Engineering Manager - Actalent : Job Details

Job Title: Engineering ManagerJob Description

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead our U.S. Engineering Team, seamlessly integrating customer-specific technical needs with our global product design organizations located in Spain, Poland, and India. This role requires a hands-on leader with a systems-oriented approach, excellent coordination skills, application knowledge, and outstanding people management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary U.S. engineering team including Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, and Manufacturing Engineering.

• Define goals, allocate resources, and ensure team alignment with project and organizational priorities.

• Cultivate a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, and development planning.

• Act as the technical liaison between U.S. operations and the Design Engineering teams in Spain, Poland, and India.

• Coordinate engineering inputs for customer bids, design reviews, and validation processes.

• Collaborate with Project Management, Field Service, Quality, and Production teams to address technical issues and support smooth project execution.

• Lead the local engineering response to customer escalations, warranty topics, and design feedback loops.

• Establish U.S.-based design ownership by defining technical direction and product requirements locally, while coordinating execution through global engineering centers.

• Oversee application engineering activities such as vehicle integration, interface definition, and system compatibility.

• Drive field testing, troubleshooting, and local validation of products on customer equipment.

• Manage engineering change requests, documentation updates, and support sustaining engineering tasks like obsolescence or component substitutions.

Essential Skills

• Engineering management and project management experience.

• Manufacturing industry knowledge.

• Process improvement and lean manufacturing expertise.

• Leadership development skills.

• Experience with electronics, transit, railcar systems.

• Customer relationship management.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering (Master's preferred, Systems Engineering preferred).

• 5+ years of experience in Engineering, with at least 2-3 years in a technical leadership or management role.

• Experience in electronics and/or telecommunications systems is highly desirable.

• Strong understanding of product lifecycle, system testing, and sustaining engineering practices.

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage projects in a global context.

Work Environment

Located near Ballston Spa, NY, the work environment is a manufacturing setting with standard hours Monday through Friday, either 8am-4:30pm or 7am-3:30pm.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $115000.00 - $135000.00/yr.

Excellent health benefits! $10k for medical covered by company annually.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance- 401(k) with company match on day one- Paid time off and paid holidays

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Ballston Spa,NY.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 6, 2025.

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 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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