Engineering Lead - Electrical Components

New Flyer; Saint Cloud (MN); On-site; USD 82,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

New Flyer seeks an Engineering Lead to align stakeholder efforts with strategy, drive proactive risk management, and ensure on-time engineering outcomes across design, production, and service phases.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, technical credibility, and continuous improvement in engineering processes, with travel to Canada and a salary range in the US market.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent designation.
• 5+ years in a related engineering or project leadership role, and/or 3+ years internal to NFI/MCI.
• Advanced technical and project management capabilities.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Willingness to travel to Canada (<15%).
• Proficiency with NX, Teamcenter, Oracle, ePlanner, Excel, and A3 reporting.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications to identify gaps and provide risk details for bids, with approved alternatives or deviation requirements.
• Represent Production Engineering in vendor interactions and evaluate supplier quotes at bid stage.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering teams aligned to customer specs.
• Identify project risks and initiate validation to ensure build requirements meet standards and regulations.
• Manage New Design Integration projects with SMART goals, KPIs, and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Oracle

ePlanner

Excel

A3 reporting

Job description

The Engineering Lead (EL) aligns all stakeholder efforts with organizational strategy, driving proactive risk management and accountability. Through cross-functional leadership and customer-focused delivery, the EL ensures engineering outcomes meet critical deadlines, contractual milestones, and lifecycle expectations. Serving as a strategic integrator, the role strengthens resilience and design integrity while advancing engineering excellence through technical credibility, process optimization, and collaborative execution across design, production, and service phases.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications to identify any gaps in product or process and provide Bids & Sales with the specific risk-related details, propose approved alternatives or deviation requirements.
• Represent Production Engineering in vendor interactions and evaluate supplier quotes at bid stage
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to engineering teams tailored to customer specifications
• Proactively identify project risks and initiate the appropriate validation efforts to ensure the technical build requirements comply with industry standards and regulations (e.g. APTA, SAE, FMVSS, CMVSS, ADA, CARB, etc.)
• Manage New Design Integration (NDI) projects: set Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-bound (SMART) goals, facilitate virtual bus reviews engaging all stakeholders, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), provide tasking to designers/technical leaders, and report project status end-to-end
• Provide technical leadership by reviewing and approving Engineering Change Notification packages as required in order to maintain continuity and ensuring deadlines are met
• Manage engineering ANDON postings and responses to support engineering operations and resolve issues promptly
• Prepare and submit Supplier Application Approval packages, customer approval drawings, test reports, and oversees signoff requirements
• Coordinate the release and tracking of approval drawings to customers, ensuring engineering deliverables align with project milestones
• Collaborate on vendor/customer design issues, support the completion of Sales Release Change Requests, and alternate sourcing strategies
• Act as liaison between Engineering and departments such as Customer Program Management, Vehicle Application Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Production, Quality, and Service Engineering
• Approve Option Value forms to define Family and Feature information, in collaboration with the configuration group and VAE, to optimize various design configurations
• Support training, mentorship, team building, performance management, and succession planning within Engineering Services
• Support product standardization and design integration across Sales, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain
• Coordinate engineering efforts to identify design improvement opportunities and present new initiatives to the Change Control Board

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering or Certified Engineering Technologist designation
• Minimum 5+ years in a related engineering or project leadership role, and/or 3+ years technical experience internal to NFI/MCI
• Advanced technical and project management capabilities
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills
• Proficiency in engineering tools and systems (NX, Teamcenter, Oracle, ePlanner, Excel, A3 reporting)
• A self-starter who is able to work independently
• Required travel to Canada (<15%)

Salary range: $82,000 - $102,000, based on experience