Engineering Manager

Vontier • Stow, OH

54d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves overseeing a team of Product Development Engineers to achieve quality and new item creation goals. The manager will develop project pipelines for quality enhancement and warranty savings, collaborate with the Sourcing team on resourcing strategies, and coordinate warranty and sourcing KPIs for cost reduction. The position also includes managing North American tool repair and service centers, supporting new item creation through benchmarking and research, creating technical documentation, reviewing designs for compliance with standards, and defining test criteria. Lab equipment will be used to validate performance and reliability. This is an on-site role located in Stow, Ohio.

Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
• 3+ years experience in a people leadership role
• Minimum three years’ experience in material testing and comparison to industry standards
• Minimum three years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with SolidWorks 2D print creation and 3D modeling
• Hands-on automotive experience with an excellent working knowledge of automotive tools
• Minimum two years’ experience with problem solving strategies (5 Why)
• Database / Business Intelligence System Query Writing and Analysis
• Proficient with Microsoft office Suite (Specifically Excel and Access)

Nice To Haves

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively to C-suite
• Results driven
• Exceptional data analysis skills
• Experience with material testing equipment
• Automotive industry experience
• Hands-on automotive repair experience both mechanical and electrical
• Prior manufacturing quality experience
• Formal problem-solving training and successful execution of its tools
• Ability to interpret and understand ASTM standards
• 10% travel or less. May include one international trip per year
• Current passport

Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering team to achieve product quality and warranty reduction KPI targets
• Create a tracking funnel for all warranty and quality projects
• Track top warranty items by number of defects and cost
• Manage the performance of internal and external repair centers to meet KPI targets
• Track turnaround time both repair time and delivery turnaround
• Conduct weekly meetings with struggling centers to focus on remediation
• Travel to repair centers to review quality processes
• Support new product development by evaluating new tools and completing the New item Creation (NIC) process
• Acquire specifications/drawings/testing/application data
• Assist with the creation of equipment design, manufacturing and test specifications
• Perform Product testing on new and existing tools
• Internal lab testing
• 3rd party external testing
• Field testing
• Perform data analysis for new and existing warranty agreements with suppliers
• Attend supplier review meetings and provide Engineering and Quality feedback to the scorecard
• Respond to Customer Service requests for engineering and quality expertise through the Epost-it process
• Author field communications for quality related concerns

Benefits

• Annual bonuses/incentives (depending on position)
• Immediate company benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, etc.)
• 401k with company match
• 401k defined contribution after 1 year of service
• High level of employee engagement
• Walking path and gym equipment onsite
• Food trucks on site during the summer
• Dress for your day - every day casual/jeans
• Employee discounts
• 15 days vacation + 4 floating holidays + 8 paid holidays
• Paid maternity & paternity leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan payment assistance
• Hybrid work environment (2 days remote)
• Annual Day of Caring for employees to volunteer
• Discounts on tools
• Annual team building events
• medical
• dental
• vision
• disability
• life insurance
• family planning from Maven Clinic
• managing diabetes like Livongo
• coverage for women's health
• support for adult and elder care
• paid parental leave
• generous 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• paid time off up to 120 hours
• 13 paid holidays (including 3 floating holidays) per year
• paid sick leave

What This Job Offers

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