Senior Engineering Manager: Product Design & Leadership

Ridgemont Resources, Inc.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ridgemont Resources, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering from customer requirements through design validation and production release.

The role requires hands-on technical direction, strong leadership, and the ability to translate performance and interface requirements into clear specifications while ensuring quality and manufacturability. The successful candidate will guide engineers through detailed reviews, manage priorities, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Progressive product design engineering experience with complex decisions.
• Engineering leadership experience managing people and projects.
• Strong command of mechanical design, CAD, GD&T, tolerances, materials.
• Able to guide engineers through difficult design problems.
• Clear communication with customers, manufacturing, and 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

Mechanical Design

CAD

GD&T

Tolerance Analysis

Engineering Leadership

Project Management

Customer Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD Software

Job description

Ridgemont Resources, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering from customer requirements through design validation and production release.

The role requires hands-on technical direction, strong leadership, and the ability to translate performance and interface requirements into clear specifications while ensuring quality and manufacturability. The successful candidate will guide engineers through detailed reviews, manage priorities, and collaborate with