Milwaukee Electric Tool

Sr. Project Engineer - Advanced Engineering

Milwaukee Electric Tool • $90K — $120K *
Milwaukee, WI 53215In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Today
Be an Early Applicant
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering (or equivalent) required.
  • 5+ years leading cross-functional engineering or product development projects.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
  • Strong technical knowledge in materials, testing, and manufacturing processes for textiles and polymers.
  • Experience coordinating with suppliers and external partners.
  • Adaptable in fast-paced environments with strong results orientation.
  • Understanding of cost factors related to program development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead advanced engineering programs on textiles, polymers, and PPE.
  • Define project charters with clear deliverables and performance criteria.
  • Develop project schedules and communication plans for team accountability.
  • Present project status and risks to senior leadership confidently.
  • Manage multiple concurrent programs balancing priorities and resources.
  • Translate complex technical topics for clarity across audiences.
  • Embody and promote company culture expectations.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
  • Professional development opportunities and career growth.
  • Collaborative and innovative team environment.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge materials and technologies.
  • Opportunity to work globally with diverse teams and partners.
Full Job Description
Sr Project Engineer
Job Description:

Sr. Project Engineer - Advanced Engineering
  • As a Senior Project Engineer in Advanced Engineering, you act as the CEO of the program. You will own the "front end" of the product development process. Focusing on user centric, technical projects that bring novel designs, textiles, polymers, and emerging PPE technologies from early exploration to the New Product Development team. You thrive in ambiguity, apply first-principles technical rigor, and lead with evidence-backed decision making to deliver innovations that keep our users safe and productive on the jobsite.
  • This role leads cross-functional teams through advanced engineering projects where performance and user impact are critical. You balance speed with discipline while driving divergent thinking, embracing agility where learning is required, and drive convergence when decisions must be made. As the leader, you ensure new materials and designs move confidently from prototype to execution.
  • Our ideal candidate is a strong technical project leader who loves solving hard problems, aligning diverse teams, and turning complex data into clear direction. You are energized by fast-paced environments, multiple parallel efforts, and the challenge of delivering innovation.


Primary Responsibilities

Program & Project Leadership (Primary Focus)
  • Provide leadership over small- to medium-scale Advanced Engineering programs across textiles, polymers, and PPE, operating within a flexible stage-gate framework
  • Define project charters that clarify scope, deliverables, performance intent, risk, milestones, and success criteria.
  • Develop and maintain project schedules, communication plans, agendas, and action tracking while holding teams accountable to timelines and commitments.
  • Regularly present project status, risks, and tradeoffs to senior leadership with clarity and confidence.
  • Manage multiple concurrent programs, balancing priorities, resources, and dependencies in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with the ability to boil down complex technical topics for any audience.
  • Embodies METCo's culture expectations.


Technical Direction & Decision Ownership
  • Partner with Advanced Engineers and business-wide subject matter experts to drive technical depth
  • Drive translation from lab results, and field data, to clear program direction.
  • Lead trade-off decisions across performance, durability, cost, schedule, and scalability
  • Ensure each project phase exits clearly with documented assumptions and known risks.


Cross-Functional & Supplier Leadership
  • You align people, partners, and processes to keep programs moving.
  • Work cross-functionally and globally with Product Marketing, NPD, Quality Engineers, Purchasing, Finance, and Manufacturing.
  • Serve as the primary coordination point for suppliers, factories, and external technology partners within active programs.


Risk, Readiness & Production Transfer
  • Proactively escalate, and resolve risks using a living risk register
  • Drive proper design validation activities
  • Deliver production-ready design packages including specifications, test methods, critical parameters, and known limitations.


What You Bring to the Role
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering (or educational equivalent) required.
  • 5+ years of experience leading innovative, cross-functional engineering or product development projects.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously and deliver results against aggressive timelines.
  • Strong technical aptitude with a working understanding of materials, testing, and manufacturing processes relevant to textile- and polymer-based products
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating suppliers, factories, and external development partners.
  • Results-driven, adaptable, and comfortable operating in fast-paced, changing environments.
  • Ability to anticipate workload, surface resource constraints, and provide visibility to leadership.
  • Working understanding of cost drivers (materials, labor, overhead) and their impact on program decisions.
  • Willingness to travel ~15% (domestic and international, including China).
  • PMP certification a plus, not required.


About Milwaukee Electric Tool

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation is a leading manufacturer and marketer of heavy-duty, portable electric power tools and accessories for professional users worldwide. Since its founding in 1924, Milwaukee has focused on a single vision: To produce the best heavy-duty electric power tools and accessories available to the professional user. Today, the Milwaukee name stands for the highest quality, durable and reliable professional tools money can buy.
Learn more about Milwaukee Electric Tool
Size
3,500 employees
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
* Ladders Estimates

Similar Jobs

Ad banner background

Get Ready For Your
Next Interview

More Jobs at Milwaukee Electric Tool

More Manufacturing & Automotive Jobs

Find similar Sr. Project Engineer - Advanced Engineering jobs:

NationwideMilwaukee, WI