Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager: Design & Leadership

Clear Concepts, Inc.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Concepts, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering and drive engineering decisions from customer requirements to production release.

Ideal candidates bring substantial design engineering experience, the ability to guide technical decisions, review detailed designs, and cultivate engineers while ensuring project delivery and high product quality.

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.
• Ability to remain involved in detailed design reviews and guide engineers through difficult 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

Product design leadership

Mechanical design

CAD

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Team coaching

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

Clear Concepts, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead product design engineering and drive engineering decisions from customer requirements to production release.

Ideal candidates bring substantial design engineering experience, the ability to guide technical decisions, review detailed designs, and cultivate engineers while ensuring project delivery and high product quality.