Senior Engineering Manager: Lead Design & Teams

Eden Capital Careers; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Capital Careers is recruiting on behalf of a client that manufactures temperature sensors, sealing fittings, and engineered assemblies. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead product design engineering from customer requirements through production release, guiding technical decisions and mentoring engineers to maintain delivery timelines and quality.

The role emphasizes hands-on direction for architecture and verification, ensuring robust designs and effective collaboration with sales,

Qualifications

• Progressive product design engineering experience with 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.
• Clear 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 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 and support new product introduction.
• Build engineering capability through coaching, clear technical standards, and consistent design/project management practices.

Skills

Design engineering experience

Engineering leadership

Mechanical design CAD GD&T

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Eden Capital Careers is recruiting on behalf of a client that manufactures temperature sensors, sealing fittings, and engineered assemblies. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead product design engineering from customer requirements through production release, guiding technical decisions and mentoring engineers to maintain delivery timelines and quality.

The role emphasizes hands-on direction for architecture and verification, ensuring robust designs and effective collaboration with sales,