Electrical Engineering Manager

Green Key Resources; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Key Resources in Austin, TX seeks a hands-on Senior Electrical Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering reliable hardware across power electronics, motor drives, and embedded networking. You’ll stay technically involved while guiding priorities, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high-quality designs in a matrix organization.

You’ll collaborate with mechanical, firmware, and systems teams, drive design reviews, and partner with manufacturing to resolve production challenges and field

Qualifications

• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on with schematic capture and PCB layout while staying technically engaged.
• Depth in power electronics, motor drives, embedded computing, and networking.
• Experience leading engineering teams in a matrix organization with strong communication.
• Mentoring junior engineers and fostering a collaborative culture.
• Ability to balance technical leadership with project priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of electrical engineers while managing workloads, priorities, and career development.
• Remain hands-on with schematic capture and PCB layout while reviewing and approving designs.
• Drive electrical engineering development across power electronics, motor drives, embedded computing, and networking subsystems.
• Partner with mechanical, firmware, and systems teams to ensure effective cross-subsystem integration.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to communicate designs and resolve production challenges.
• Provide technical guidance through design reviews and problem-solving while supporting team development.

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

This is a hands-on, player-coach position where you will maintain direct technical involvement in schematic design, PCB layout, and hardware development while providing technical direction, managing priorities, and removing obstacles for the team.

You will work effectively within a matrix organization, partnering closely with mechanical, firmware, and systems engineering teams to develop and deliver reliable hardware that performs in real-world environments.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of electrical engineers while managing workloads, priorities, and career development within a cross-functional, matrix-style organization.
• Remain hands-on with schematic capture and PCB layout while reviewing and approving team designs to maintain high standards for quality and reliability.
• Drive electrical engineering development across power electronics, motor drives, embedded computing, and networking subsystems.
• Partner with mechanical, firmware, and systems engineering teams to ensure electrical designs integrate effectively across subsystems and meet program requirements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to communicate engineering designs and intent, identify production challenges, and drive resolution of technical issues.
• Provide technical guidance through design reviews, engineering decisions, and problem-solving while supporting the team's overall development.

What You’ll Need

• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience, including direct management of electrical engineers in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Hands-on experience with schematic capture and PCB layout, with the ability and willingness to remain technically engaged while managing engineering responsibilities.
• Strong technical depth in power electronics, motor drivers, embedded computing, and networking, with the ability to make and defend technical design decisions.
• Experience leading engineering teams within a matrix organization, with strong communication and coordination skills across mechanical, firmware, and systems engineering.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing junior electrical engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, and career development.
• Ability to foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture.

You’ll Stand Out

• Experience in defense, robotics, autonomous systems, or other high-reliability embedded hardware environments.
• Proficiency with Altium Designer or equivalent EDA tools for both schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Experience taking hardware from prototype through qualification and into field deployment.
• Familiarity with MIL-SPEC or other environmental qualification standards applicable to defense or field-deployed hardware.