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Depending on assignment, the team may work in disciplines such as mechanical design, analysis and thermal; electrical power systems and power electronics design, integration and controls; electronics; systems engineering; embedded and application software; design and drafting; test and validation; certification and compliance; quality and reliability; or design automation and product lifecycle management. This role is accountable for the technical quality, schedule, and completeness of the team's engineering work, from requirements through design release and verification, and partners with operations, quality, supply chain, product management, and commercial teams to deliver products that perform, comply, and reach customers on time. As a first-line people leader, the Engineering Manager is accountable for the performance, development, and engagement of the team, including hiring, goal setting, regular feedback, and performance reviews, and makes decisions within the scope of the team.\nIn this role you will:\nLead the day-to-day execution of engineering work in your team's disciplines, ensuring designs, analyses, and technical deliverables meet requirements, engineering standards, quality expectations, and project commitments.\nSupervise, coach, and develop the engineers and technical specialists on your team, including hiring, onboarding, goal setting, regular feedback, and performance reviews, while fostering collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and alignment with company values.\nPartner with project engineers, the other Engineering subfunctions, and the operations, quality, supply chain, and product management teams to resolve technical issues, close design gaps, and keep projects moving through their review and approval stages.\nSupport new product introduction, custom and configured orders, and product changes by coordinating engineering tasks, deliverables, design reviews, timelines, documentation, and resources.\nIdentify and implement improvements to engineering processes, design standards, design reuse, and engineering tools that improve design quality, cycle time, and right-first-time performance.\nMonitor engineering performance measures such as schedule adherence, design quality, engineering change volume, and rework, analyze the data, and recommend actions that improve throughput, quality, and cost.\nProvide technical guidance on design methods, engineering analysis, drawing and model standards, design documentation, and engineering change control.\nCoordinate engineering work across projects and orders, track milestones and deliverables, communicate status, and escalate risks or resource needs as appropriate.\nSupport the adoption of engineering tools and technologies, including mechanical and electrical CAD, simulation and analysis tools, design automation, and product lifecycle management systems, which improve engineering efficiency and design integrity.\nPromote a safe, quality-focused, and continuous improvement-oriented engineering environment, including designing for safety, compliance, reliability, and manufacturability.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\n\nQualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Systems, Software, or a related engineering discipline.\nTypically requires 5 or more years of engineering experience in design, analysis, controls, test, compliance, or a related engineering discipline, including 0-3 years of formal supervisory or team leadership experience. 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