Software Engineering Manager

Alicat builds high-performance instrumentation for measuring and controlling flow and pressure. Our products support aerospace, bioprocessing, energy, environmental science, and advanced research, where precision and reliability are essential.

What many people do not see at first is the complexity required to deliver that level of performance cat builds thousands of highly customized instruments, and every order carries real operational complexity across configuration control, traceability, manufacturing execution, quality, and fulfillment. The business has to run with the same discipline and reliability as the instruments we ship.

That is why our internal software matters. Alicat relies on a homegrown ERP system that is deeply embedded in how the company operates. It connects quoting, order flow, production, inventory, quality, shipping, engineering workflows, and customer support into one platform that teams across the organization depend on every day. This is not a bolt-on tool. It is core infrastructure, and improving it improves the entire company.

Our environment is tightly integrated and highly collaborative. You will work directly with the people who use what you build, across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality. You will have real ownership to improve workflows, raise engineering standards, and ship changes that teams across the company feel immediately.

As a Software Engineering Manager at Alicat Scientific, you will lead the team responsible for building and evolving our homegrown ERP system. This platform is critical to how we operate, and it directly impacts how work moves through the business from quote to shipment.

You will work at the intersection of software, operations, and real-world manufacturing complexity, solving problems where reliability, usability, and maintainability all matter. The software you build will directly improve how each function in the business collaborates, enabling faster decisions, cleaner execution, and stronger business performance.

Collaboration is central to this role. You will work closely with stakeholders across the organization to translate real workflows into scalable, supportable software. Your leadership will shape architecture decisions, engineering standards, prioritization, and the delivery cadence needed to support a business that moves quickly and expects results.

In addition to your leadership responsibilities, you will remain a technical contributor. You will participate in design reviews, write and review production code, guide debugging and problem resolution, and help raise the quality bar through best practices in testing, code review, and continuous improvement. This is not a coordination-only role.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys building high-impact software, leading strong engineers, and owning outcomes that are visible across the entire organization. Based in Tucson, Arizona, you will have direct access to the teams you support and the ability to see the impact of your work through how the business runs.

• You will lead a team that builds software the business runs on. Your work shows up immediately in how orders move, how production flows, and how teams operate day to day.
• You get real ownership. You will shape priorities, architecture, standards, and execution, not just manage tickets.
• You will stay technical. You will still write code, review code, and solve hard problems while leading engineers and raising the bar.
• You will work close to the users. You will collaborate directly with Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality, and you will see feedback fast.
• You will improve real workflows, not vanity features. The problems are practical, high-impact, and tied to measurable outcomes.

• Want to be a true player-coach, leading engineers while still contributing technically every week.
• Enjoy building systems that need to be reliable, traceable, and supportable, not just “done.”
• Like turning messy real-world workflows into software that makes people faster and removes friction.
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