WINSYSTEMS is seeking an accomplished, innovative, and analytical Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team at our corporate headquarters in Grand Prairie, Texas. This key leader will guide engineering strategy, product development, New Product Introduction, sustaining engineering, and production support. We are looking for a collaborative, hands-on leader who can develop technical talent, align engineering priorities with business objectives, and deliver reliable, manufacturable solutions that create lasting value for our customers and support the company's growth.
Job Summary
The Engineering Manager leads the engineering function supporting the design, development, introduction, and ongoing production of embedded computer systems. This position manages engineering personnel and resources, establishes technical priorities, and coordinates product development, New Product Introduction, sustaining engineering, process engineering, and test activities. The Engineering Manager works across manufacturing, quality, purchasing, sales, and other functions to ensure products meet technical, manufacturability, reliability, quality, cost, delivery, regulatory, and customer requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
Primary Strategic Responsibilities
- Execute the company's technical roadmap and long-term vision.
- Collaborate with senior management, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to align technical goals with business objectives.
- Ensure best practices in design and development, system integration, and cybersecurity.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, data security policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Create and manage capital expenditure budgets for new equipment and process upgrades. Handle budgeting, resource allocation, and vendor negotiations for technical projects.
- Troubleshoot critical technical challenges and providing strategic solutions to complex problems.
- Represent the company in technical discussions, conferences, and partnerships.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, equipment, materials, suppliers, and processes and recommend improvements that support product performance, manufacturability, reliability, cost, quality, and delivery objectives.
- Maintain awareness of applicable industry standards, regulatory changes, cybersecurity considerations, and engineering best practices.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering personnel supporting product design, manufacturing, process engineering, test engineering, maintenance, and New Product Introduction.
- Plan staffing, assign work, establish priorities, and balance engineering resources across new product development, sustaining engineering, and production support.
- Participate in recruiting, interviewing, selecting, onboarding, and retaining qualified engineering personnel.
- Set performance expectations, provide timely feedback and coaching, conduct performance evaluations, and address performance concerns in accordance with company policy.
- Identify training and development needs, maintain technical competency, and promote knowledge sharing, cross-training, and succession planning within the engineering team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Drives product development and ensures technical excellence to meet company goals for quality, cost, and delivery. This role bridges the gap between R&D, manufacturing operations, and high-level corporate strategy, leading teams involved in process engineering, test development, maintenance, and New Product Introduction (NPI).
- Develop engineering strategies and align technical initiatives with corporate goals.
- Establish KPIs, monitor engineering metrics, and ensure high quality and efficiency across engineering units.
- Execute product lifecycle management (PLM) initiatives.
- Ensure design for manufacturability (DFM) and reliability (DFR).
- Project Management Oversight (NPI & Production Programs)
- Lead NPI efforts to ensure a disciplined transition from development to production.
- Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews to optimize product design for manufacturing reliability and cost.
- Ensure products meet industry certifications (e.g., CE, UL, IEC) and ruggedization/environmental standards
- Select hardware and materials, assuring compliance with specifications and product requirements, based on performance, cost, and feature trade-offs.
- Consult with vendors regarding manufacture of designed products and verify adherence to design specifications. Oversee the quality and functionality of third-party manufactured products.
- Maintain accurate engineering records, reports, specifications, procedures, and project documentation in accordance with company and quality management system requirements.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- This job description is not intended to list every duty or responsibility of the position. The employee may be asked to perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
- 10-15+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, ideally in embedded computer systems manufacturing.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Hardware. A Master's degree or MBA is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of NPI, ERP/MES/PLM systems, and quality standards.
- Strong background in SMT (Surface Mount Technology), or related complex manufacturing systems.
- Strong background in manufacturing quality control, quality engineering, or related field.
- Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent leadership, motivation, mentoring, and management skills.
- Systems Knowledge: Proficiency in ERP (e.g., SAP), MES, ISO 9001, and Engineering systems.
WINSYSTEMS offers a competitive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance; company paid life and disability insurance; 401(k), paid holidays and PTO.
