Job DescriptionSUMMARYMortenson is seeking an experienced
Senior Product Engineering Leader to support its BLUvera business unit by building and leading a high-performing product engineering organization.
This role provides technical leadership across the full product development lifecycle, from customer needs and front-end concepts through architecture, detailed design, verification, certification, product launch, manufacturing support, and lifecycle improvement.
The leader will establish the engineering operating system, develop multidisciplinary capability, set technical direction and design authority, and ensure products are safe, compliant, manufacturable, scalable, and commercially successful.
RESPONSIBILITIES - Build, lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary product engineering team.
- Translate product strategy and customer needs into product architecture, technical roadmaps, development priorities, and resource plans.
- Establish engineering standards, design authority, technical review practices, approval gates, and release criteria.
- Create a disciplined product development system spanning requirements, concept selection, design, DFMA, verification, certification, production release, engineering change, and lifecycle support.
- Lead resolution of complex technical issues during development, manufacturing, testing, product launch, and commissioning.
- Set certification strategy and ensure applicable standards and evidence requirements are incorporated early.
- Align engineering plans with manufacturing capability, supply-chain constraints, quality expectations, launch schedules, and business objectives.
- Establish engineering KPIs for schedule, technical maturity, release quality, design reuse, cost, risk, and organizational capability.
- Drive modularity, standardization, platform reuse, design-to-cost, component resilience, and continuous product improvement.
- Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies, product development practices, and industry trends.
QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related technical field.
- Minimum 8 years of progressive engineering experience, including leadership of product development or design engineering teams.
- Demonstrated success leading engineered products from concept through production launch and lifecycle support.
- Experience building engineering capability, developing technical talent, and creating accountability in a growth environment.
- Strong technical judgment with the ability to balance safety, compliance, performance, manufacturability, cost, schedule, and risk.
- Experience with industrial equipment, modular systems, power products, advanced manufacturing, or mission-critical infrastructure preferred.
- Professional Engineer license preferred but not required; routine stamping is not expected.
- Systems thinking across requirements, architecture, interfaces, product realization, verification, validation, transition, and lifecycle support.
- Disciplined technical planning, requirements management, interface management, technical risk management, configuration management, technical data management, technical assessment, and decision analysis.
- Demonstrates behaviors consistent with Mortenson's values: trust, teamwork, safety, service, stewardship, and responsibility.
- Active listening and effective communication across multiple organizational levels.
- Commitment to equal employment opportunity and inclusive behaviors.
A few benefits offered include: (for Non-Craft & Non-Union Craft working 25+ hours / week)
- Medical and prescription drug plans that includes no additional cost vision coverage
- Dental plan
- 401k retirement plan with a generous Mortenson match
- Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves
- Employer paid Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- No-Cost mental health tool and concierge with extensive work-life resources
- Tuition reimbursement
- Adoption Assistance
- Gym Membership Discount Program
The base pay range for this role is $152,700- $229,100. (Actual range is higher for the following office locations: Denver, CO and Chicago, IL - 5%, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR - 10%, Washington, D.C. - 12.5%).
Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual's knowledge, skills, and experience, with consideration given to internal equity. This position is eligible for Mortenson's incentive plan.
#LI-CB1 Please make note: - Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.
- Our postings are typically open a minimum of 5 days and an average of 44 days.
