Flex

Design & Engineering Manager

Flex$146K — $201K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • 9 years of engineering experience, including supervision
  • Expertise in functional, technical, and people management skills
  • Detailed knowledge of complex functional/technical areas
  • Solid experience in injection molding
  • Proven ability to develop talent within a team
  • Strategic leadership capacity for the function and site

Responsibilities

  • Manage and provide technical direction to Engineering & Design teams
  • Oversee budgeting, resource allocation, and approval processes
  • Track project progress through regular reviews
  • Develop and implement dashboards to measure project progress
  • Participate in tool design and feasibility reviews
  • Guide product design development from proposal to delivery
  • Offer technical support to customers and the sales team
  • Direct technical activities through mold debugging

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life insurance coverage
  • Short-term and long-term disability plans
  • Matching 401(k) contributions
  • Paid vacation and sick time
  • Tuition reimbursement program
Full Job Description
Job Posting Start Date 06-05-2026 Job Posting End Date 07-06-2026

Job Summary

General Purpose:

Responsible for managing a team of Engineering & Design employees to ensure that cost, quality and delivery targets are met.

Principal Accountabilities:

  • Provide technical direction to Engineering & Design teams.
  • Oversee resources budgeting, allocation, review and approval.
  • Track projects and progress through regular reviews. 
  • Develop dashboards and reports, which accurately measure progress, identify potential technical problems, and implement timely corrective actions to ensure that revenue commitments are met.   
  • Participate in tool design and feasibility technical reviews.
  • Aid and guide in the development of product designs from proposal to delivery.
  • Provide technical support to customer and Sales team.
  • Implement appropriate HR Strategies and actions to recruit and retain a qualified and motivated workforce.
  • Provide technical direction through mold debug.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience and training.
  • 9 years of engineering experience, including supervision.
  • Demonstrates expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
  • Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas
  • Solid knowledge of injection molding.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop talent as a key element of executing operational business plans.
  • Provides strategic leadership for the function and the site.  

Preferred

  • Master’s Degree or MBA

MF15

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Pay Range (Applicable to Illinois)

$146,700.00 USD - $201,700.00 USDAnnual


Job Category
Production Engineering


Is Sponsorship Available?

No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
NASDAQ

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