Senior Engineering Manager: Mechanical Design & Team Leadership

6 Degrees Search; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

6 Degrees Search represents a client that manufactures temperature sensors, sealing products, and engineered assemblies. We seek a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering from customer requirements through design validation and production release, guiding technical decisions and mentoring engineers.

You will translate performance and environmental requirements into clear specs, oversee design reviews, and collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and sales to ensure

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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

CAD

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Materials

Verification methods

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

CAD software

Job description

6 Degrees Search represents a client that manufactures temperature sensors, sealing products, and engineered assemblies. We seek a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering from customer requirements through design validation and production release, guiding technical decisions and mentoring engineers.

You will translate performance and environmental requirements into clear specs, oversee design reviews, and collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and sales to ensure