Engineering Development & Systems Manager

Job Summary:

Ag Express Electronics is seeking an experienced Engineering Development & Systems Manager to lead the development of innovative, reliable electronic repair solutions and help expand our technical capabilities. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a hands-on engineering professional who enjoys solving complex electronics challenges, developing technical talent, and turning ideas into practical solutions that deliver real value for customers and the  this role, you’ll lead engineers and technical specialists through the full development lifecycle—from evaluating new repair opportunities and defining technical approaches to troubleshooting, validation, controlled release, and operational implementation.

You’ll use your expertise in electronics, diagnostics, failure analysis, and engineering development to challenge assumptions, guide technical decisions, and ensure solutions are reliable, repeatable, and scalable. Collaborating across departments and with business leadership, you’ll help shape the future of Ag Express Electronics’ repair capabilities while building a strong culture of innovation, accountability, and technical excellence.

This position is located at our Des Moines, Iowa location.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership Direct and evaluate the technical work of engineers and technical contributors responsible for electronic repair capability development, diagnostic development, test engineering, validation, and release readiness.

Critically review and challenge engineering assumptions, troubleshooting methods, circuit analysis, proposed repair strategies, test coverage, validation results, and technical conclusions.

Require engineers to support recommendations with appropriate technical analysis, test data, documented results, and consideration of failure modes and operational risk.

Apply working knowledge of electronic components, circuitry, schematics, signal behavior, communication protocols, diagnostic methods, test equipment, and failure-analysis techniques to engage substantively in technical reviews.

Ask informed technical questions, identify gaps or inconsistencies, and redirect work when the engineering approach, supporting evidence, documentation, or validation is insufficient.

Make or facilitate timely technical decisions regarding feasibility, design direction, validation requirements, repair methodology, release readiness, and technical risk.

Establish clear expectations for engineering quality, technical rigor, documentation, productivity, and project execution.

Approve, conditionally approve, or reject technical development deliverables and release packages based on established requirements and delegated authority.

Remain actively engaged in complex troubleshooting, design reviews, validation planning, root-cause analysis, and technical escalations.

Coach engineers and technical contributors while holding them accountable for accurate, complete, repeatable, and timely work.

Engineering Systems Leadership Lead the cross-functional development system that advances qualified opportunities from scope through execution, validation, release, and post-release review.

Ensure project roles, ownership, deliverables, timelines, resource requirements, and success criteria are clearly defined before development authorization.

Maintain visibility into active development work, risks, blockers, priorities, resource constraints, and next actions.

Reinforce accountability and execution discipline to ensure development activities progress toward completion.

Align engineering development activities with defined business value, customer demand, operational needs, throughput improvement, and scalability objectives.

Drive collaboration among engineering, sustainment,…