Engineering Lead - Electrical & LED Hardware Team

Maxxima; Hauppauge (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off and volunteer day

Company-paid life insurance

Employee Discounts on Maxxima products

Company-sponsored employee events

Job summary

Maxxima is seeking an Engineering Lead to provide day-to-day leadership and hands-on development of our electrical and mechanical engineering teams in Hauppauge, NY. You will oversee staffing, priorities, and execution across product development and LED lighting projects, coordinating with the Sr.

Project Engineer and cross‑functional partners to deliver high‑quality results. The role blends people leadership with engineering expertise, including design, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or related engineering discipline.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or managing engineering professionals.
• Experience with engineering project execution, resource planning, product development, testing, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day work assignments, priorities, team capacity, and resource allocation in partnership with the Sr. Project Engineer.
• Lead, coach, and develop engineers and engineering technicians, including 1-on-1s, performance reviews, goal setting, and technical guidance.
• Design, test, troubleshoot, and improve electrical products throughout the full product lifecycle.
• Lead engineering projects and new product development initiatives with internal teams, OEM customers, manufacturing partners, and overseas suppliers.
• Support project schedules, deliverables, technical risks, and resource needs to ensure successful and timely execution.
• Drive product testing, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous product improvement.
• Coordinate hardware, firmware, and software integration and support technical problem-solving across engineering disciplines.
• Ensure engineering specifications, technical documentation, engineering changes, and work instructions meet ISO-controlled documentation requirements.
• Provide technical support to Customer Service, Quality, Operations, manufacturing partners, and other cross-functional teams.
• Support recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, training, and workforce planning for the Engineering department.
• Drive team accountability and identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, workflows, communication, and overall department effectiveness

Skills

Leadership

Technical engineering

Team mentoring

Project execution

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or related engineering discipline

Tools

Altium

MPLAB

LabVIEW

FileMaker Pro

Job description

Maxxima is seeking an Engineering Lead to provide day-to-day leadership and hands-on development of our electrical and mechanical engineering teams in Hauppauge, NY. You will oversee staffing, priorities, and execution across product development and LED lighting projects, coordinating with the Sr.

Project Engineer and cross‑functional partners to deliver high‑quality results. The role blends people leadership with engineering expertise, including design, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous