Engineering Manager

Job Location:

Oberon - State College, PA 16801

The Engineering Manager leads all engineering activities at Oberon and is accountable for delivering high-quality, compliant, and manufacturable products. This role combines hands‑on technical leadership with people, process, and tool ownership to ensure engineering work is executed efficiently, documented properly, and aligned with business objectives.

• Plan, manage, and execute all engineering activities, including defining deliverables, schedules, and milestones, and ensuring commitments are met.
• Lead, coach, and manage the Oberon engineering team, maintaining productivity, accountability, and balanced workloads.
• Support the design and development of Oberon products, contributing to mechanical design, documentation, and design reviews.
• Track, report, and communicate engineering goals, project status, risks, and accomplishments to the Director of Operations and other stakeholders.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, design practices, documentation requirements, and change control processes.
• Participate directly in design decisions to deliver manufacturable products that maximize customer value while meeting cost, schedule, and budget targets, and ensuring designs support operational efficiency.
• Apply Lean principles to engineering and product design, including standardizing components, simplifying assemblies, and reducing complexity to support efficient manufacturing and operations.
• Ensure products are designed to meet requirements for quality, reliability, environmental sustainability, thermal performance, electrical considerations, ergonomics, safety, and applicable regulatory codes and standards, including UL.
• Maintain accurate and well‑controlled engineering data, including drawings, BOMs, models, and revisions.
• Ensure proper protocols are followed to maintain a clean, organized, and safe engineering workspace and lab environment.
• Recognize industry trends, emerging technologies, and customer needs, and proactively adapt engineering approaches and product designs.
• Serve as owner of engineering software, tools, and processes, ensuring they are effectively selected, maintained, and used.
• Utilize AI and other software tools to improve engineering efficiency, automation, and overall team capability.
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and manufacturing partners to support production, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Evaluate suppliers and manufacturing partners for technical capability, quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Lead Oberon’s transition from Autodesk Inventor to Solid Works with minimal business disruption.

• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

• Ethics, Values, Integrity & Trust - Adheres and acts in line with CPI core values.
• Functional/Technical Skills - Possesses high level of skill, knowledge and ability in assigned functional area.
• Safety – Complies with company safety rules and regulations. Takes a proactive approach to identify and eliminate safety hazards.
• Customer Focus - Gives high priority to customer satisfaction.
• Interpersonal Skills - Uses diplomacy and tact. Uses collaborative skills.
• Action Oriented & Adaptability - Takes initiative; acts promptly; is proactive.
• Ownership & Accountability - Proactively models, guards and demonstrates all of CPI’s core values.
• Priority Setting, Planning & Organizing
  - Uses resources effectively and efficiently.
• Problem Solving & Creativity - Uses logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions. Develops new and unique ideas.
• Listening, Informing and Written Communications - Practices attentive and active listening. Shares information. Presents ideas and facts clearly and effectively in writing.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Proficiency with Solid Works, Inventor, or comparable CAD software and related engineering tools.
• Strong background in mechanical design, manufacturing methods, and systems engineering.
• Experience managing engineering projects, schedules, and cross‑functional deliverables.
• Experience with design for manufacturability, quality systems, and engineering change control.
• Working knowledge of product safety standards and regulatory compliance; UL experience preferred.

• Frequent sitting.
• Lift up to 25 lbs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled