Engineering Manager, Product Development

Leer Inc. • New Lisbon, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Manager, Product Development & Sustainment leads the development, improvement, and lifecycle support of company products. This role directs product engineering activities from concept and design through launch, production support, continuous improvement, and end-of-life. The manager ensures products meet customer requirements, applicable standards, quality expectations, cost targets, and manufacturing needs while providing clear technical leadership to the product engineering team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited four-year college or university
• Five or more years of related product design, product development, or sustaining engineering experience.
• 2-3 years of engineering leadership or supervisory experience.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Working knowledge of product development processes, design controls, engineering change management, verification and validation, and production launch practices.
• Ability to interpret and approve engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, customer requirements, technical standards, and test results
• Understanding of design for manufacturability and assembly, tolerance application, material selection, component qualification, reliability, and value engineering.
• Ability to use structured problem-solving methods and data to resolve product performance, quality, cost, and lifecycle issues.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a manufacturing environment and with configurable or custom-engineered products is also preferred.
• Working knowledge of CAD, product data management, ERP/MRP, and engineering document control systems is preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the product development process from requirements definition and feasibility through design reviews, verification, validation, production launch, and post-launch review.
• Manage and develop the product engineering team while ensuring engineering standards, compliance and regulatory standards, documentation, and customer requirements are met.
• Oversee product design, engineering changes, product improvements, and lifecycle management activities.
• Collaborate with Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance, Quality, Supply Chain, and other teams to define product requirements and deliver solutions that meet customer and business needs.
• Drive product quality, reliability, compliance, and cost improvement initiatives.
• Provide engineering support for production, suppliers, customers, and field performance issues.
• Oversee product validation, technical documentation, engineering standards, and supplier technical relationships.
• Establish engineering priorities, strategies, budgets, and performance metrics to achieve departmental objectives.
• Promote continuous improvement, employee development, and effective execution of engineering projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager