As the Mechanical Engineering Manager, you will provide functional leadership for Enercon’s Mechanical Engineering team within our Design Engineering organization. You will be responsible for building and sustaining a high-performing team, establishing consistent mechanical engineering practices, and ensuring the organization has the technical capability, tools, and processes needed to execute electronics-based product development efficiently and predictably. This role requires strong hands-on technical depth to guide technical decisions, review work product, coach engineers, and serve as an escalation point for complex mechanical challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Mechanical Engineering function, including team structure, staffing plans, onboarding, performance management, and professional development.
• Establish clear expectations and consistent engineering standards for mechanical design quality, documentation, and release practices across projects.
• Provide technical oversight across projects by reviewing requirements, architectures, designs, analyses, drawings, and verification plans—ensuring work meets Enercon standards and project needs.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for complex design and manufacturability challenges, guiding engineers to practical, high-quality solutions.
• Partner with project management team and other engineering managers on resource planning, prioritization, and tradeoffs across a multi-project environment.
• Ensure mechanical engineering deliverables align with project scope, quality, schedule, risk, and cost objectives through effective functional coordination and accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement of mechanical engineering processes, templates, design review practices, and documentation controls.
• Maintain and evolve the tools and systems used by the Mechanical Engineering group (e.g., CAD standards, libraries, PLM/PDM interfaces, analysis workflows).
• Promote design-for-manufacture best practices and strong supplier/manufacturing collaboration across common fabrication methods (injection molding, sheet metal, castings, machining, etc.).
• Support supplier engagement as needed by defining requirements for component specifications, manufacturing processes, and inspection criteria, and ensuring the team executes effectively with vendors.
• Ensure appropriate risk management and design control rigor is applied on projects, including participation in design reviews, verification strategy, and transfer-to-manufacturing readiness.
• Coach and mentor engineers to strengthen technical rigor, communication, ownership, and cross-functional execution.
• Contribute to department-level leadership priorities, including hiring strategy, capability development, and overall project execution performance.

Skills you'll have to succeed:

• Demonstrated success leading a mechanical engineering team in a product development environment, with strong people leadership and functional management capability.
• Deep practical knowledge of mechanical product development—enough hands-on expertise to evaluate designs, challenge assumptions, and provide actionable technical guidance.
• Strong ability to diagnose complex technical problems and drive resolution through structured engineering thinking and effective team direction.
• Extensive experience designing custom plastic components and assemblies (especially injection molding), including DFM, tolerancing, tooling considerations, and material selection.
• Extensive experience with metal part/assembly design and fabrication (sheet metal, castings, extrusions, machined parts), including cost and manufacturability tradeoffs.
• Strong proficiency with 3D CAD and drawing practices (SolidWorks or equivalent), including the ability to review and enforce modeling/drawing standards.
• Familiarity with analysis methods such as FEA and thermal simulation, with the ability to evaluate results and ensure appropriate use.
• Familiarity with industrial design concepts and how they interface with mechanical engineering requirements.
• Working knowledge of design controls and documentation practices in regulated development/manufacturing environments (e.g., ISO 13485, FDA expectations, IEC/UL considerations).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including customer-facing technical communication when needed.
• Strong interpersonal skills and cross-functional leadership across Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Project Management.
• High ownership, urgency, and perseverance in pursuit of team and business outcomes.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of mechanical product design/development experience; 15+ years preferred.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience (functional management strongly preferred; may include a mix of people leadership and senior technical/team leadership).