Software Engineering Manager

barrywehmiller; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Barry-Wehmiller Design Group is seeking a Software Engineer Manager for the Information Solutions team. You will lead projects involving MES, data collection, reporting, and analytics for clients in manufacturing environments.

The role emphasizes strong technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration across engineering and client-facing teams. The position requires guiding project execution, mentoring engineers, and ensuring alignment with firm-wide standards and client objectives.

Qualifications

• Seven+ years of experience developing and providing software solutions for consumer products, life sciences, and/or industrial industries.
• Strong experience architecting and implementing MES, data collection and reporting systems across platforms; preference for Ignition, Sepasoft, or custom MES/database development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop projects for clients across multiple industry sectors within Information Solutions.
• Provide complete project execution including client interaction and project leadership.
• Maintain staffing plans and ensure engineers meet billable targets.
• Mentor and develop team members; drive growth in technical capability.
• Interface with clients to define and manage project scope on complex projects.

Skills

Python

SQL

JavaScript

Java

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Figma

Tools

Ignition

Sepasoft

MES

Database Development

Job description

About Us:

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description:

Who You'll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

As a Software Engineer Manager for the Information Solutions team y ou will have overall responsibility to lead and develop projects with clients across multiple industry sectors primarily focused on Information Solutions scope. This scope can include projects related t o MES, Custom Software, reporting, I I oT , data collection, reporting, or analytics.

What You'll Do

• Accountability for complete project execution including client interaction, team leadership, software architecture design, project leadership, project startup and commissioning support .
• Ability to maintain and successfully execute multiple project responsibilities with minimal supervision.
• Maintain overall staffing plans for your local team and ensure that engineers are meeting billable targets .
• Manage, motivate, and mentor the team; develop training objectives and strategies
• Provide a comfortable environment for your engineers to grow and succeed.
• Act as a bridge from your local engineers to the rest of the firm, ensuring that engineers have access to firm-wide resources where applicable.
• Undertake recruiting responsibilities
• Interface with clients to define and manage scope on complex projects. This will require significant technical knowledge as well as project leadership skills.
• Leveraging firm-wide Design Group standards and procedures for the execution of Information Solutions projects. This includes participating on councils responsible for overseeing and adopting firm-wide standards.
• Technical project execution within the Information Solutions group, which includes providing deliverables , maintaining schedule, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Convey a positive image of Design Group and support for the development of strong Culture consistent with the Guiding Principles of Leadership.
• Planning of project timeline and working with various Project Managers to ensure the proper execution of the work.
• Drive projects to completion and dive into technical details as necessary to support the project team's direction and e xecution
• Developing and maintaining relationships with key client contacts.
• Providing technical leadership to newer professionals and helping drive the Information Solutions group's growth in technical capability.

What You'll Bring

• Minimum 7 years of experience in developing and providing software solutions for the consumer products, life science and/or industrial industries.
• Technical experience should include architecting and implementation of MES, data collection/ reporting systems in various platforms. Strong preference for experience with Ignition , Sepasoft , or custom MES /database development.
• Prior experience as a system integrator is a plus
• Experience developing in Python, SQL, JavaScript, Java, is a plus
• Experience leveraging Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), Git version control, or Figma is a plus
• Experience should include a strong record of the successful client interface.
• Candidate must possess good communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to interact with all levels of management, clients, and vendors.
• Willing and able to travel as necessary for project requirements to include but not be limited to: project installation