Top Engineering Manager Jobs

Leads and coaches a software engineering team, supports career development, participates in hiring, removes delivery roadblocks, and shapes technical direction. The manager ensures reliable, high-performing systems while driving daily adoption of agentic AI tools and collaborating with Product and Business Technology stakeholders. The role requires a strong full-stack engineering background, architectural expertise, experience delivering quality software, and demonstrated success leading AI adoption.

Leads ports and maritime engineering projects and multidisciplinary teams, overseeing deliverable quality, scope, budgets, schedules, client communications, risk, and issue resolution. Reviews engineering work for quality and conformity, supports proposals and business development, negotiates project terms, and applies marine, structural, and geotechnical engineering principles to waterfront infrastructure. The role requires at least 10 years of related experience, relevant engineering software proficiency, and up to 20% travel.

Leads a 10–15-person Reliability, Human Factors, and Systems Safety engineering team while managing reliability and safety programs for submarine-launched missile systems. Responsibilities include program planning, testing, failure analysis, statistical analysis, service-life assessments, risk evaluations, corrective actions, technical databases, fleet repairs, customer communication, staffing, performance management, and resource planning.

Oversee multiple engineering and capital projects from conception through commissioning and operational handoff. Develop project plans, budgets, schedules, forecasts, and risk strategies; lead cross-functional teams; coordinate vendors and contractors; monitor progress; resolve issues; communicate with stakeholders; ensure safety, regulatory, and food safety compliance; and drive continuous improvement across manufacturing locations.

Leads and mentors software engineering teams developing scalable backend and full-stack product systems. Owns product roadmap execution, architecture, engineering quality, and operational excellence while partnering with Product, Design, GTM, and senior leadership. Drives AI integration and AI application development, including experimentation, dataset curation, model training, and deployment. Ensures secure, observable, reliable systems and supports hiring, talent development, and business growth.

Leads embedded software and cryptographic engineering teams developing secure, low-SWaP satellite avionics and payload-processing systems. Oversees software architecture, requirements, implementation, integration, verification, release activities, and development processes for Linux and RTOS products. Manages hiring, mentoring, technical direction, cross-functional collaboration, cybersecurity, reliability, automation, testing, and compliance across aerospace engineering programs.

Leads technical strategy, architecture, and execution for GEICO’s core insurance platform. Drives high-scale software and data architecture, cloud infrastructure, reliability, performance, modernization, and event-driven services. Provides enterprise technical leadership, manages roadmaps and delivery risks, collaborates with product teams, mentors engineers, addresses skill gaps, and oversees project execution and metrics.

Leads a 10–12-person power engineering team responsible for architecting, designing, simulating, verifying, and supporting power conversion and electronic assemblies. Provides people management, technical and project oversight, proposal support, process governance, recruiting, technology roadmap development, and production support. Requires power electronics knowledge, multidisciplinary hardware design experience, leadership capability, U.S. citizenship, and an active Secret clearance with eligibility for SAP clearance.

Lead and grow a US Sales Engineering team focused on developer tooling and platform engineering. Coach SEs, run deal reviews, jump into critical demos/POC escalations, partner with AEs and Product on strategy, own hiring and enablement, define SE best practices and tooling, and synthesize field feedback into product priorities.

Manages global engineering governance and project controls for capital projects across company sites. Establishes standards, stage-gate processes, and controls for scope, cost, schedule, risk, changes, documentation, commissioning, and closeout. Leads engineering documentation and CAD standards, evaluates technology platforms, coordinates external technical providers, and partners with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory and operational compliance. Oversees project and portfolio reporting, drives continuous improvement, and standardizes facilities and engineering practices across geographically dispersed locations.

Leads technical project execution within complex mission systems programs, managing scope, schedules, budgets, deliverables, risks, resources, configuration control, and stakeholder reporting. Coordinates engineering and operations teams, technical reviews, system integration, sponsor evaluations, and transition of research technologies into field-ready systems. Higher-level assignments include staff allocation, performance analysis, mentoring or supervision, earned-value tracking, and proposal support. The position is fully on-site and supports defense and federal government customers.

