Mechanical Engineering Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented Mechanical Engineering Manager to join our Product Development organization in Marshalltown, Iowa!

In this working manager role, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for the development and delivery of innovative products from concept through commercialization. This is a hands‑on leadership role that combines people leadership, technical direction, and product development execution. You will build a high‑performing engineering team while providing technical leadership and contributing to key engineering decisions across multiple initiatives.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of mechanical engineers and Cad Designers supporting new product development programs.
• Establish clear goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with organizational objectives.
• Conduct performance reviews, development planning, talent assessments.
• Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineering talent while building organizational capability.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Create development opportunities that strengthen both technical expertise and leadership capabilities across the team.

• Provide technical leadership and oversight for mechanical engineering activities across multiple development programs.
• Guide product architecture decisions, design reviews, technology selection, and risk management activities.
• Ensure engineering solutions balance performance, manufacturability, reliability, quality, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Review and approve key technical deliverables and engineering decisions.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges.
• Remain actively engaged in critical design, analysis, validation, and problem‑solving activities when appropriate.

• Partner with Program Managers and Product Managers to ensure successful execution of product roadmaps.
• Ensure engineering deliverables support milestone commitments, product launch objectives, and business goals.
• Manage technical risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
• Participate in gate reviews and provide recommendations regarding technical readiness and project execution.

• Build strong partnerships across Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Marketing.
• Align stakeholders on technical direction, priorities, and project execution plans.
• Promote collaboration between global engineering teams to leverage expertise and accelerate development efforts.

• Drive adoption of engineering best practices, design standards, and product development methodologies.
• Champion initiatives that improve product quality, engineering productivity, and development cycle time.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, digital engineering tools, simulation methods, and AI-enabled engineering practices.
• Contribute to long-term technology roadmaps and engineering strategy development.

You are a leader who enjoys developing people as much as developing products. You build highly engaged teams and inspire engineers to perform at their highest level. You create clarity during uncertainty and balance technical depth with strong business judgment. You effectively influence diverse stakeholders and bring teams together around a common vision. You have a passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and delivering products that create meaningful customer and business value.

While you enjoy remaining connected to technical challenges, your greatest impact…