Sr. Engineering Manager

flextronics; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 171,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Sr. Engineering Manager to lead the engineering and support teams at its Ontario, CA facility in Canada’s cross-border context. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, planning, and delivering technically robust solutions for mechanical systems and enclosures.

The candidate will supervise project execution, maintain safety and quality standards, and coordinate with customers while driving continuous improvement in design and manufacturing processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Mechanical Design.
• Minimum 3–5 years’ managerial experience and/or proven leadership skills.
• Knowledge of electrical industry coding and standards.
• Professional Engineer certification is a plus.
• Experience in design for manufacturing and assembly of mechanical systems.
• Familiarity with Low/Medium Voltage components.
• Proficient in 3D CAD tools (SolidWorks) and related simulation tools.
• Experience in structural design and FEA.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safety, quality, and cultural guidelines implementation.
• Manage technical communications with customers and present CTS designs.
• Assign engineering personnel to projects; monitor performance and schedules.
• Provide labor and duration estimates for mechanical engineering efforts.
• Ensure robust design with manufacturability within cost and schedule.
• Coordinate design inputs and specifications; drive tool adoption.
• Lead by example in design tools, processes, and regulatory requirements.
• Verify designs and oversee corrective actions; act as Project Engineer on select projects.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Mechanical Design

Leadership

Project Management

3D CAD (SolidWorks)

Regulatory Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Master's Degree preferred

Tools

SolidWorks

CAD Software

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, Axiom, with the spin planned for Q1 2027. If the intended spin occurs, this role will support Axiom, a company focused on critical digital infrastructure and delivering end-to-end power and thermal management solutions for AI data centers and other mission-critical applications.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a/an Sr. Engineering Manager located in Ontario, CA

Reporting to the Director, Design & Engineering the Sr. Engineering Manager is responsible for providing leadership and direction for the engineering and support departments within our facility in Canada. This position provides technical and project leadership using hands-on approaches while exercising tactical flexibility while focused on the strategic goals.

What a typical day looks like:

• Actively oversees the implementation of company’s safety, quality, and cultural guidelines.
• Manage technical communications with the customers, clearly presents CTS designs and follows-up with customer’s feedback.
• Assigns Engineering personnel to projects and tasks, as required, manages team’s performance, and proactively assists his/her direct reports to meet project goals and schedules.
• Provides estimates of labor and period of performance for Mechanical Engineering efforts in support of proposals.
• Provides robust design with reliability and manufacturability, and meets cost & schedule
• Actively coordinate the definition of design inputs, the creation of the design descriptions and specifications.
• Leads by example in implementing current designing tools, practices, processes, and regulatory requirements.
• Verifies designs, trouble-shoots, conducts, documents and/or oversees any resultant processes of corrective actions.
• Directly serve, as appropriate, as Project Engineer on certain projects.
• Performs other related duties, as assigned

The experience we’re looking to add to our team,

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering; Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Mechanical Design
• Minimum 3 – 5 years’ Managerial experience and/or proven leadership skills
• Knowledge of coding and standards associated with the Electrical Industry
• Professional Engineer certification is a plus.
• Highly experienced in traditional mechanical design, simulations, design for manufacturing and assembly for mechanical systems such as enclosures for buildings’ equipment or switchgears.
• Familiarity with electrical components (Low and Medium Voltage)
• Proven records of personal and technical leadership.
• Required competence in 3D solid modelling, proficiency with the latest mechanical CAD tools (e.g., SolidWorks) and the simulation tools required.
• Experience in structural design and analysis, familiarity with structural FEA
• Familiarity with building codes, ASME, ANSI

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Job Category

Design, Process & Technology Engineering

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