Engineering Manager

VoltForce; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Company holidays

401(k) with company contribution

Job summary

VoltForce is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers. You will drive projects from concept through production, partner with customers and suppliers, and mentor engineers to achieve high performance.

The role focuses on technical leadership, people management, and continuous improvement, with responsibilities spanning design, manufacturing processes, and product development in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 7-10 years of end-to-end electrical engineering design experience in a design and manufacturing environment.
• 3-5 years of progressive leadership experience managing engineering teams across mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines.
• Experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting PCBAs and electromechanical assemblies.
• Experience developing and debugging embedded firmware for analog and digital hardware.
• Experience with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and root cause problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the engineering team, providing leadership, coaching, and mentorship.
• Drive engineering projects from concept through production, keeping milestones, timelines, budgets and business objectives on track.
• Serve as a technical leader on product development, engineering design, manufacturing processes and complex technical challenges.
• Partner with customers and suppliers on technical discussions, product development, audits, and problem-solving.
• Balance workloads and allocate engineering resources to the highest-priority business and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain engineering processes, standards, and documentation, and track KPIs to assess team and project performance.
• Support recruiting, hiring, onboarding, performance management, and succession planning to grow the engineering team.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that improve quality, efficiency, cost, and operational performance.

Skills

Electrical design

PCBAs design

Embedded firmware

Leadership

Cross-functional projects

DFM/ DFA

Lean Six Sigma

Engineering drawings

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

EPICOR Kinetic

Microsoft Office

Engineering software tools

Job description

Location: Fitchburg, MA

Employment type: Full-time

We are working with an established engineering and manufacturing company on the search for an Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers, and to drive engineering projects from concept through production.

About The Company

Our client is an established, multi-site engineering and manufacturing company that designs and builds custom electro-mechanical products for customers in industrial, medical, and aerospace and defense markets. They work alongside their customers from early concept through full-rate production, pairing in-house design engineering with their own manufacturing floors. The company is investing in its engineering and quality teams and building one shared way of working across its sites.

About The Role

This is a hybrid technical leader and people manager role. You will provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to a team of engineers, oversee projects from concept through production, and act as a technical resource on product development, engineering design, manufacturing processes, and complex technical challenges. You will work closely with production teams to resolve issues and improve efficiency, and partner directly with customers and suppliers on technical discussions, product development, and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the engineering team, providing leadership, coaching, and mentorship and fostering a collaborative, accountable, high-performing team.
• Drive engineering projects from concept through production, keeping milestones, timelines, budgets and business objectives on track.
• Serve as a technical leader on product development, engineering design, manufacturing processes and complex technical challenges, working closely with production teams to resolve issues and improve efficiency and throughput.
• Partner with customers and suppliers on technical discussions, product development, audits, and problem-solving.
• Balance workloads and allocate engineering resources to the highest-priority business and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain engineering processes, standards, and documentation, and track KPIs to assess team and project performance.
• Support recruiting, hiring, onboarding, performance management, and succession planning to grow the engineering team.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that improve quality, efficiency, cost, and operational

Performance, And Help Shape The Engineering Roadmap.Must-have Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required. Master's degree preferred.
• 7-10 years of end-to-end electrical engineering design experience in a design and manufacturing environment.
• 3-5 years of progressive leadership experience managing engineering teams across mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and product development initiatives.
• Experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting PCBAs and electromechanical assemblies, including creating and reviewing PCBA schematics and layouts.
• Experience developing and debugging embedded firmware for analog and digital hardware, including board-level bring-up and hardware/software integration.
• Experience with Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and root cause problem-solving.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication, conflict resolution, and coaching skills, with a proactive, results-oriented approach to leadership.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with ERP systems and engineering change management processes; Epicor Kinetic experience a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and standard engineering software tools.

What We Offer

• Leadership of a multidisciplinary engineering team and ownership of projects from concept through production.
• A comprehensive benefits package: medical, dental, and vision, company-paid life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, and an employee assistance program.
• Paid sick leave, vacation, and company-paid holidays.
• A 401(k) with a company contribution.

It's ok if you don't check all the boxes. We hire for the capacity and the drive to learn and grow. If there is something you haven't done, but you are capable, please apply!

VoltForce does not work on a Corp-to-Corp (C2C) basis.