ENGINEERING MANAGER

Phoenix Mecano

$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
  • Progressive engineering experience in manufacturing or technical production.
  • Familiarity with enclosure product line.
  • Prior experience in people management or technical team leadership.
  • Strong technical skills in guiding engineering decisions and troubleshooting.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and willing to travel.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop the engineering team for technical excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Drive improvements in engineering processes, documentation, and project management.
  • Act as primary technical interface with customer's engineering teams for requirement clarification.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design feasibility and smooth production transitions.
  • Review technical work and support design reviews to meet quality and safety standards.
  • Promote innovation, knowledge sharing, and customer-focused engineering.

Benefits

  • 9 paid company holidays, 17 days of paid time off, plus 40 hours of paid sick leave annually.
  • Cigna medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families.
  • 401(k) plan with up to 4% company match.
  • Health savings and flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability, gym discounts.
  • Free employee or family coverage through Norton Lifelock.
  • Company-paid life insurance coverage of $50,000 and additional voluntary options.
  • Access to free counseling and behavioral health services through the Employee Assistance Program.
  • Ongoing professional development and tuition assistance for career advancement.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Are you an engineering leader who enjoys developing people, improving processes, and staying close to the technical work? If so, we'd love to connect with you!

This position offers significant visibility with senior leadership and our global partners as well as long-term growth potential. An Engineering Manager who enjoys leading technical teams, improving processes, and driving successful product and project outcomes will excel at this role.

We expect this individual to play a key role in guiding engineering priorities, supporting cross-functional collaboration, developing team capability, and ensuring engineering work aligns with business goals, customer expectations, quality standards, and manufacturing needs.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead, coach, and develop the engineering team to support technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive improvements in engineering processes, documentation, standard work, design controls, and project management practices.
• Act as the primary technical interface with our customer's engineering teams, clarifying requirements and resolving technical issues.
• Collaborate cross functionally with manufacturing, sales, quality, and supply chain to ensure design feasibility, compliance and smooth transition to production.
• Review technical work, support design reviews, and ensure engineering outputs meet quality, safety, regulatory, and customer expectations.
• Promote a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing, practical problem solving, and customer-focused engineering support.

Requirements

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Progressive engineering experience in a manufacturing, industrial, product design, or technical production environment.
• Prefer someone with knowledge of our enclosure product line.
• Prior people management or technical team leadership experience required.
• Strong technical background with the ability to guide engineering decisions, troubleshoot complex issues, and support practical design and manufacturing solutions.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration and customer engagement.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and with some travel.
• EX, UL, and/or IECEx certifications is highly desirable.

Generous Benefits
Time Off: Annually 9 paid company holidays/17 days of Paid time off/40 hours of paid sick leave each year (prorated).
Comprehensive Benefits: Cigna medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family.
Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with up to 4% company match.
Health and Financial Wellness: H.S.A *with company match, F.S.A, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, gym discounts and financial planning/preparation guidance from trusted advisors
Norton Lifelock: free employee or family coverage
Life and AD&D Coverage: Company paid $50,000 Life Insurance coverage/AD&D. Additional voluntary life/AD&D for you, spouse and children.
Employee Assistance Program: Access to free behavioral health services, including free counseling sessions and other resources.
Growth Opportunities: Ongoing professional development training as well as tuition assistance to help you advance your career.

Salary Description

$110,000 + based on experience

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