Product Engineering Manager

Dyson; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson in Singapore is seeking a Product Engineering Manager to lead a team of Product Engineers within a product category, delivering engineering excellence across multiple projects.

You will define engineering practices, optimize resources, and ensure alignment with business goals while coaching team members for career growth and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• In-depth knowledge of new product development and SKU management.
• Leadership and people management experience in engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Product Engineers within a specific product category.
• Allocate resources, assign work, and prioritize tasks across multiple projects.
• Oversee execution of product engineering deliverables to meet timelines and quality standards.
• Guide and support the team in resolving complex engineering challenges.
• Define, standardize, and improve engineering processes, tools, and templates.
• Ensure governance and best practices across all projects within the category.
• Act as escalation point for risks, issues, and delivery challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution.
• Drive team engagement and career development.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and lean activities.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Resource planning

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Teamcenter

Siemens NX

Ariba

Bartender Designer

Microsoft Office

Job description

Salary : Competitive Job Family : Technical Project and Programme Management Location : Singapore - St James Power Station Headquarters

About us

Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We solve the problems others choose to ignore, developing innovative products and technologies that are different, better and designed around real user needs. Our Research, Design and Development teams combine design, engineering and manufacturing expertise to take products from early concept through to production.

About the role

As a Product Engineering Manager, you will lead and manage a team of Product Engineers within a product category, ensuring effective delivery of product engineering activities across multiple projects. Working closely with category leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, you will drive execution excellence, resource optimization, and alignment with business objectives.

You will be responsible for building team capability, defining and standardizing engineering practices, and ensuring consistent delivery quality across projects. The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and deep functional expertise to guide teams through complex product development activities.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you will drive continuous improvement, enhance team performance, and ensure alignment between engineering delivery and organizational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Product Engineers within a specific product category.
• Allocate resources, assign work, and prioritize tasks across multiple projects based on business needs and team capability.
• Oversee execution of product engineering deliverables across projects to ensure alignment with timelines, quality standards, and project strategy.
• Guide and support the team in resolving complex engineering and project challenges.
• Define, standardize, and continuously improve product engineering processes, tools, and templates within the category.
• Ensure consistent application of best practices and governance across all projects within the team.
• Act as key escalation points for risks, issues, and delivery challenges within the category.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, etc.) to ensure smooth project execution.
• Drive team engagement, performance, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members to build capability and support career progression.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, including process optimization and lean activities.
• Support stakeholder and management initiatives to improve ways of working, efficiency, and delivery performance.

Accountabilities

• Accountable for overall delivery performance of the product engineering team within the category across multiple projects.
• Accountable for effective resource planning, allocation, and utilization to support project priorities and team workload balance.
• Accountable for ensuring all product engineering deliverables meet required quality, compliance, and governance standards.
• Accountable for consistency and standardization of engineering practices, tools, and templates across the category.
• Accountable for acting as engineering approver in Teamcenter (e.g., BOM & SKU drawings, rating plate releases, requirement approvals, CR releases).
• Accountable for building team capability through coaching, training, and development planning.
• Accountable for recruitment, performance management, and engagement of team members aligned with business objectives.
• Accountable for embedding continuous improvement and best practices within the team to enhance efficiency and reduce risks.
• Accountable for stakeholder alignment and ensuring engineering delivery supports broader business and project goals.
• Accountable for driving improvements in processes, tools, and ways of working across the category.

About you

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent qualification

Technical & Domain Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of new product development, product lifecycle, product engineering, and SKU management.
• Strong expertise in engineering drawings, product specifications, business BOM, and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to guide and consult on complex technical and engineering challenges.

Leadership & People Management

• Proven experience in leading, managing, and developing engineering teams.
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and performance management capability.
• Ability to build high-performing teams and drive engagement and accountability.

Resource & Delivery Management

• Strong capability in resource planning, workload balancing, and project prioritization across multiple projects.
• Ability to oversee complex project delivery and ensure alignment with timelines and quality expectations.

Process & Operational Excellence

• Strong understanding of engineering processes, governance, and best practices.
• Ability to define, standardize, and improve tools, templates, and workflows.
• Knowledge of OPEX management, end-to-end product development processes, and business policies.

Tools & Systems

• Expert working knowledge of Teamcenter, Siemens NX, Ariba, Bartender Designer, and Microsoft Office tools.

Stakeholder & Communication

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to align team deliverables with business and project objectives.
• Ability to cascade information clearly and drive alignment across teams.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.