Design Engineering Manager (Portland)

Core client of mine on the East Side of Portland seeks an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a small design team on customer focused automotive driveline platforms. With a focus on New Product Introduction, Product Sustaining Engineering, and Process Improvement, the Engineering Manager provides career development, resource management, and project leadership to engineers and other technical team members. Possessing excellence in leadership, product engineering, and collaborative teamwork, the Engineering Manager may participate in establishing business vision, strategy, and direct contribution to my client's product development process (or customer specific process), in consistency with the company's core values and policies.

The Engineering Manager is accountable to the Director of Engineering for all matters related to their assigned business. The Engineering Manager must be a coach and a mentor, who utilizes collaboration and influence to achieve successful outcomes. They must demonstrate the ability to break down and delegate tasks to leverage the full capacity of the engineering team.

Accountability for team performance resides with the Engineering Manager and they must accomplish business objectives through leadership, execution, and team development. SCOPE •Provide leadership and strategy to ensure the success of the organization through product design, implementation, and sustaining activities. •Develops and manages departmental budget. • Responsible for products conformance with customer requirements and specifications. • Responsible for all parts of the product design and development process including innovation, design, analysis, testing, planning, implementation, and problem solving. • Responsible for effective communication and collaboration with all parts of the organization to achieve successful product launches, speedy resolution of issues, and business objectives. • Responsible for the Engineering Change Notification system and the timely completion of tasks across the organization • Responsible for implementation of product design enhancements to meet productivity goals. • Responsible for team performance and review process, goal setting, goal attainment, and performance management. •Provides information regarding workload status, schedules, and quality metrics via written reports and presentations. •Responsible for product warranty system, including timely root cause resolution, analysis of warranty data, mitigation of warranty costs, and compliance with customer warranty system requirements. REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS *Bachelor's of Science in Engineering *At least 2 years of experience leading a Design Engineering Team *Prior Automotive Component/System Industry background preferred *Proven background developing engineering team members.