Team Lead, Custom Design Engineer

Excelitas Technologies Corp.; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 129,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelitas Technologies Corp. is seeking a Team Lead, Custom Design Engineer at our Gaithersburg, Maryland location. In this role, you will manage engineering teams and oversee project timelines while providing cutting-edge innovations in photonics.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, experience in design engineering, and strong leadership abilities. The position offers a salary range between $129,000 and $139,000 based on your experience.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of design engineering experience in complex electromechanical systems.
• Experience in technical sales or managing engineering teams.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks or Autodesk Inventor.

Responsibilities

• Lead project governance and cost management.
• Manage project timelines and resources.
• Create CAD models and engineering designs.

Skills

Project management

Mechanical engineering design

SolidWorks

Communication skills

Sales experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP

CRM

Job description

ENABLE your future through light.

Excelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market‑driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end‑users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense and aerospace sectors.

ENGAGE with us today and make your contribution to the future! Join the team that leading technology companies turn to for cutting‑edge photonic innovation. At Excelitas Technologies you are how we EXCEL.

Excelitas is seeking a Team Lead, Custom Design Engineer to join our team of leaders and innovators at our Gaithersburg location.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Works 25-30% of time as team leader and 70-75% of time as project engineer.
• Execution of global CDE strategy including team and project governance and effective cost management.
• Monitoring and achieving budget targets including sales, margin and EBIT contribution metrics for customized systems in the US.
• Manages overall team project timelines and resources to achieve delivery date targets.
• Liaise with and support the local US Field Sales organization in the effective expansion of business.
• Create and deliver calculations and Customer Quotations with objective of retaining existing and expanding business and improving market share profitability.
• Conduct or organize sales training for Custom system products in consultation and with support from Application Engineering and push knowledge exchange.
• Leverage global custom system engineering solutions with focus on US markets—modularization and adaptation.
• Establishes and maintains close cooperation with internal regional interfaces, such as sales, innovation, finance, supply chain, quality management and EHS.
• Improvement of existing processes and solutions, e.g., by using global synergies & knowledge exchange.
• Defines and maintains local supplier relationships in alignment with internal stakeholders as supply chain.
• Supply chain coordination, technical specifications for order scope, quality check, pre‑acceptance at supplier site.
• Create CAD (SolidWorks) solid models and mechanical engineering design for Customized UV and EIR equipment, including mechanical engineering design drawings for fabrication.
• Develop project schedules and track key dates and progress for each project passing through key stages.
• Establish project inspection criteria, coordinating the review of project designs and ensuring proper implementation of project elements.
• Support electrical engineering activities with UL508A panel builder.
• Respond to customer/sales concerns or requests throughout the project.
• Manage engineering activities as required to maintain project schedules, such as electrical and mechanical design, PLC programming, and troubleshooting.
• Maintaining regional metrics and regulations for our products.
• Maintain team KPIs driven towards quality and growth.

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering or direct experience in project management and complex electromechanical systems design.
• Business and management experience as a Team lead of a technical sales or engineering team in an industrial environment.
• Minimum of 4 years' design engineering experience.
• Ability to install subsystems in process equipment and adjust as needed.
• Proficiency in Solidworks or Autodesk inventor.
• Knowledge of sales and service processes within industrial environment—sales experience asset.
• Commercial fundamentals in quoting and negotiating contracts & risk/liability assessment.
• Readiness for multi‑day customer visits and international travel, if required.
• Communication with internal and external customers. Ability to lead cross‑functional team projects.
• Positive attitude and confident demeanor even in difficult situations as well as strong customer orientation.
• Open and team‑oriented personality.
• EHS: awareness of standard regulations.
• Driver's license mandatory.
• SAP and CRM knowledge is a plus.
• Broad expertise in industrial "light" applications from UV to Infrared is a plus.

Salary range is $129,000-$139,000 depending on level of experience.

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