Senior Engineering Manager

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

JOB SUMMARY

The Sr. Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team (Electrical, Mechanical, Thermal, and Firmware) to deliver high-quality products and support business growth. This role owns organizational capability, execution excellence, and engineering strategy, ensuring alignment between technical delivery, customer expectations, and long-term business objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Organizational Leadership & Strategy

• Plan, organize, and direct multi-functional engineering team organization to meet business objectives
• Translate business direction into engineering priorities, execution plans, and resource allocation
• Drive organizational scalability, efficiency, and capability development

Execution Ownership & Governance

• Oversee engineering execution across multiple projects
• Establish governance for technical decisions, tradeoffs, and risk management
• Ensure predictable execution through clear metrics, cadence, and accountability
• Align engineering outputs to schedule, cost, quality, and customer expectations

Cross-Functional & Customer Leadership

• Lead cross-functional alignment across engineering, program management, operations, and quality
• Support customer engagement, including technical discussions, escalations, and strategic alignment
• Ensure a consistent and unified engineering position in external and internal communications

Technical Leadership & System Thinking

• Provide leadership on system design, integration, and cross-disciplinary tradeoffs
• Guide resolution of complex technical challenges
• Ensure high-quality engineering decisions and proactive risk management

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Drive improvements in engineering processes, tools, and workflows
• Enable faster development cycles through improved coordination and execution discipline
• Promote innovation and challenge legacy approaches

MANAGEMENT & SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Team Leadership & Development

• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and results-driven team environment
• Coach and mentor engineers to achieve high performance and career growth
• Recruit, interview, hire, and onboard engineering staff
• Identify individual and team strengths and development needs

Performance Management

• Establish clear goals and performance expectations aligned to organizational objectives
• Provide ongoing feedback, coaching, and formal performance evaluations
• Monitor team performance against metrics and drive continuous improvement

Resource Planning

• Manage workload distribution and optimize utilization of engineering resources
• Align staffing to program needs and forecast future resource requirements

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of engineering experience in product development
• 5+ years of leadership experience in engineering management roles
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams and multiple concurrent programs

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong organizational leadership across multi-disciplinary engineering functions
• Advanced communication and stakeholder management skills, including executive-level communication
• Exceptional drive for results and ownership of complex execution
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills in ambiguous environments
• Deep system-level technical understanding across hardware and firmware domains
• Ability to scale teams, processes, and organizational capability
• Strong customer engagement and external influence capability
• Proven ability to develop leaders and build high-performing teams
• Strong collaboration and influence across matrixed organizations
• Continuous improvement mindset with focus on scalability and efficiency

 

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