Mechanical Engineering Manager

Mechanical Engineering Manager – Ott, a Veralto Company

Imagine yourself leading a team that builds products protecting one of the world’s most vital resources—water. You’ll shape how engineering teams work, grow, and succeed while collaborating across engineering, product, and UX to deliver solutions with real‑world impact.

This is more than a people‑management role. You’ll build and develop a high‑performing engineering team, influence product direction, engineering processes, and long‑term innovation, operating at the intersection of technical leadership, people development, and business impact.

Reporting to the Director of Hardware Engineering R&D, the Mechanical Engineering Manager leads a distributed team of mechanical engineers, ensuring robust design, testing, and development processes that support high‑quality, reliable products. The role is part of the Research & Development organization and is located onsite in Fort Collins.

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of mechanical engineers, helping them reach their full potential.
• Partner closely with Product Management and UX to align on priorities and roadmaps.
• Ensure strong, scalable design, development, and testing processes.
• Drive improvements in engineering tools, PDM systems, and BOM processes.
• Support project planning, resource allocation, and realistic effort estimation.
• Participate in cross‑functional reviews, including FMEA, risk analysis, and validation.
• Identify team needs in terms of hiring, tools, and development.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience leading product design work as a mechanical engineer.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers (formal or informal).
• Experience with reliability engineering, including designing validation and life testing.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• Ability to work onsite in Fort Collins.

• Permissive PTO and a complete benefits package.
• Professional onboarding and continuous development.
• Career coaching and leadership growth opportunities.
• A collaborative, purpose‑driven engineering culture.

We are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

Individuals with disabilities will be provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform the essential functions of the job.