Engineering Manager
Description
Team Management: Recruit, mentor, and manage mechanical engineers, fostering skill growth, providing feedback, and building a collaborative environment.
Project Oversight: Execute and oversee multiple engineering projects by managing timelines, resources, and ensuring delivery.
Technical Review and Problem Solving: Direct technical activities, review designs, ensure technical accuracy, improve processes, and solve complex technical challenges.
Cross-Functional leadership: Liaise with other departments and external partners to communicate needs, progress, and technical information.
Process and Quality refinement: Implement and refine development, testing, and development processes, focusing on efficiency, quality, and sustainability.
Resource Planning: Plan resource requirements, inter-team assignments, and analyze technology trends to complete product development projects.
System Design Leadership: Lead the development of system requirement definitions to meet customer needs, regulatory requirements, and Hazard Analysis and Risk Management (HARA) mitigations tasks.
Safety and Reliability leadership: Apply system requirements and design principals to oversee the analysis of system performance to ensure vehicle safety and reliability standards are met.
Design Ownership: Own the assessment, design, and analysis of mechanical structures, cabin design, pneumatic systems, and electrical component placement and routings.
What you bring to the role
- Education: Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Experience: 7+ years of proven experience in vehicle design, analysis, or a related field
- Mobile equipment experience is a plus
- Experience leading complex design projects
- Previous management experience is a plus
- Comfortable working with requirements management tools (e.g. Jama, DOORS, Jira/Confluence)
- Competencies: Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills with a strong attention to detail. Proficiency in using documentation tools and software (e.g., Google Suite, Confluence, etc). Strong understanding of requirements engineering principles and methodologies. Excellent organizational and time management skills. Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to mobile equipment is a plus.
- Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to mobile equipment is a plus
- Fluent in English both spoken and written
Top Skills
- Automotive
- Mechanical engineering
- Engineering management
- Hazard analysis
- Risk analysis
- Risk management
- Vehicle design
- Mechanical systems
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Education: Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Experience: 7+ years of proven experience in vehicle design, analysis, or a related field
- Mobile equipment experience is a plus
- Experience leading complex design projects
- Previous management experience is a plus
- Comfortable working with requirements management tools (e.g. Jama, DOORS, Jira/Confluence)
- Competencies: Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills with a strong attention to detail. Proficiency in using documentation tools and software (e.g., Google Suite, Confluence, etc). Strong understanding of requirements engineering principles and methodologies. Excellent organizational and time management skills. Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to mobile equipment is a plus.
- Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to mobile equipment is a plus
- Fluent in English both spoken and written
Experience Level
Intermediate Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Ottawa, KS.
Pay And Benefits
The pay range for this position is $135,000.00 - $165,000.00/yr.
Health, Vision, Dental, 401(K), Annual bonus
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Ottawa, KS.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jul 24, 2026.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
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