Engineering Manager - Electrical / Electromechanical

Engineering Manager – Electrical / Electromechanical

Location: Pittsburgh, PA 
Compensation: $115-130k 
Experience: 5+ years of engineering experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electromechanical Engineering required
Industry: Medical Device, Automotive, Aerospace, or Similar Product Development and Manufacturing

Position Summary

The Engineering Manager will lead engineering personnel and oversee product development initiatives from concept through commercialization. This role is responsible for technical direction, project execution, resource planning, and product quality while ensuring products meet customer expectations, manufacturing requirements, and business objectives.

The ideal candidate brings a strong electrical or electromechanical engineering background, proven team leadership, and experience managing complex product development projects in a manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Team Management
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering personnel through technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Manage engineering priorities, resource allocation, workloads, and project deliverables.
• Establish objectives, ensure accountability, and support hiring, onboarding, and professional development.
• Promote engineering best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Product Development & Technical Leadership
• Oversee electrical, electronic, and electromechanical product design and development from concept through commercial production.
• Direct new product development and product enhancement initiatives.
• Lead design reviews, technical risk assessments, product verification, and validation.
• Evaluate solutions for performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost-effectiveness, and compliance.
• Guide technical decisions involving electrical systems, PCB design, embedded controls, sensors, motors, actuators, and system integration.
• Resolve complex engineering challenges and provide technical direction.

Project & Resource Management
• Manage multiple engineering projects to meet business objectives, schedules, and budgets.
• Establish milestones, allocate resources, and monitor project progress.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks affecting development or commercialization.
• Partner with Product Management to translate customer requirements into engineering deliverables.
• Communicate project status, resource needs, and technical challenges to leadership.

Manufacturing & Sustaining Engineering
• Oversee manufacturing transfers, production troubleshooting, and sustaining engineering.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective action initiatives.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Supply Chain to improve product quality, reliability, and production efficiency.
• Manage engineering change orders (ECOs), product enhancements, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Support Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Reliability (DFR).

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Compliance
• Partner with Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Technical Support, and Customer Service to resolve product and production challenges.
• Ensure appropriate engineering documentation, design history files (DHF), risk management, verification, validation, and change control.
• Support compliance with applicable standards and quality management systems, as well as internal and external audits.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electromechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in electrical or electromechanical product development.
• Demonstrated experience managing engineering teams, technical personnel, or multidisciplinary engineering functions.
• Proven experience leading product development from concept through commercialization.
• Experience managing engineering projects, technical priorities, resources, and schedules.
• Experience supporting manufacturing operations, product lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.
• Background in medical device, automotive, aerospace, or a similar product development and manufacturing industry.

Technical Skills
• Strong understanding of electrical, electronic, and electromechanical systems.
• Experience with electrical hardware design, PCB development, circuit analysis, and electronic system integration.
• Knowledge of embedded systems, firmware, microcontrollers, sensors, motors, actuators, and control systems.
• Familiarity with FPGA programming, VHDL, SystemVerilog, and digital logic design.
• Familiarity with PCB design tools such as Altium Designer or Eagle.
• Familiarity with SolidWorks or comparable 3D CAD software.
• Knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink, engineering simulation, and technical analysis tools.
• Experience with engineering documentation, configuration management, and engineering change control.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, product testing, verification, and validation.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.

Benefits
• 401(k) with matching
• Health insurance
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Life insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Vision insurance