Senior Engineering Manager

Top Echelon Software, LLC; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a design engineering team for a client manufacturing temperature sensors, seals, and assemblies in Buffalo, NY. The role focuses on guiding technical decisions, reviewing detailed designs, and developing engineers while ensuring project delivery and product quality.

You will provide hands-on technical direction for architecture, tolerances, materials, and verification, lead design reviews, and translate customer

Qualifications

• Progressive product design engineering experience with responsibility for complex decisions and delivery.
• Strong leadership experience managing people, priorities, and multiple projects.
• Expertise in mechanical design, CAD, GD&T, materials, and verification methods.
• Ability to stay technically engaged during detailed design reviews and guide engineers through challenges.
• Clear communication with customers, commercial teams, manufacturing, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the engineering team, set priorities, allocate resources, and manage commitments.
• Provide hands-on technical direction for product architecture, mechanical design, materials selection, tolerances, and verification.
• Lead design reviews and address risks before release.
• Translate customer requirements into engineering specifications and validation plans.
• Oversee drawings, BOMs, design calculations, ECNs, and product release processes.
• Collaborate with sales and customers on technical feasibility and custom solutions.
• Partner with manufacturing and quality to improve manufacturability and address field or production issues.
• Coach and elevate engineering capabilities with clear standards and project management practices.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Mechanical design

CAD

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Design reviews

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

GD&T tools

Finite Element Analysis

Job description

Senior Engineering Manager

We are recruiting on behalf of our client, a manufacturer of temperature sensors, compression seal fittings, and cable and harness assemblies.

Position Summary

Lead product design engineering and the development of engineered solutions from customer requirements through design validation and production release. The priority is a leader with substantial design engineering experience who can guide technical decisions, review detailed designs, and develop engineers while maintaining project delivery and product quality.

Key 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.

Proposed Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Progressive product design engineering experience, including responsibility for complex technical decisions and design delivery.
• Engineering leadership experience managing people, priorities, and multiple development projects.
• Strong command of mechanical design, CAD, GD&T, tolerance analysis, materials, and verification methods.
• Ability to remain technically engaged in detailed design reviews and guide engineers through difficult design problems.
• Clear communication with customers, commercial teams, manufacturing personnel, and senior leadership.

Preferred Background

Experience with temperature sensing, sealing products, precision components, or engineered assemblies is preferred. A graduate engineering degree and experience improving engineering workflows are also valued.