Engineering Manager - Electrical

About the Company

Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Company, builds trucks that protect people and communities worldwide. Since 1913, the company has evolved from building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church to creating highly customized pumpers, aerials, tankers, and rescue units. More than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses are on the road today.

About the Role

The Engineering Manager – Electrical leads and manages the electrical engineering team, drives continuous‑improvement efforts across engineering disciplines, and makes critical decisions that impact projects and initiatives. The role provides technical leadership, performs complex analysis, design, validation, and troubleshooting of electrical/electronic systems for heavy‑duty vehicles, and delivers integration expertise for vehicle control and embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage an engineering team of Engineers, Designers, and Technicians; plan, direct, and coordinate team activities.
• Provide coaching, performance feedback, technical training, and individual development plans.
• Prepare and control department budget, forecast operating costs, and handle budget requests; some P&L responsibility.
• Collaborate with internal and external customers across segments and functions; present and defend technical decisions to leadership and customers.
• Ensure on‑time completion of complex projects, overseeing schedule and budget.
• Manage multiple priorities and coordinate with other engineering support disciplines and external suppliers.
• Mentor entry‑level engineers; perform and review complex engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks per Oshkosh and industry standards.
• Prepare and deliver detailed electrical plans, designs, computation methods, and reports.
• Research, create, and update standard engineering methodologies, procedures, and best practices.
• Perform complex electrical engineering analysis of customer requirements, design new and modified systems, and keep products competitive.
• Interface with customers and suppliers to resolve technical issues and deliver innovative solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned; maintain regular attendance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Accredited Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Eight (8) or more years of relevant experience.

Standout Qualifications

• Accredited Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Design experience with programming languages and controls software.
• Design experience with Controller Area Network (CAN)/SAE J1939 and/or vehicle networking.
• Electrical troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and corrective‑action experience.
• Wire‑harness design expertise and process‑improvement experience.

Core Competencies

• Internal contacts: collaboration with peers and cross‑functional teams, including handling sensitive information.
• External contacts: limited interaction to gather information, answer queries, or request assistance.
• Communication skills: reading, writing, and interpreting technical documents, safety rules, reports, and regulations; delivering routine reports and presentations.
• Decision‑making: significant responsibility for decisions affecting multiple functions; requires substantial analysis and weighing of factors.
• Complexity, judgment, and problem solving: ability to plan and perform work amid changing problems, using broad instruction and considerable judgment.
• Supervisory/managerial: instructing, scheduling, and reviewing work of others; acting as lead worker.

Working Conditions

Physical Demands: Frequent standing, walking/running, sitting, reaching, hearing, talking, visual tasks, and typing; occasional driving, fine and manual dexterity, upper‑extremity repetitive motion; seldom lifting/carrying 25 lb or pushing/pulling 25 lb.

Non‑Physical Demands: Frequent analysis/reasoning, communication/interpretation, math/mental computation, reading, sustained mental activity, writing.

Environmental Demands: Frequent work alone, frequent task changes, tedious/exacting work; occasional high‑volume public contact.

Work Schedule: Routine shift hours with infrequent overtime, weekend work, or shift rotation.

Demands/Deadlines: High volume and variable work demands and deadlines can create strain or intermittent stress; may involve direct contact with distressed individuals.

Pay

Pay range: $92,600 – $154,400. The range reflects minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations; individual pay is determined by scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and internal equity.