Systems Engineering Manager

About Us

Det-Tronics is a $200M global technology leader in industrial life safety solutions, specializing in high-end flame and gas detection and automation control systems. As part of Spectrum Safety Solutions with 1,700 employees across 20+ countries, we serve mission-critical environments in oil & gas, clean energy, marine, and infrastructure.

The Opportunity

The Manager of Systems Engineering group leads the engineering team and is responsible for overseeing the planning, design, cross-functional coordination, and execution of custom-engineered systems. This role ensures customer requirements are met while managing technical, schedule, and financial aspects of custom-engineered projects. The manager acts as a mentor, coach, point of escalation, and strategic partner in driving departmental improvements. The role also includes the engineering oversight of global projects and coordination with international teams across multiple time zones.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of project design, software, and systems engineers.
• Oversee engineering budget and schedule resources for timely execution of the systems engineering requirements of projects.
• Supervise collection and analysis of customer specifications and system-level requirements.
• Cookordinate department activities including system integration of Det-Tronics detectors and third-party products, and all required documentation and sing to meet the requirements of the total system solution for each project.
• Cookordinate with cross functional departments including project management, systems assembly, product management, quality, field service, and R&D engineering to ensure successful design, sing and delivery of the system solution per customer specifications within budget and schedule.
• Develop and implement engineering strategies to standardize design where possible, improve efficiency and performance.
• Ensure compliance with all required industry standards and regulations.
• Stay updated on the latest industry trends and technologies.
• Provide input to product management and R&D engineering on new product development, backwards compatibility, and sustaining projects on Systems Engineering requirements.
• Troubleshoot integration issues and facilitate root-cause analysis for field issues.
• Develop and coach team members on appropriate policies, procedures, and control processes to meet work requirements, business objectives and improving skill sets.
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback to team members.
• Monitor effectiveness and reliability of activities and recommend changes to optimize resources, prioritize spending and ensure business objectives are achieved.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Fire Protection, Mechanical, or Electrical preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in project engineering, preferably with a manufacturer of fire & gas detection and releasing system solutions, fire alarm, or other life safety systems.
• Experience with special hazards fire suppression systems, especially CO₂ and water mist systems, and fire alarm system design is preferred.
• Experience with AutoCAD and other system engineering software and sing tools.
• Demonstrated track record of continuous improvement and building organizational capability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Previous experience of managing teams in an engineering management role.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and methodologies, familiarity with industry standards and compliance requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.