Engineering Lead: Electrical & Mechanical Product Dev

MaxximaStyle; 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 + volunteer day

Company-paid life insurance

Employee Discounts on Maxxima products

Job summary

Maxxima is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to drive day-to-day leadership and hands-on development of our electrical and mechanical engineering teams. This role combines people leadership with engineering expertise to staff projects, align priorities, and deliver innovative lighting products.

You will oversee performance, resource allocation, workload planning, and engineering processes while supporting product development and project execution across internal teams, OEMs, and overseas

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or related engineering discipline.
• 5-7 years of progressive engineering experience, preferably in product development or manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, or managing engineering professionals.
• Experience with engineering project execution, resource planning, product development, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of ISO quality systems and engineering documentation.
• Experience working with manufacturing partners and overseas suppliers.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

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

Senior engineering leadership

Project execution

Resource planning

ISO quality systems

Manufacturing partners

Team coaching

Problem solving

Automotive/lighting domain

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical engineering

Tools

Altium

MPLAB

LabVIEW

FileMaker Pro

Job description

Maxxima is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to drive day-to-day leadership and hands-on development of our electrical and mechanical engineering teams. This role combines people leadership with engineering expertise to staff projects, align priorities, and deliver innovative lighting products.

You will oversee performance, resource allocation, workload planning, and engineering processes while supporting product development and project execution across internal teams, OEMs, and overseas