Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Job Description

This Engineering Manager role offers high visibility with senior leadership and global partners, along with strong long-term growth potential. The position is ideal for a leader who enjoys guiding technical teams, improving engineering processes, and driving successful product and project outcomes in a manufacturing and product design environment. You will play a key role in aligning engineering priorities with business goals, customer expectations, quality standards, and manufacturing needs, while fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers, including design and applications engineers, to promote technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Guide engineering priorities to ensure alignment with business objectives, customer expectations, quality standards, and manufacturing requirements.
• Drive improvements in engineering processes, documentation, standard work, design controls, and project management practices to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Act as the primary technical interface with customer engineering teams, clarifying requirements, addressing questions, and resolving technical issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Collaborate closely with manufacturing, sales, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure design feasibility, regulatory compliance, and smooth transition of products into production.
• Review technical work products and support formal design reviews to ensure engineering outputs meet quality, safety, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Promote a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing, practical problem solving, and customer-focused engineering support across the engineering team.
• Apply strong technical judgment to guide engineering decisions, troubleshoot complex design and manufacturing issues, and support practical, manufacturable solutions.
• Support continuous process improvement initiatives within engineering and across functions, particularly in manufacturing and custom engineering environments.
• Engage regularly with customers to understand their needs, manage expectations, and ensure a high level of satisfaction with engineering support and delivered solutions.
• Oversee day-to-day engineering activities and workload for a team of approximately four direct reports, including two design engineers and two applications engineers.
• Support and uphold compliance with relevant EX, UL, IECEx, and ISO/UL 9001-related standards and practices where applicable.
• Champion safe work practices and adherence to quality systems within the engineering function and in collaboration with the machine shop and manufacturing teams.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Progressive engineering experience in a manufacturing, industrial, product design, or technical production environment.
• Prior people management or technical team leadership experience.
• Strong technical background with the ability to guide engineering decisions and support practical design and manufacturing solutions.
• Experience with manufacturing and custom engineering environments.
• Experience with product design and engineering management.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex engineering and manufacturing issues.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective cross-functional collaboration and customer engagement.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Experience with continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Experience interacting directly with customers on technical topics.
• Familiarity with EX certification, UL standards, and IECEx standards.
• Experience with enclosure manufacturing or similar engineered products.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD tools.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Engineering or a related technical field is preferred.
• Knowledge of enclosure product lines is highly desirable.
• EX, UL, and/or IECEx certifications are highly desirable.
• Experience working within ISO and UL 9001 quality systems.
• background in manual machining or close collaboration with machine shop environments.
• Interest in ongoing professional development, including advanced degrees (MS/PhD) and technical certifications, supported through tuition and certification reimbursement programs.
• Ability to wear multiple hats and contribute across a broad range of engineering and process improvement activities.
• Comfort working with new products frequently and adapting quickly to new technical challenges.

Work Environment

The role is based in a pristine machine shop and engineering environment that supports ISO and UL 9001 standards, with exposure to manual machining and a steady flow of new products. The standard work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the facility is fully closed on weekends, supporting a strong work-life balance. The Engineering Manager oversees a team of approximately four direct reports, including design and applications engineers, and collaborates closely with manufacturing, sales, quality, and supply chain teams. Some minimal travel may be required, with advance notice provided. The organization offers a stable, long-term growth environment with opportunities to create new specialist roles, wear multiple hats, and have a broad impact. Benefits include generous paid time off (17 days PTO), 40 hours of sick time, 9 paid holidays, and a fully paid closure during the week of Christmas and New Year's Eve without using PTO. Additional benefits include comprehensive health and financial benefits, access to a free financial advisor, annual cost-of-living adjustments each May, and reimbursement for education (such as MS or PhD programs) and professional certifications after one year of service.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Frederick, MD.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $110000.00 - $130000.00/yr.

• Time Off: Annually 9 paid company holidays/17 days of Paid time off/40 hours of paid sick leave each year (prorated). · Comprehensive Benefits: Cigna medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family. · Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with up to 4% company match. · Health and Financial Wellness: H.S.A *with company match, F.S.A, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, gym discounts and financial planning/preparation guidance from trusted advisors · Norton Lifelock: free employee or family coverage · Life and AD&D Coverage: Company paid $50,000 Life Insurance coverage/AD&D. Additional voluntary life/AD&D for you, spouse and children. · Employee Assistance Program: Access to free behavioral health services, including free counseling sessions and other resources. · Growth Opportunities: Ongoing professional development training as well as tuition assistance to help you advance your career.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Frederick,MD.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 20, 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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