Manager, Electrical Engineering
About The Position
The Engineering Manager Level 5 will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for sustaining engineering execution, manufacturing support, technical issue resolution, and cross-functional coordination across development and production environments. The role calls for a technical leader who can drive execution through teams, improve organizational processes, partner closely with Operations and Program Management, and balance immediate factory needs with long-term engineering strategy. The ideal candidate combines technical depth, operational awareness, leadership maturity, and strong communication skills to lead complex initiatives across engineering and manufacturing organizations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Engineering or Business.
- Experience leading managers or technical leads.
- Experience with regulated or high-reliability products.
- Familiarity with requirements management, validation workflows, and configuration-controlled environments.
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, RCCA, or continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers or global production sites.
- Experience using data and metrics to drive operational improvement.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, sustaining engineering, or production environments.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
- Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
- Excellent communication and organizational leadership skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop engineering teams supporting production, sustaining, and development activities.
- Drive execution of technical priorities across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management organizations.
- Establish scalable processes for issue resolution, root cause analysis, testing, validation, and corrective actions.
- Support manufacturing yield improvement initiatives and operational efficiency efforts.
- Coordinate technical investigations and drive closure of complex field and factory issues.
- Manage engineering resource allocation, prioritization, and execution across multiple concurrent programs.
- Partner with Operations leadership to balance production needs, quality objectives, and engineering capacity.
- Lead cross-functional reviews and communicate technical status, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership.
- Improve standardization of engineering workflows, documentation, testing methodologies, and requirements traceability.
- Mentor engineers and first-line leaders while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support organizational growth through process development, metrics, and scalable leadership practices.
Benefits
- Health and disability insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Employee assistance program (EAP).
- Education assistance.
- Parental leave.
- Paid time off.
- Company-paid holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
