Senior Engineering Manager: Mechanical Design & Leadership

Acloché LLC; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Acloché LLC in Buffalo, NY, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering and drive engineered solutions from customer needs through design validation and production release. The role emphasizes hands-on technical guidance, strategic design direction, and mentoring of engineers while ensuring project delivery, quality, and manufacturability.

Strong leadership and communication with customers and cross-functional teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 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, 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, 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

Engineering leadership

Product design

CAD

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Design reviews

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Acloché LLC in Buffalo, NY, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering and drive engineered solutions from customer needs through design validation and production release. The role emphasizes hands-on technical guidance, strategic design direction, and mentoring of engineers while ensuring project delivery, quality, and manufacturability.

Strong leadership and communication with customers and cross-functional teams are essential.