Sr. Engineering Manager (Functional Safety & Product Cybersecurity)

Polaris•Novi, MI

About The Position

The Sr. Engineering Manager leads and develops Polaris’s growing, multi-site Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity organization. The role partners with Chief Engineers, product teams, technical experts, and business leaders to expand organizational capability and product coverage, and to establish pragmatic, risk-based approaches that meet applicable regulatory requirements while balancing customer value, engineering complexity, cost, and development speed. The position advances Foundational Safety & Quality through sound engineering judgment, clear decisions, and fit-for-purpose practices for powersports products. It owns organizational talent and resource planning, guides safety and cybersecurity work across the product lifecycle, improves methods and governance, and translates technical risks into clear engineering and business decisions. The manager ensures appropriate application of ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, and applicable regulations, and manages related plans, budgets, commitments, support, roadmaps, and measures. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or related technical discipline, at least 10 years of progressive engineering experience, including at least 5 years leading teams or complex cross-functional initiatives. The starting pay range for Minnesota is $155,000–$195,000 per year. The position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Systems, or Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
At least 10 years of progressive experience in product development, embedded systems, systems, software, electronics, Functional Safety, Product Cybersecurity, or a related engineering discipline.
At least 5 years leading teams or complex cross-functional initiatives.
Demonstrated success making and influencing risk-based decisions, translating technical risk for business leaders, developing talent, building capability, and leading change.
Practical experience applying Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity methods, including hazard and risk analysis, requirements, architecture, standards, and risk treatment throughout the product lifecycle.
Not eligible for sponsorship.
Former employees must be eligible for rehire; current employees must be in good standing.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, HARA, TARA, embedded or connected products, or safety-related industries.
Familiarity with secure product development, requirements management, ASPICE, AUTOSAR, DevSecOps, or comparable approaches.
Experience building or scaling engineering capability.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and grow the Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity organization across sites and engineering disciplines.
Own hiring, coaching, performance management, resource planning, succession planning, and capability development for the organization.
Partner with Chief Engineers and technical experts to translate technical strategy into priorities, plans, and execution.
Improve risk-based, fit-for-purpose safety and cybersecurity approaches aligned with Polaris products, customers, markets, production scale, and operating conditions.
Balance safety and cybersecurity risk, regulatory requirements, customer value, complexity, cost, and speed when guiding engineering and business decisions.
Improve methods, tools, automation, governance, measures, and product coverage while balancing rigor and efficiency.
Build alignment across product engineering, business units, systems, electrical, software, validation, quality, compliance, legal, supply chain, and senior leadership.
Translate complex product safety and cybersecurity risks into clear engineering and business decisions, distinguishing required actions, meaningful risk reduction, and proportionate responses.
Integrate Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity throughout the product lifecycle by prioritizing resources, providing early architecture and program input, and driving issue resolution and escalation.
Ensure appropriate application of ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Manage plans, budgets, commitments, support, roadmaps, and measures.