Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

This Engineering Manager role offers high visibility with senior leadership and global partners, along with strong long-term growth potential. The position is ideal for a leader who enjoys guiding technical teams, improving engineering processes, and driving successful product and project outcomes in a manufacturing and product design environment. You will play a key role in aligning engineering priorities with business goals, customer expectations, quality standards, and manufacturing needs, while fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers, including design and applications engineers, to promote technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Guide engineering priorities to ensure alignment with business objectives, customer expectations, quality standards, and manufacturing requirements.
• Drive improvements in engineering processes, documentation, standard work, design controls, and project management practices to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Act as the primary technical interface with customer engineering teams, clarifying requirements, addressing questions, and resolving technical issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Collaborate closely with manufacturing, sales, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure design feasibility, regulatory compliance, and smooth transition of products into production.
• Review technical work products and support formal design reviews to ensure engineering outputs meet quality, safety, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Promote a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing, practical problem solving, and customer-focused engineering support across the engineering team.
• Apply strong technical judgment to guide engineering decisions, troubleshoot complex design and manufacturing issues, and support practical, manufacturable solutions.
• Support continuous process improvement initiatives within engineering and across functions, particularly in manufacturing and custom engineering environments.
• Engage regularly with customers to understand their needs, manage expectations, and ensure a high level of satisfaction with engineering support and delivered solutions.
• Oversee day-to-day engineering activities and workload for a team of approximately four direct reports, including two design engineers and two applications engineers.
• Support and uphold compliance with relevant EX, UL, IECEx, and ISO/UL 9001-related standards and practices where applicable.
• Champion safe work practices and adherence to quality systems within the engineering function and in collaboration with the machine shop and manufacturing teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Progressive engineering experience in a manufacturing, industrial, product design, or technical production environment.
• Prior people management or technical team leadership experience.
• Strong technical background with the ability to guide engineering decisions and support practical design and manufacturing solutions.
• Experience with manufacturing and custom engineering environments.
• Experience with product design and engineering management.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex engineering and manufacturing issues.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective cross-functional collaboration and customer engagement.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Experience with continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Experience interacting directly with customers on technical topics.
• Familiarity with EX certification, UL standards, and IECEx standards.
• Experience with enclosure manufacturing or similar engineered products.
• Proficiency with Solid Works or similar 3D CAD tools.

• Advanced degree in Engineering or a related technical field is preferred.
• Knowledge of enclosure product lines is highly desirable.
• EX, UL, and/or IECEx certifications are highly desirable.
• Experience working within ISO and UL 9001 quality systems.
• Background in manual machining or close collaboration with machine shop environments.
• Interest in ongoing professional development, including advanced degrees (MS/PhD) and technical certifications, supported through tuition and certification reimbursement programs.
• Ability to wear multiple hats and contribute across a broad range of engineering and process improvement activities.
• Comfort working with new products frequently and adapting quickly to new technical challenges.

The role is based in a pristine machine shop and engineering environment that supports ISO and UL 9001 standards, with exposure to manual machining and a steady flow of new products. The standard work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the facility is fully closed on weekends, supporting a strong work–life balance. The Engineering Manager…