Product Development Engineering Lead

Socket.dev; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Leer, Inc. in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, a leading manufacturer of commercial refrigeration solutions, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the engineering team.

The role oversees product design, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement, delivering quality and cost targets while mentoring technical talent. You will partner with Sales, Operations, and Quality to ensure customer requirements are met and products meet applicable standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
• 5+ years of related product design, development, or sustaining engineering experience.
• 2-3 years of engineering leadership or supervisory experience.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with configurable or custom-engineered products is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the product development process from requirements through design reviews, verification, validation, production launch, and post-launch review.
• Manage and develop the product engineering team while ensuring engineering standards, compliance and regulatory standards, documentation, and customer requirements are met.
• Oversee product design, engineering changes, product improvements, and lifecycle management activities.
• Collaborate with Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance, Quality, Supply Chain, and other teams to define product requirements and deliver solutions that meet customer and business needs.
• Drive product quality, reliability, compliance, and cost improvement initiatives.
• Provide engineering support for production, suppliers, customers, and field performance issues.
• Oversee product validation, technical documentation, engineering standards, and supplier technical relationships.
• Establish engineering priorities, strategies, budgets, and performance metrics to achieve departmental objectives.
• Promote continuous improvement, employee development, and effective execution of engineering projects.

Skills

CAD

Product development

Engineering change management

Verifications & validations

Production launch

Documentation control

ERP/MRP

Design for manufacturability

Value engineering

Structured problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/electrical engineering

Tools

CAD software

Product Data Management (PDM)

ERP/MRP systems

Engineering document control systems

Job description

Leer, Inc. in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, a leading manufacturer of commercial refrigeration solutions, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the engineering team.

The role oversees product design, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement, delivering quality and cost targets while mentoring technical talent. You will partner with Sales, Operations, and Quality to ensure customer requirements are met and products meet applicable standards.