Senior Manager, Engineering Services

Position Summary

The Engineering Services Manager leads a highly adaptable engineering team designed to scale with business priorities budget and resource availability. This leader is responsible for delivering hardware development projects while optimizing engineering capacity through a combination of internal talent and strategic third-party partners. This position also manages external engineering service providers and contract development partners to supplement internal capabilities and accelerate project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Delivery

• Lead the execution of small- and medium-sized hardware development and/or VAVE projects from concept through production release delivering predictable results for cost schedule quality and performance

• Provide engineering leadership across multiple concurrent projects by applying standardized development processes governance metrics and Ralliant Business System (RBS) principles

• Develop and manage a flexible engineering delivery model that optimizes internal talent strategic technology partners and OEM/ODM partners to align engineering capacity with changing business priorities budgets and product roadmaps

• Manage third-party engineering relationships while ensuring high-quality deliverables protection of intellectual property and compliance with engineering standards

• Continuously evaluate engineering capacity resource allocation and project priorities to maximize business value organizational agility and execution efficiency

Contractor and Third-Party Management

• Select onboard and manage third-party engineering contractors and development partners
• Support process development and compliance for development of product requirements technical deliverables schedules budgets and performance expectations
• Monitor contractor performance quality and execution against agreed objectives
• Build long-term strategic relationships with third party partners to create scalable engineering capacity

Cross-Functional Engineering Leadership

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineering individual contributors and people leaders across hardware-related disciplines
• Remove execution barriers and facilitate effective communication across functions
• Support technical decision-making while empowering engineers to own project execution
• Establish PCB layout priorities aligned with overall product development schedules
• Establish clear performance expectations and support career development for team members
• Promote a collaborative inclusive and high-performance engineering culture
• Lead enterprise-wide product development strategy creating scalable frameworks and governance that drive innovation efficiency and growth

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering or related technical field

• Demonstrated success delivering hardware products from concept through production

• At least 2 years leading multi-disciplined teams

• Strong project management and resource planning skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities

• International and domestic travel required up to 25% of the time