Platform Manager, Design Engineering

Overview

Job Summary

The Platform Engineering Manager defines and governs the architecture, roadmap, delivery standards and operating model for engineering software platforms, automation tools, integrations, and the digital engineering ecosystem. This role leads the team that converts business and engineering needs into scalable platform capabilities that standardize how design knowledge is executed across the enterprise.

 

This role will be onsite in Athens, GA or Dyersburg, TN. Relocation Assistance is available. 

Responsibilities

• Define architecture for engineering platforms, automation tools, integrations, and the digital engineering ecosystem.
• Prioritize platform work that scales engineering capacity across sites and standardizes how design knowledge is executed.
• Manage technical dependencies across software, data governance, and engineering users.
• Create the digital backbone needed for repeatable, data-driven decisions and sustainable automation growth.
• Own platform roadmap, architecture standards, integration patterns, backlog governance, and release planning.
• Manage and lead the software development team across all different sites. And collaborate with the rest of the design and development teams.
• Aligning with IT and business systems to reduce technical dependency and improve long-term maintainability.
• Participate in design software code reviews to provide technical input and ensure that designs meet project and customer requirements.
• Write clear, scalable, and maintainable code by employing best practices and refactoring techniques.
• Coordinate testing, deployment, version control, issue triage, and adoption & performance metrics.
• Develop team capability, role coverage, succession depth, and consistent delivery practices across the Design Technology function

Software Development Tools:

• Deep knowledge of application development, source-control and software lifecycle platforms such as Visual Studio, Bit Bucket, SourceTree.
• Proficient in programming languages such as C#, .NET, Phyton, VB and C++, and web application frameworks.
• Familiarity with SQL queries driven applications and deployment, testing, maintaining Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs).
• Experience in developing and maintaining databases, including knowledge of other relational databases (e.g., IBM Db2, SQL Server).
• Ability to read, understand and debug legacy coding languages such as VB6, VBA, Fortran, etc. and translate functionality into modern languages.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant engineering, automation, software, platform, or manufacturing systems experience.
• 10+ years of experience leading and organizing software development teams.
• Background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Working knowledge of product engineering design workflows, product configuration, and manufacturing process requirements.
• Experience developing software integrations, data workflows, web-based tools, APIs, or automation solutions that support engineering or manufacturing users.
• Capable of modernizing legacy engineering applications and establishing reusable platform services.
• Experience partnering with IT, engineering SMEs, operations, QA, R&D, and product engineering teams to deploy scalable digital solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience, leading platform architecture, technical roadmaps, backlog governance, and release planning for engineering or manufacturing systems.
• Strong web development experience, including modern application design, user-facing interfaces, reporting logic, and maintainable software practices.
• Familiarity with applicable industry standards, such as IEEE and CSA, and their impact on engineering design rules and validation.
• Deep transformer domain knowledge across product design, configuration logic, factory readiness, testing, and standards compliance.
• Expertise applying AI, machine learning, or generative AI capabilities to engineering automation, decision support, design-rule validation, or manufacturing process improvement.

 

Job LocationsUS-GA-Athens US-TN-Dyersburg