Leads and develops embedded software engineering teams across multiple programs while providing hands-on technical leadership. Responsibilities include staffing, mentoring, resource allocation, software architecture, development, integration, testing, debugging, lifecycle process improvement, estimates, schedules, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration. The role supports high-reliability hardware-integrated systems and may contribute directly to complex embedded and real-time software development.

Leads software engineering teams and owns delivery for scalable products and platforms. Provides technical leadership, architectural direction, code review, mentoring, and cross-functional coordination. Drives responsible adoption of AI-powered applications, observability, automation, and intelligent workflows while enforcing standards for quality, security, scalability, reliability, and governance. Partners with Product and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions.

Lead end-to-end technical program management for software in hardware-integrated products. Own integrated master schedules, drive cross-functional execution, enforce scalable engineering workflows, manage risks and budgets, and provide executive reporting on program health to ensure on-time delivery and validation readiness.

Lead end-to-end hardware development programs (EVT/DVT/PVT/MP) for launch monitors, rangefinders, and wearables. Own schedules, budgets, risk registers, supplier/CM coordination, certification timelines, pilot and mass-production ramp, and executive reporting. Drive cross-functional reviews and continuous improvement of NPI/stage-gate processes.

Lead and develop a Controls Engineering team to design, program, commission, troubleshoot, and improve HVAC and electrical control systems. Oversee standards, staffing, project execution, cross-functional collaboration, commissioning, field support, and continuous automation improvements.

Lead multiple engineering teams to execute product development, improve manufacturability, and ensure performance, cost, quality, and schedule targets. Align engineering strategy with business goals, drive process standardization and continuous improvement, support regulatory compliance and product certification, and develop high-performing teams through hiring, coaching, and succession planning.

Lead operational delivery for Special Programs, managing 30–40 consultants via 4–5 managers. Own program health, timelines, quality standards, capacity planning, escalations, and executive client relationships. Coach first-line managers, perform performance management, review deliverables for technical rigor, and mitigate delivery risks to ensure client satisfaction across multiple compliance frameworks.

Lead a global Applications Engineering team supporting MEMS microphones and vibration sensors for edge AI products. Serve as primary technical resource for customers and sales, define sensor product roadmaps with Product and R&D, produce demos/reference designs/documentation, drive customer success, and collaborate cross-functionally. Travel up to 25%.

The Senior Manager of Site Reliability Engineering will lead multiple teams, improve infrastructure processes, and ensure high availability and scalability of services in AWS and multi-Cloud environments.

Manage and grow SRE teams supporting Okta's IDaaS platform. Oversee edge networking, Kubernetes platform, CI/CD, observability, automation tooling, and SDLC improvements. Drive reliability, DevOps maturity, self-service tooling, design reviews, project delivery, and stakeholder expectations while mentoring engineers and managers.

Lead and deliver complex cross-functional engineering and infrastructure programs in a SaaS environment. Define strategy, prioritize work, manage execution, mitigate risks, drive agile adoption, introduce processes, and provide transparent status for federal and security-related initiatives.

The Manager of Manufacturing Engineering leads a team focused on capacity expansion and process standardization for steel frame components, ensuring manufacturability and efficiency while collaborating with various departments.

Lead and mentor a software engineering team to design, develop, and maintain real-time/embedded simulation and flight simulator software. Modernize legacy codebases, collaborate with hardware and systems teams, troubleshoot critical issues, manage projects using Waterfall and Agile, support proposals and staffing, and drive team development while contributing ~80% hands-on technically.

Lead technical execution for integrated product teams on flight simulator programs. Manage engineering content, cost/schedule performance, CAM reviews, program reviews, and coordinate cross-functional teams and customer/vendor communications.