Engineering Manager

Linamar Corporation; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Linamar Corporation in Michigan seeks an Engineering Manager to lead engineering resources for driveline/powertrain product development from concept to production. You will supervise Product Designers, Program Managers, and testing facilities, ensuring design quality and on-time delivery.

Requires a Bachelor’s in Engineering and 5–7 years of management experience; a Master’s or MBA is preferred. On-site role with emphasis on leadership, customer communication, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent and 5-7 years of management experience.
• Master of Science in Engineering or MBA is preferred.
• Proven ability to handle customer technical meetings.
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork.
• Driveline product engineering experience preferred.
• Familiar with NVH development at vehicle and component level.
• Proficient with CAD/CAx tools and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Provide resource allocation, manage priorities, and provide design and engineering status reports.
• Create project plans to meet Product Development Systems requirements.
• Create and manage the budget for assigned projects.
• Create and control engineering design documentation.
• Assure quality of design, analysis, models and prints through design reviews.
• Maintain strong customer relationships and supplier contact both internally and externally.
• Lead new business pursuit activity including quotes, presentations and technical reviews.
• Manage training plans for engineering employees and provide guidance for growth.
• Lead design development testing and validation plans.
• Lead simultaneous Product/Manufacturing Engineering teams to develop low cost designs and processes; support Lean initiatives.
• Support manufacturing plant to resolve design and manufacturing issues.
• Utilize 8-D and 6-Panel problem solving methods.
• Conduct performance reviews and HR responsibilities for direct reports.

Skills

Leadership

Customer meetings

System engineering

Driveline engineering

NVH development

Technical communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

5-7 years management experience

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Please note: This position is on-site. At this time, we are not able to offer current or future work authorization transfer or sponsorship.

Job Summary

The Engineering Manager is responsible to lead the engineering resources in support of product development of driveline/powertrain systems and components. These resources include, but are not limited to, Product Designers, Program Managers, engineering facilities and testing facilities. Lead engineering team through all states of product development from concept to production and full product life cycle.

Responsibility

• Provide resource allocation, manage priorities, and provide design and engineering status reports.
• Create project plans to meet Linamar’s Product Development Systems requirements.
• Create and manage the budget for assigned projects.
• Create and control engineering design documentation.
• Assure quality of design, analysis, models and prints through established design reviews.
• Maintain strong customer relationships and supplier contact both internally and externally.
• Lead new business pursuit activity including quotes, presentations and technical reviews.
• Manager training plans for engineering employees, as well as providing guidance for professional growth and improvement.
• Manager and direct design development testing, design/production validation plans and testing analysis.
• Lead simultaneous Product/Manufacturing Engineering teams to develop low cost/investment design and processes. Support Lean Initiatives.
• Support manufacturing plant to resolve design and manufacturing related issues.
• Utilize problem solving methods and disciplines such as 8-D and 6-Panel methods.
• Conduct performance reviews and all other HR related responsibilities for direct reports.

The job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of this position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Academic/Educational Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Technology OR equivalent AND minimum of 5-7 years of management experience. Master of Science in Engineering or MBA is preferred.

Required Skills/Experience

• Proven ability to handle customer technical meetings.
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork.
• System and component engineering experience.
• Experience with product & manufacturing technologies.
• Driveline product engineering experience preferred.
• Familiar with NVH development at vehicle and component level.
• Computer-assisted design, manufacturing, and machining i.e. Microsoft Office, including Project, AutoCAD, SolidWorks.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to communicate effectively to employees. Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on complex topics to customers, senior management, public groups and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to comprehend and apply advance mathematics principles. Ability to work with concepts such as equations, limits, statistics and engineering tools.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.), in its most difficult phases. Ability to apply and direct appropriate use of problem‑solving methods.
• Must be able to work under pressure, be willing to work with tight deadlines, be capable of multi-tasking, and can adjust to changing priorities.

Working Conditions

• These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.
• The employee may lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds.
• While performing the responsibilities, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Work in a well-ventilated environment with adequate lighting and temperature.
• The employee will be occasionally exposed to outside temperatures.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
• This position may require up to 20% travel.

Please note: All schedules and changes to working hours must be approved by the department manager. Schedule is subject to change based on discretion of department manager.