Engineering Leader: Product Design & Systems

Top Echelon Software LLC; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon Software LLC is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering from customer requirements through design validation and production release. The role emphasizes guiding technical decisions, reviewing detailed designs, and developing engineers while maintaining project delivery and product quality.

You will manage an engineering team, allocate resources, oversee design reviews, translate requirements into specifications, and collaborate with sales,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Progressive product design engineering experience with responsibility for complex technical decisions and design delivery.
• Engineering leadership experience managing people, priorities, and multiple development projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the engineering team, establish priorities, allocate resources, and manage project commitments.
• Provide hands-on technical direction for product architecture, mechanical design, materials selection, tolerances, and design verification.
• Lead concept, preliminary, and detailed design reviews; challenge assumptions and resolve technical risks before release.
• Translate customer performance, environmental, and interface requirements into clear engineering specifications and validation plans.
• Oversee drawings, bills of materials, design calculations, engineering changes, and controlled product release.
• Partner with sales and customers on technical feasibility, application requirements, proposals, and custom product solutions.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and quality to improve manufacturability, address field or production failures, and support new product introduction.
• Build engineering capability through coaching, clear technical standards, and consistent design and project management practices.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical design

CAD

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Materials

Verification methods

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

Top Echelon Software LLC is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering from customer requirements through design validation and production release. The role emphasizes guiding technical decisions, reviewing detailed designs, and developing engineers while maintaining project delivery and product quality.

You will manage an engineering team, allocate resources, oversee design reviews, translate requirements into specifications, and collaborate with sales,