline
• Drives resolution of technical issues through active engagement in design reviews, debugging, and risk management
• Partners with product management to translate requirements into actionable engineering plans and priorities, with project planning, schedule and cost estimates
• Collaborates with manufacturing and quality teams to support builds, product launch, and continuous improvement efforts
• Identifies risks, removes blockers, and maintains momentum across engineering initiatives
• Supports product validation and testing activities to ensure performance and reliability requirements are met
• Ensures engineering documentation and design outputs meet internal standards
• Contributes to continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and team effectiveness
• Provides input into performance evaluations, development planning, and staffing decisions for team members
• Ensures alignment of engineering efforts with broader R&D and organizational priorities
• Promotes a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and directly-related experience
• 5+ years of engineering experience in product development
• Demonstrated strength in mechanical design
• Experience working with electromechanical systems
• Prior experience leading engineering projects or technical teams

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in a technical lead or working team lead role
• Experience developing educational technology products or training equipment
• Experience working in small, fast-paced engineering teams
• Experience in manufacturing environments and supporting product launch activities
• Experience supervising or mentoring engineers
• Background in systems engineering or product reliability engineering

Work Location

• Realityworks is headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This is a fully onsite position.

Learn More

• Explore our mission and the impact we're making in education at

Realityworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.