# Hardware Engineering Manager

Overview The Hardware Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a team of hardware engineers and executing engineering projects that support released products across the Wyatt product portfolio at the Santa Barbara, CA site. 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. The 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. This role works closely with Manufacturing/Operations, Quality, Service, Supply Chain, and other Engineering teams. Responsibilities Lead and manage sustaining engineering projects for released hardware products. Manage, hire, coach, and mentor hardware engineers. Provide technical leadership for mechanical design, troubleshooting, an

- **Id**: 4324440
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/waters-corporation-hardware-engineering-manager>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Goleta, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T23:08:15Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T23:08:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5716
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Laboratory Equipment, Test & Measurement Instruments, Scientific & Lab Software

## Company

- **Id**: 1791869
- **Name**: Waters Corporation
- **Domain**: waters.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/waters-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

### Truth index

- **Grade**: D
- **Score**: 46
- **Open postings**: 71
- **Ghost share**: 0.761
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.901
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T23:08:15Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 27 · green card filings: 9; Filings 12m: 27

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T23:46:33Z

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