Engineering Manager

The Design Engineering Manager is responsible for ensuring overall product design processes, objectives and deliverables, including design requirements, workflows, planning, implementation, scheduling, regulatory oversight, and documentation for new or existing product design and automation. This position will coordinate with other departments to ensure products are designed consistent with requirements, maintain the highest level of quality, and can be produced at the lowest possible cost.

This position requires a high degree of welding engineering skills

• Provides vision and leadership for existing and emerging product and application technologies through an understanding of customer and business needs
• Manages a team of Engineers and technical staff
• Product Development: leads the product development process from concept to production, including brainstorming, conceptualization, design, prototyping, testing, and finalization
• Technical Leadership: provides technical leadership and expertise to the design team, guiding them in solving complex engineering problems and making design decisions
• Process Optimization: analyzes and optimizes design processes to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance product quality
• Quality Assurance: ensures that designs meet quality standards, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations, and implements quality control measures throughout the design process
• Resource Allocation: allocates resources such as manpower, materials, and equipment effectively to meet production targets while minimizing waste
• Team Management: leads and supervises a team of design engineers and technicians, and provides guidance, training, and support to ensure smooth operations
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: encourages innovation and creativity within the design team, fosters a culture of continuous improvement, and stays updated on industry trends and emerging technologies
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  collaborates with other departments such as manufacturing, quality assurance, marketing, and sales to ensure that design specifications meet the needs of various stakeholders and are feasible for production
• Risk Management:
  
  identifies potential risks and challenges in the design process and implements strategies to mitigate them, such as conducting thorough design reviews and testing
• Supplier and Vendor Management: collaborates with external suppliers and vendors for components, materials, or services related to design to ensure timely delivery and quality standards are met
• Cost Management: collaborates with the Finance Department to develop and manage budgets for design projects and identifies opportunities to reduce costs without compromising on quality or performance
• Documentation and Reporting: ensures that design documentation, including drawings, specifications, and technical reports, are accurately maintained and updated, and provides regular progress reports to senior management
• Regulatory Compliance: ensures compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and industry standards, such as DOT, ASME, and ISO certifications
• New Product Introduction: supports the introduction of new products into production, including process validation, capacity planning, and production ramp-up
• Product Lifecycle Management: manages the entire lifecycle of products from initial design through to end-of-life, including product updates, revisions, and obsolescence management
• Manages on-time delivery of designs, drawings, and instruction to support BOM and items released to support production schedule needs
• Cultivates sustained innovation in STE’s ability to deliver exceptional products to customers
• Ensures the optimal application of current technology and engineering resources to meet product development and/or customer requirements
• Ensures product requirements are properly documented and understood by all stakeholders early in the development process
• Ensures that the end product is fully and correctly documented
• Drives the design decisions needed to achieve cost-effective and quality results
• Develops “best practices” for STE designs and products
• Directs and manages multiple concurrent…