Senior Engineering Manager: Design & Validation Leadership

ExcelliSearch, Inc.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ExcelliSearch, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager in the Buffalo area to lead product design engineering for temperature sensors and precision assemblies.

You will guide technical decisions, review detailed designs, and develop engineers while ensuring project delivery and product quality. You will collaborate with sales and customers on technical feasibility, translate requirements into specifications, and oversee controlled product release.

Qualifications

• Progressive product design engineering experience with responsibility for complex technical decisions and design delivery.
• Ability to lead engineers through detailed design problems and guide technical decisions.
• Strong communication with customers, commercial teams, manufacturing personnel, and senior leadership.

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.

Skills

Leadership

CAD proficiency

GD&T expertise

Cross-functional communication

Project management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

ExcelliSearch, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager in the Buffalo area to lead product design engineering for temperature sensors and precision assemblies.

You will guide technical decisions, review detailed designs, and develop engineers while ensuring project delivery and product quality. You will collaborate with sales and customers on technical feasibility, translate requirements into specifications, and oversee controlled product release.