Mechanical Product Engineering Team Lead

Job-:
Mechanical Engineering

Location:

Houston, TX, United States Workplace:
On-site

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
We are seeking a Mechanical Product Engineering Team Leader to guide the Cross ridge engineering team while driving technical excellence, product quality, and continuous improvement. This hands-on role combines engineering expertise and technical decision-making with team coordination, project prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration. The Team Leader will oversee sustaining engineering, cost reduction, and product improvement initiatives while serving as the primary engineering contact for Cross ridge Operations, Quality, Sales/Applications, and Global Product  this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

Ensure Cross ridge product designs comply with industry standards, customer requirements, and sound engineering principles.

Support Global Design Owners with design reviews, DFMEA, tolerance stack-ups, and engineering changes.

Review and approve engineering deliverables, ensuring drawings, bills of materials (BOMs), reports, and procedures are accurate and properly released.

Drive product enhancements, product rationalization, and cost-reduction initiatives across XR product lines.

Serve as the site’s primary technical escalation point for mechanical issues, including root cause analysis, field failures, production, and supplier concerns.

Plan, assign, and review work for 2–3 Engineers/Designers, ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables and balanced workloads.

Coach and develop team members through regular feedback, cross-training, performance objectives, and onboarding support.

Coordinate and prioritize requests from Operations, Quality, Sales, and Applications, balancing urgent support needs with strategic projects.

Collaborate with Global Design Owners, Principal Consultants, Product Engineering Leads, customers, and suppliers to resolve technical issues and advance projects.

Maintain engineering processes and documentation standards; prepare monthly reports on project status, workload allocation, backlog, risks, and escalations.

Who You Are :

You focus on creating an effective collaborative style. You identify the impacts or consequences of situations and escalate to the appropriate channels. You carefully consider all relevant factors and use appropriate decision-making criteria and principles. You persist in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks. You break down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions.

For This Role, You Will Need:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university; other engineering degrees may be considered based on relevant experience.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in mechanical design and product engineering.

Demonstrated leadership skills, with experience leading projects, mentoring engineers, or a strong desire to lead others.

Demonstrated proficiency in DFMEA, DFMA, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, 3D CAD/PDM, Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), and BOM control.

Experience using structured root cause analysis methods, such as 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone, to resolve field or production issues.

Working knowledge of applicable codes and standards within the actuation and valve industry.

Legal authorization to work in the US - visa sponsorship will not be provided.

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

Hands-on experience with actuators, valves, pumps, regulators, or similar electromechanical or fluid-power products.

FEA / hand calculations; test plan and validation report experience.

Exposure to certifications (e.g., SIL, ATEX/IECEx, CSA/UL).Experience setting up or improving engineering processes in a manufacturing site.

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