Tech/Engineering Manager

About Leviton At Leviton, we build what's next to light, power, and connect everyday spaces, from electrical to lighting, to data networks, and energy management. The Engineering Manager leads and develops the engineering organization, ensuring effective execution of new product introduction (NPI) processes and overseeing engineering cost reduction projects. The role is responsible for implementing engineering change requests (ECRs) to improve product quality and efficiency while reducing costs. The manager oversees product quality, performance, and sustainability to maintain competitiveness, drives continuous improvement in manufacturing, quality, and cost goals, and analyzes capacity and line balancing to maximize resource utilization and production efficiency.Additional duties involve delivering training as needed, analyzing and controlling SMT and TH processes to prevent line stops and meet quality and OEE metrics, and overseeing machine and process setup for SMT, TH, and assembly line testers. The role provides functional support to product development, sourcing, and manufacturing, ensuring smooth workflows, resource planning, and compliance with corporate standards and quality systems. The position also manages departmental staff, resources, budget, and overall performance.Lead and manage engineering teams (25–35 engineers or as organizationally defined).Set objectives for engineering staff, evaluate performance, mentor, and oversee professional development.Ensure staff complete required training and maintain high performance standards.Ensure procedures, work instructions, forms and records are controlled, current and effectively implemented across all departments.Ensure Set Up sheets are created, applied, recorded with product performance validationsAnalize, define, develop, implement, validate Poka Yoke systems to robust Quality at the sourceEstablish, own, and continuously improve the NPI process ensuring all project goals are well defined and achieved.Coordinate engineering activities and manage multiple simultaneous projects.Ensure projects meet milestones for product design, validation, sample builds, FAR, UL approvals, pilot runs, and release to manufacturingMonitor KPIs and report monthly performance metrics.Approve design stages and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and cost standards.Provide engineering leadership for product development activities across mechanical, electrical, electronic, embedded software, and manufacturing disciplines.Use of Statistical (SPC) tools to analyze, improve, modify products and its components to eliminate Quality problems, improve efficiency, eliminate inspections, and reduce manning.Work closely with Product Development, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to ensure smooth integration of engineering activities.Liaise with corporate engineering groups and sister plants.Manage engineering facilities, tools, statistical analysis, and other software to enhance departmental capabilities.Plan engineering budgets and control departmental running costs.Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics, Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.~ Master's degree preferred.~ Minimum 5–8 years' experience in engineering or manufacturing electronic operations. (3–4 years in an engineering management or supervisory role.~ Experience with digital/analog electronics, embedded systems, mechanical systems, PCBA, box build, molding, and metal processingStrong understanding of engineering principles, manufacturing processes, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.Knowledge of lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, Red "X" and continuous improvement methodologies.Strong English proficiency; bilingual English/Spanish preferred for specific locations.ESD, manual welding process, ICT testing, IPC knowledgeUL, CSA, ETL, NOM agency certifications and specs knowledgeOccasional travel as required by project or corporate needs.