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As part of Spectrum Safety Solutions with 1,700 employees across 20+ countries we serve mission-critical environments in oil & gas, clean energy, marine, and infrastructure. Backed by Sentinel Capital Partners, we’re driving innovation and growth across our portfolio.\nThe Opportunity:\nThe Manager of Systems engineering group leads the engineering team, and is responsible for overseeing the planning, design, cross-functional coordination and execution of custom-engineered systems. This role ensures customer requirements are met while managing technical, schedule, and financial aspects of custom-engineered projects. The manager acts as a mentor, coach, point of escalation, and strategic partner in driving departmental improvements The role also includes the engineering oversight of global projects and coordination with international teams across multiple time zones.\nThe ideal candidate will have a strong background in systems engineering, excellent leadership skills, team management experience, and the ability to work collaboratively with other departments to deliver high-quality results.\nKey Responsibilities:\nLead and manage a team of project design, software, and test engineers. \nOversee engineering budget and schedule resources for timely execution of the systems engineering requirements of projects.\nSupervise collection and analysis of customer specifications and system-level requirements.\nCoordinate department activities including system integration of Det-Tronics detectors and third-party products, and all required documentation and testing to meet the requirements of the total system solution for each project.\nCoordinate with cross functional departments including project management, systems assembly, product management, quality, field service, and R&D engineering to ensure successful design, testing and delivery of the system solution per customer specifications within budget and schedule.\nDevelop and implement engineering strategies to standardize design where possible, improve efficiency and performance.\nEnsure compliance with all required industry standards and regulations. Stay updated on the latest industry trends and technologies.\nProvide input to product management and R&D engineering on new product development, backwards compatibility, and sustaining projects on Systems Engineering requirements.\nTrouble shooting integration issues and facilitating root-cause analysis for field issues.\nDevelop and coach team members on appropriate policies, procedures, and control processes to meet work requirements, business objectives and improving skill sets. Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback to team members.\nMonitor effectiveness and reliability of activities and recommend changes to optimize resources, prioritize spending and ensure business objectives are achieved.\nWhat you Bring\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering (Fire Protection, Mechanical, or Electrical preferred)\n5+ years of experience in project engineering, preferably with a manufacturer of fire & gas detection and releasing system solutions, fire alarm, or other life safety systems.\nExperience with special hazards fire suppression systems, especially CO₂ and water mist systems, and fire alarm system design is preferred.\nExperience with AutoCAD and other system engineering software and testing tools.\nDemonstrated track record of continuous improvement and building organizational capability.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nStrong leadership and team management skills. Previous experience of managing teams in an engineering management role.\nStrong understanding of systems engineering principles and methodologies, familiarity with industry standards and compliance requirements.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nWhy Join Us?\nWork with a globally respected brand in life safety\nInfluence strategic decisions at the executive level\nDrive innovation and transformation in a high-growth environment\nEnjoy development opportunities within a dynamic, private equity-backed company\nBenefits:\nAt Det-Tronics, we believe in taking care of our people. 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