Engineering Manager – Controls Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate an engineering team dedicated to product development, new product introduction (NPI), production, and ongoing support activities.

• Set team priorities, performance expectations, development plans, accountability measures, collaborative efforts, technical rigor, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Strategically allocate resources across various projects, programs, and product platforms.

• Oversee workload, capacity, dependencies, and capability requirements.

• Collaborate with technical program managers and engineering leaders on timelines, milestones, resource allocations, and deliverables.

• Offer technical direction and design oversight.

• Ensure that engineering outputs fulfill functionality, quality, safety, manufacturability, reliability, serviceability, compliance, and configuration standards.

• Facilitate technical and design evaluations and address cross-functional challenges.

• Communicate technical, resource, and execution risks to relevant stakeholders.

• Foster collaboration among Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, Design and Configuration, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Product Management teams.

• Propel the enhancement of engineering standards, tools, documentation, release protocols, change control, baselining, and traceability practices.

• Assist with root-cause analysis and corrective actions for design, production, and field challenges.

• Oversee workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and the development of organizational capabilities.

• Engage in customer interactions, business evaluations, and technical planning.

• Promote global collaboration and undertake other assigned duties.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, controls engineering, systems engineering, computer engineering, or another relevant technical field is required.

• A minimum of 5 years of engineering experience working with complex products, equipment, or integrated systems.

• Proven experience in leading controls engineering with a focus on PLCs, embedded or industrial controls, BMS integration, instrumentation, automation, operational sequences, or system commissioning.

• At least 3 years of experience in leading, supervising, or managing engineering teams.

• Demonstrated success in supporting product development, NPI, production, and/or sustaining engineering environments.

• Experience in managing multiple projects, priorities, resources, and technical deliverables concurrently.

• Proven ability to collaborate with engineering, technical program management, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and other functional areas.

• Experience in supporting design evaluations, product releases, configuration management, change control, validation, or resolving technical issues.

• Capability to lead, inspire, coach, and develop engineers with diverse technical backgrounds and experience levels.

• Strong knowledge of engineering execution, product development, product lifecycle, configuration management, and product release processes.

• Ability to convert business and program goals into actionable priorities, resource plans, milestones, and team deliverables.

• Skilled in assessing technical, scheduling, and resource risks and developing mitigation and resolution strategies.

• Proficient in providing effective technical oversight while maintaining engineering responsibility and accountability.

• Exceptional cross-functional leadership, influence, communication, presentation, and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to convey technical and organizational information effectively to engineering teams, management, customers, and non-technical stakeholders.

• Capable of operating within a global, geographically dispersed organization supporting multiple products and lifecycle phases.

• Ability to identify capability gaps and implement strategies for development, hiring, or resource allocation.

• Willingness to travel as necessary.

• Preferred: Master’s degree in engineering, engineering management, or a related field.

• Preferred: Experience leading Controls engineering teams.

• Preferred: Background in critical infrastructure, data center equipment, industrial systems, cooling products, power distribution equipment, automation, or similarly complex products.

• Preferred: Familiarity with electrical design, requirements management, PLM, and configuration-controlled or customer-configured products.

• Preferred: Knowledge of IEC, UL, IEEE, ASHRAE, or similar standards.

• Preferred: Experience in supporting globally distributed engineering and manufacturing operations using stage-gate product lifecycle processes.

• Project management experience or certification is a plus.

• A suitable combination of education, experience, and training may be considered.

🏝️ Benefits

• Short-term incentive based on performance.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment.

• 4 weeks of paid parental leave.

• 11 company-paid holidays in 2027 (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly.

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Remote work option.

• Travel opportunities.