Senior Product Engineering Leader - BLUvera Manufacturing

Mortenson • Saint Paul, MN

2d • $152,700 - $229,100

About The Position

Mortenson is seeking an experienced Senior Product Engineering Leader to support its BLUvera business unit by building and leading a high-performing product engineering organization. The role provides technical leadership across the full product development lifecycle, from customer needs and front-end concepts through architecture, detailed design, verification, certification, product launch, manufacturing support, and lifecycle improvement.

The leader will establish the engineering operating system, develop multidisciplinary capability, set technical direction and design authority, and help ensure products are safe, compliant, manufacturable, scalable, and commercially successful. BLUvera, a Mortenson affiliate, manufactures innovative building solutions intended to make construction faster, safer, and more predictable through precisely fabricated products.

The role offers a base pay range of $152,700–$229,100, with higher ranges for certain listed office locations, and is eligible for Mortenson’s incentive plan. Visa sponsorship is not offered. Benefits described apply to eligible Non-Craft and Non-Union Craft employees working 25 or more hours per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a closely related technical field.
• At least 8 years of progressive engineering experience, including leadership of product development or design engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success leading engineered products from concept through production launch and lifecycle support.
• Experience building engineering capability, developing technical talent, and creating accountability in a growth environment.
• Strong technical judgment balancing safety, compliance, performance, manufacturability, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Systems thinking across requirements, architecture, interfaces, product realization, verification, validation, transition, and lifecycle support.
• Disciplined technical planning, requirements management, interface management, technical risk management, configuration management, technical data management, technical assessment, and decision analysis.
• Demonstrates behaviors consistent with Mortenson’s values: trust, teamwork, safety, service, stewardship, and responsibility.
• Active listening and effective communication across multiple organizational levels.
• Commitment to equal employment opportunity and inclusive behaviors.
• Must be currently legally authorized to work in the U.S. without employment visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with industrial equipment, modular systems, power products, advanced manufacturing, or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Professional Engineer license; it is preferred but not required, and routine stamping is not expected.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary product engineering team.
• Translate product strategy and customer needs into product architecture, technical roadmaps, development priorities, and resource plans.
• Establish engineering standards, design authority, technical review practices, approval gates, and release criteria.
• Create a product development system spanning requirements, concept selection, design, DFMA, verification, certification, production release, engineering change, and lifecycle support.
• Lead resolution of complex technical issues during development, manufacturing, testing, product launch, and commissioning.
• Set certification strategy and incorporate applicable standards and evidence requirements early.
• Align engineering plans with manufacturing capability, supply-chain constraints, quality expectations, launch schedules, and business objectives.
• Establish engineering KPIs for schedule, technical maturity, release quality, design reuse, cost, risk, and organizational capability.
• Drive modularity, standardization, platform reuse, design-to-cost, component resilience, and continuous product improvement.
• Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies, product development practices, and industry trends.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug plans, including vision coverage at no additional cost.
• Dental plan.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a Mortenson match.
• Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves.
• Employer-paid life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• No-cost mental health tool and concierge with extensive work-life resources.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Adoption assistance.
• Gym membership discount program.
• Eligible for Mortenson’s incentive plan.

What This Job Offers

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