Engineering Manager

Miba HydraMechanica, Sterling Heights, Michigan

Fulltime

# Engineering & Environmental Manager

**Location:** MHC
**Department:** Engineering / Operations
**Company:** Miba

Miba is looking for an experienced **Engineering & Environmental Manager** to lead engineering activities, ensure the highest technical standards at competitive cost, and coordinate environmental compliance across MHC.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership to engineering, manufacturing, quality, R&D, sales, and management teams while acting as a key interface to customers and external partners.

## Your Responsibilities

### Engineering Leadership and Standards

- Define and maintain Miba engineering standards in line with market requirements and company policies.
- Ensure compliance with applicable engineering standards, processes, and procedures.
- Lead and develop the engineering team, including workload distribution, capability development, training, and performance evaluation.
- Coordinate engineering roles, including designers, project engineers, product engineers, and SAP standards.
- Review and approve engineering drawings, engineering change notices, specifications, and technical reports.
- Act as the internal technical advisor to the MHC management team.
- Represent Miba as a technical spokesperson in discussions with customers and external partners.
- Drive technical solutions throughout the Miba organization and communicate them clearly to customers.

### Product Development and Customer Support

- Act as the primary technical interface for customers during new product launches, prototype manufacturing, customer testing, and APQP activities.
- Work closely with customers to understand application requirements and develop appropriate technical solutions.
- Design and troubleshoot customer products and the associated Miba manufacturing processes.
- Support customer projects, product clinics, testing activities, and technical reviews.
- Provide technical support to sales and other internal departments.
- Keep management and sales teams informed about customer projects and technical developments.
- Develop knowledge of customers' brake, clutch, and AWD friction systems.
- Travel to customers, suppliers, and other Miba locations as required.
- Communicate technical information clearly and at the appropriate level of detail, both verbally and in writing.

### Technical Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement

- Work closely with Frictec R&D and global technology engineering to resolve technical issues and address customer and plant requirements.
- Lead the MHC COC team, including activities, data collection, analysis, and conclusions.
- Lead PFMEA and DVP&R activities as required.
- Set DVP&R validation targets for new business development projects.
- Support APQP teams and manufacturing engineering activities.
- Set and monitor process parameters and define corrective actions where required.
- Support the Quality department with root-cause analysis, issue resolution, and technical information.
- Assist with the investigation of product failures and defects, including failures identified during customer testing or in the field.
- Lead product clinics internally and with customers.
- Develop and communicate cost-reduction opportunities in cooperation with customers and manufacturing teams.
- Provide design-to-cost leadership.
- Generate initial design layouts and technical input for Product Engineering.
- Scout system-level technology trends in relevant target business segments.
- Provide R&D with information about current and future technical requirements.
- Evaluate technical information and summarize facts in accurate, concise reports.

## Your Profile

- Degree in engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a comparable technical discipline.
- Several years of experience in engineering, product development, manufacturing, or a related industrial environment.
- Experience leading engineering teams and coordinating cross-functional technical activities.
- Strong knowledge of product development, APQP, PFMEA, DVP&R, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement methods.
- Experience working directly with customers on technical requirements, product launches, testing, and problem resolution.
- Knowledge of environmental management systems, environmental legislation, waste management, and audit processes.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to translate complex technical information into clear and concise conclusions.
- Confident communication skills with customers, management, suppliers, and internal teams.
- Willingness to travel as required.
- Proficiency in common business software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; experience with CAD, Minitab, SAP, and other engineering software is an advantage.
- Fluent written and spoken English; additional languages are an advantage.

## What We Offer

- A key leadership role with significant technical and organizational responsibility.
- The opportunity to shape engineering standards, product development, and environmental performance.
- Collaboration with international customers, suppliers, R&D teams, and Miba locations.
- A dynamic, technically challenging environment within a global technology company.
- The opportunity to contribute to Miba's mission: **Technologies for a cleaner planet**.