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This key leader will guide engineering strategy, product development, New Product Introduction, sustaining engineering, and production support. We are looking for a collaborative, hands-on leader who can develop technical talent, align engineering priorities with business objectives, and deliver reliable, manufacturable solutions that create lasting value for our customers and support the company’s growth.\nWINSYSTEMS, Inc. designs, manufactures, tests, and distributes rugged embedded computer systems for demanding industrial applications. From our Grand Prairie, Texas headquarters, we provide x86- and Arm®-based embedded single-board computers and I/O modules engineered for long-term reliability and performance. Our team combines engineering expertise, responsive customer support, and a commitment to quality to help customers bring dependable, embedded solutions to market.\nJob Summary\nThe Engineering Manager leads the engineering function supporting the design, development, introduction, and ongoing production of embedded computer systems. This position manages engineering personnel and resources, establishes technical priorities, and coordinates product development, New Product Introduction, sustaining engineering, process engineering, and test activities. The Engineering Manager works across manufacturing, quality, purchasing, sales, and other functions to ensure products meet technical, manufacturability, reliability, quality, cost, delivery, regulatory, and customer requirements throughout the product lifecycle.\nPrimary Strategic Responsibilities\nExecute the company’s technical roadmap and long-term vision.\nCollaborate with senior management, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to align technical goals with business objectives.\nEnsure best practices in design and development, system integration, and cybersecurity.\nEnsure compliance with industry standards, data security policies, and regulatory requirements.\nCreate and manage capital expenditure budgets for new equipment and process upgrades. Handle budgeting, resource allocation, and vendor negotiations for technical projects.\nTroubleshoot critical technical challenges and providing strategic solutions to complex problems.\nRepresent the company in technical discussions, conferences, and partnerships.\nEvaluate emerging technologies, equipment, materials, suppliers, and processes and recommend improvements that support product performance, manufacturability, reliability, cost, quality, and delivery objectives. \nMaintain awareness of applicable industry standards, regulatory changes, cybersecurity considerations, and engineering best practices. \nSupervisory Responsibilities\nLead, mentor, and develop engineering personnel supporting product design, manufacturing, process engineering, test engineering, maintenance, and New Product Introduction.\nPlan staffing, assign work, establish priorities, and balance engineering resources across new product development, sustaining engineering, and production support.\nParticipate in recruiting, interviewing, selecting, onboarding, and retaining qualified engineering personnel.\nSet performance expectations, provide timely feedback and coaching, conduct performance evaluations, and address performance concerns in accordance with company policy.\nIdentify training and development needs, maintain technical competency, and promote knowledge sharing, cross-training, and succession planning within the engineering team.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\nDrives product development and ensures technical excellence to meet company goals for quality, cost, and delivery. This role bridges the gap between R&D, manufacturing operations, and high-level corporate strategy, leading teams involved in process engineering, test development, maintenance, and New Product Introduction (NPI). \nDevelop engineering strategies and align technical initiatives with corporate goals.\nEstablish KPIs, monitor engineering metrics, and ensure high quality and efficiency across engineering units. \nExecute product lifecycle management (PLM) initiatives.\nEnsure design for manufacturability (DFM) and reliability (DFR).\nProject Management Oversight (NPI & Production Programs)\nLead NPI efforts to ensure a disciplined transition from development to production.\nDrive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews to optimize product design for manufacturing reliability and cost.\nEnsure products meet industry certifications (e.g., CE, UL, IEC) and ruggedization/environmental standards\nSelect hardware and materials, assuring compliance with specifications and product requirements, based on performance, cost, and feature trade-offs.\nConsult with vendors regarding manufacture of designed products and verify adherence to design specifications. Oversee the quality and functionality of third-party manufactured products.\nMaintain accurate engineering records, reports, specifications, procedures, and project documentation in accordance with company and quality management system requirements. \nOther Duties and Responsibilities\nThis job description is not intended to list every duty or responsibility of the position. The employee may be asked to perform other related duties as assigned.\nQualifications and Skills\n10-15+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, ideally in embedded computer systems manufacturing.\nBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Hardware. A Master's degree or MBA is preferred.\nStrong knowledge of NPI, ERP/MES/PLM systems, and quality standards.\nStrong background in SMT (Surface Mount Technology), or related complex manufacturing systems.\nStrong background in manufacturing quality control, quality engineering, or related field.\nExcellent communication, strategic thinking, and decision-making skills.\nExcellent leadership, motivation, mentoring, and management skills.\nSystems Knowledge: Proficiency in ERP (e.g., SAP), MES, ISO 9001, and Engineering systems. \nWINSYSTEMS offers a competitive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance; company paid life and disability insurance; 401(k), paid holidays and PTO.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6286,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":15,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Hardware","Manufacturing","Industrial Computers & Rugged Devices"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T20:55:48Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-16T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/winsystems-engineering-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/winsystems-engineering-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T01:55:16Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2732,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1931213},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1931213"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwinsystems-engineering-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwinsystems-engineering-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwinsystems-engineering-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/winsystems-engineering-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwinsystems-engineering-manager"}]}