Engineering Program Manager

Mission Critical Group • Brookston, IN

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About The Position

The Engineering Program Manager I leads full new product development programs from concept through launch across MCG's complex engineered product portfolio. This role owns the program: scope, integrated schedule, cost, quality, risk, communication, decision-making, and phase-gate and launch readiness across engineering, product management, operations, supply chain, quality, finance, commercial, and service. This is the first level of complete program leadership. The Engineering Program Manager I creates structure from ambiguity, leads cross-functional teams through influence, drives accountability without direct authority, and is the single point of ownership for program execution. The primary value delivered is predictable, well-governed delivery of complete NPD programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related technical discipline.
• 5–8 years of experience in program/project management, engineering, or product development, including demonstrated ownership of cross-functional efforts.
• Proven ability to lead a full development program or major cross-functional initiative to completion.
• Strong command of NPD/phase-gate processes and product-development deliverables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive-level status reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and drive accountability across functions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing electrical equipment, modular power systems, switchgear, enclosures, E-Houses, or BESS-adjacent systems.
• Direct experience with DFMEA, PFMEA, DVP&R, validation planning, and launch/manufacturing readiness.
• PMP, or equivalent demonstrated program leadership.
• Experience with engineered-to-order or configure-to-order product environments.
• Business case and cost-target ownership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead full NPD programs end to end from charter and business case through engineering release, validation, manufacturing readiness, and launch.
• Own program scope, schedule, and cost building the integrated program plan, managing critical path, and controlling change against cost targets and commitments.
• Drive phase-gate execution ensuring product requirements, design reviews, DFMEA/PFMEA, DVP&R, validation, and readiness deliverables are complete and credible at each gate.
• Own program risk and issue management maintaining the risk register, leading mitigation, and escalating material risks with recommended actions.
• Lead the cross-functional core team aligning engineering, product management, operations, supply chain, quality, finance, commercial, and service to a single plan.
• Manage launch readiness coordinating manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and service readiness to deliver a clean, supportable product launch.
• Own program communication publishing executive-ready status, running program reviews, and managing the decision and action logs.
• Drive decisions framing options, securing alignment, and documenting decisions to keep the program moving through ambiguity.
• Manage stakeholders through influence holding functional contributors accountable to commitments without direct reporting authority.

What This Job Offers

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