Senior Manager, Engineering Services
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026. Ralliant scores B on the Alion truth index.
Position Summary
The Engineering Services Manager leads a highly adaptable engineering team designed to scale with business priorities, budget, and resource availability. This leader is responsible for delivering hardware development projects while optimizing engineering capacity through a combination of internal talent and strategic third-party partners. This position also manages external engineering service providers and contract development partners to supplement internal capabilities and accelerate project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Delivery
Lead the execution of small- and medium-sized hardware development and/or VAVE projects from concept through production release, delivering predictable results for cost, schedule, quality, and performance
Provide engineering leadership across multiple concurrent projects by applying standardized development processes, governance, metrics, and Ralliant Business System (RBS) principles
Develop and manage a flexible engineering delivery model that optimizes internal talent, strategic technology partners, and OEM/ODM partners to align engineering capacity with changing business priorities, budgets, and product roadmaps
Manage third-party engineering relationships while ensuring high-quality deliverables, protection of intellectual property, and compliance with engineering standards
Continuously evaluate engineering capacity, resource allocation, and project priorities to maximize business value, organizational agility, and execution efficiency
Contractor and Third-Party Management
- Select, onboard, and manage third-party engineering contractors and development partners
- Support process development and compliance for development of product requirements, technical deliverables, schedules, budgets, and performance expectations
- Monitor contractor performance, quality, and execution against agreed objectives
- Build long-term strategic relationships with third party partners to create scalable engineering capacity
Cross-Functional Engineering Leadership
- Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineering individual contributors and people leaders across hardware-related disciplines
- Remove execution barriers and facilitate effective communication across functions
- Support technical decision-making while empowering engineers to own project execution
- Establish PCB layout priorities aligned with overall product development schedules
- Establish clear performance expectations and support career development for team members
- Promote a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance engineering culture
- Lead enterprise-wide product development strategy, creating scalable frameworks and governance that drive innovation, efficiency, and growth
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field
Demonstrated success delivering hardware products from concept through production
At least 2 years leading multi-disciplined teams
Strong project management and resource planning skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
International and domestic travel required up to 25% of the time