Senior Engineering Manager - Lead Product Design & Delivery

Talent With Heart; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent With Heart, recruiting on behalf of a client, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for a manufacturer of temperature sensors, sealing products, and engineered assemblies. The role leads product design engineering and guides engineering decisions from customer requirements to production release.

The incumbent will mentor engineers, drive strategic design reviews, and collaborate with sales, manufacturing, and quality to ensure design excellence and manufacturability.

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.

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, 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

Engineering leadership

Project management

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

GD&T

Job description

Talent With Heart, recruiting on behalf of a client, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for a manufacturer of temperature sensors, sealing products, and engineered assemblies. The role leads product design engineering and guides engineering decisions from customer requirements to production release.

The incumbent will mentor engineers, drive strategic design reviews, and collaborate with sales, manufacturing, and quality to ensure design excellence and manufacturability.