Design Engineering Manager

Spang & Company; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Spang Engineered Solutions, a division of Spang & Company, is hiring a Design Engineering Manager in Pittsburgh, PA. You will lead electrical, mechanical, and drafting engineers, coordinating with Sales, Logistics, Production, and Management to meet customer needs and project goals.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, with at least five years in product development and supervisory experience. Expect up to 40% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Minimum five years of product development experience.
• Supervisory or management experience required.
• Willingness to travel up to 40% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design engineering group (electrical, mechanical, and drafting) and ensure work is distributed, on schedule, and high quality.
• Support sales, logistics, production and management across the division and sites.
• Review technical drawings, first-article submissions, and return material authorizations.
• Maintain document control, procedures, standards, and testing regimes; ensure UL compliance.
• Collaborate with divisions to meet customer requirements, schedules, cost targets, and engineering intent across U.S. and China facilities.
• Prepare capital expenditure requests and evaluate equipment needs; support key customers.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Product development

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Job description

Spang Engineered Solutions, a division of Spang & Company, has an opening for a Design Engineering Manager based in Pittsburgh, PA. This position will oversee electrical, mechanical, and drafting engineers as well as provide support to sales, logistics, production, and management.

Spang Engineered Solutions designs and manufactures custom inductive components for an array of industries. Our manufacturing locations include Pittsburgh, PA, Phoenix, AZ, and McKinney, TX in the U.S.A., and Xiamen, China.

Major responsibilities include managing, leading, and developing the design engineering group to ensure work is effectively distributed, completed on schedule, and of the highest quality; conducting performance reviews and providing training and career development guidance; and supporting recruitment, selection, orientation, and training. This position will support the Division President in advancing strategic technical goals and collaborate with Sales, Design Engineering, Logistics, and Production to meet customer requirements, production schedules, cost targets, and engineering intent across U.S. and China facilities. Additional responsibilities include supporting key customers; reviewing technical drawings, first-article submissions, and return material authorization requests; maintaining document control, approval procedures, testing standards, operating procedures, and design standards; overseeing UL compliance and serving as the primary contact for UL inspections; and evaluating capital equipment needs and preparing capital expenditure requests.

Domestic and international travel of up to 40% is required.

Qualifications include a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline. Candidates must have at least five years of product development experience, along with supervisory or management experience.

Spang provides a full benefits package with one of the best 401(k) matching plans in the business, competitive salaries, and much more. To learn more about growing your career at Spang & Company, please visit our website at www.spang.com.

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