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The role combines people leadership, technical oversight, and project execution, with a strong focus on sustaining engineering, product improvements, reliability, supply-chain continuity, and resolution of complex product issues.\nThe manager will build and develop engineering capability by hiring, coaching, and mentoring engineers, while providing the technical judgment and structure needed for effective execution. A strong mechanical engineering background is preferred, particularly experience with precision instrumentation, electromechanical systems, manufacturing processes, and design for reliability and manufacturability.\nThis role works closely with Manufacturing/Operations, Quality, Service, Supply Chain, and other Engineering teams.\nResponsibilities\nLead and manage sustaining engineering projects for released hardware products.\nManage, hire, coach, and mentor hardware engineers.\nProvide technical leadership for mechanical design, troubleshooting, and system-level issues.\nDrive product improvements in reliability, quality, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost.\nLead root-cause investigations and corrective actions for product and manufacturing issues.\nOversee engineering changes, design updates, and component substitutions.\nSupport component obsolescence, alternate sourcing, and supply-chain continuity projects.\nPartner with Operations, Quality, Service, Supply Chain, and Engineering to resolve product issues.\nEnsure appropriate design reviews, verification, risk assessment, and engineering documentation.\nManage project priorities, resources, schedules, risks, and technical escalations.\nQualifications\nRequired\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.\nRelevant engineering experience developing or supporting physical products.\nDemonstrated experience leading engineering projectsand teams from problem definition through implementation and verification.\nExperience working with released products in a production or manufacturing environment.\nStrong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to lead root-cause investigations.\nExperience with engineering change control, configuration management, and/or PLM systems.\nStrong organizational, project-management, written, and verbal communication skills.\nAbility to work effectively across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Service organizations.\nDemonstrated interest and ability in managing, coaching and developing engineers.\nPreferred\n Mechanical Engineering degree or significant mechanical engineering experience.\nPrior engineering management, technical-lead, or people-leadership experience.\nExperience hiring, onboarding, and mentoring junior engineers.\nExperience with scientific instrumentation, analytical instruments, optical instruments, or complex electromechanical products.\nExperience with CAD tools and mechanical design/documentation.\nFamiliarity with electronics, PCB assemblies, embedded systems, and multidisciplinary hardware integration.\nExperience with reliability engineering, verification testing, failure analysis, and design-for-manufacturing/design-for-assembly.\nExperience managing component obsolescence, alternate sourcing, and supply-chain engineering projects.\nFamiliarity with Six Sigma, Lean, or other structured continuous-improvement/problem-solving methodologies.\nCompany Description\nWaters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.\n Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. 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