Engineering Manager: Lead Product Lifecycle & Teams

Airtech Vacuum; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 124,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement savings

Paid time off

Job summary

IDEX, in the U.S., seeks an Engineering Manager to lead product lifecycle management and engineering application support. This hands-on leader will oversee a small team, guide engineering changes, and drive improvements while building organizational capability.

The role blends technical leadership with people management, focusing on scalable processes and talent development to support growth across the company’s engineering organization.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership experience leading projects, teams, or technical initiatives.
• Experience solving complex technical and business problems in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, product development, and change management processes.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills.
• Experience supervising engineers, designers, or technical personnel.
• Experience working in small or medium-sized manufacturing organizations. (Preferred)
• Experience in the PVF (Pipe, Valve, & Fitting) industry. (Preferred)
• Experience developing or improving engineering processes and systems. (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering activities supporting the existing product portfolio throughout the product lifecycle.
• Own execution of engineering priorities, including product improvements, engineering changes, obsolescence management, and customer‑requested modifications.
• Provide engineering leadership and technical guidance for investigations related to field failures, manufacturing issues, customer complaints, and product performance concerns in partnership with Quality and Operations.
• Ensure timely resolution of engineering requests from operations, quality, supply chain, sales, and customers.
• Drive product reliability, manufacturability, and performance improvements.
• Translate business objectives into engineering priorities, resource plans, and organizational actions.
• Participate in engineering strategy, resource planning, and succession planning initiatives.
• Support the development of long‑term engineering capabilities aligned with company growth objectives.
• Contribute to the evolution of the engineering organization through talent development, process improvement, and organizational design.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

Supervising engineers

Manufacturing

PVF industry

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

IDEX, in the U.S., seeks an Engineering Manager to lead product lifecycle management and engineering application support. This hands-on leader will oversee a small team, guide engineering changes, and drive improvements while building organizational capability.

The role blends technical leadership with people management, focusing on scalable processes and talent development to support growth across the company’s engineering organization.