Engineering Team Lead

Engineering Manager, Kingston, NY area The Engineering Manager is the leader of the mechanical, electrical & software engineering teams responsible for creating and executing high level roadmaps and activity schedules, developing, and executing design projects that meet safety, time, cost, quality, and customer satisfaction targets.

Main responsibilities:

1. Strategic Planning & Roadmap Ownership
· Define and maintain comprehensive engineering roadmaps aligned to Business Division requirements and overall product strategy.
· Establish and track OKRs and KPIs for the engineering function; report progress regularly to the General Manager and VP of Engineering Programs.
· Translate business objectives into actionable engineering plans with clear milestones, resource requirements, and risk mitigation strategies.
· Develop and maintains comprehensive plans to ensure product roadmaps, project schedules and support activities are aligned to Business Division requirements.
2. Project Delivery & Technical Execution
· Works with customers and customer facing personnel to ensure that all required information and specifications are available and clearly understood prior to starting a project.
· Drives effective cross-functional relationships to deliver competitive and reliable products to agreed time, quality and cost targets.
· Ensures all assigned projects are completed on time and to specification; raises issues promptly if requested changes will affect committed dates.
· Manages the engineering team through Kick-Off (Gate
1) and 3D model release at Gate 2; delivers complete 3D models and specification requirements to the manufacturing engineering team.
· Ensures that all appropriate procedures are followed including, but not limited to:
Design Control, ECR, TCF, FTB, HAZOP, and FMEA.
· Works as delegated technical authority for Product Company products.
· Applies Design for Manufacturing principles throughout the engineering design process to ensure producibility, cost efficiency, and manufacturability of all solutions.
3. Hiring, Onboarding & Talent Development
· Leads full-cycle recruiting for engineering roles: defines job requirements, conducts interviews, and makes hiring recommendations in partnership with HR.
· Designs and executes structured onboarding programs to accelerate time-to-productivity for new engineering hires.
· Establishes and maintains individual development plans (IDPs) for all direct reports; provides regular coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
· Identifies skill gaps across the team and develops targeted training or cross-training initiatives to address them; supports clear career progression paths.
4. Team Leadership & Performance Management
· Owns day-to-day management of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering personnel including direct and indirect reports.
· Sets clear performance expectations; conducts regular 1:1s, mid-year reviews, and annual performance evaluations; addresses performance issues proactively in partnership with HR.
· Builds a strong, competent, effective and motivated team scaled to the agreed project deliverables; moves resources between projects to meet customer needs.
· Oversees timesheets for assigned personnel including time worked, vacation requests, sick time, etc.
· Maintains punctual, regular and predictable attendance; works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation; takes on other duties as assigned by manager.
5. Budget Planning & Cost Management
· Develops and manages the annual engineering budget, including labor, tooling, software licenses, and capital expenditures.
· Monitors cost performance against budget; identifies and implements corrective actions to address variances.
· Ensures all…