Senior Engineering Manager - Product Design Lead

CareerNerds, LLC; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CareerNerds, LLC invites applications for a Senior Engineering Manager role overseeing product design engineering from customer requirements through design validation and production release. The ideal candidate guides technical decisions, reviews intricate designs, and mentors engineers while maintaining project delivery and product quality.

Responsibilities include leading the engineering team, setting priorities, and collaborating with sales and customers on technical feasibility and custom

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.
• Ability to remain technically engaged in detailed design reviews and guide engineers through difficult design problems.

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

Product design engineering

Engineering leadership

Mechanical design

CAD

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Materials

Verification methods

Design reviews

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

Job description

CareerNerds, LLC invites applications for a Senior Engineering Manager role overseeing product design engineering from customer requirements through design validation and production release. The ideal candidate guides technical decisions, reviews intricate designs, and mentors engineers while maintaining project delivery and product quality.

Responsibilities include leading the engineering team, setting priorities, and collaborating with sales and customers on technical feasibility and custom