Engineering Manager Electrical Engineering
Austin, TX - USA
Job Summary
How will you make an impact
Jabil is seeking a collaborative and technically experienced Engineering Manager to join our Data Center Infrastructure Engineering team. This individual will lead and develop an engineering team supporting the design development release and lifecycle management of complex power cooling and infrastructure products.
The Engineering Manager will establish clear priorities strengthen engineering capabilities and create an environment in which engineers can work effectively across disciplines. This role will partner closely with other engineering teams technical program management manufacturing quality supply chain and business stakeholders to deliver scalable robust manufacturable and dependable products.
The position may support Design and Configuration including CAD and PLM related functions Electrical Engineering or Controls Engineering. While the technical focus may vary by team the role maintains a consistent responsibility for people leadership engineering execution technical oversight resource planning and organizational development.
Location: This role allows remote work or can be based in Austin TX with 25% travel per year domestically and international (rare)
What will you do
- Lead coach and develop a high performing engineering team supporting product development NPI productionand sustaining activities.
- Establish clear team priorities performance expectations development plans and a culture of accountability collaboration technical rigor and continuous improvement.
- Help plan and balance resources across multiple projects programs and product platforms while monitoring workload capacity dependencies and capability needs.
- Partner with technical program managers and engineering leaders to establish realistic schedules milestones resource plans and deliverables.
- Provide technical guidance and design oversight while empowering engineers to maintain ownership of their work and decisions.
- Ensure engineering deliverables meet functionality quality safety manufacturability reliability serviceability compliance and configuration requirements.
- Facilitate technical and design reviews resolve cross functional issues and communicate technical resource and execution risks to stakeholders.
- Work across Systems Mechanical Electrical Controls Design and Configuration Manufacturing Quality Supply Chain and Product Management throughout the product lifecycle.
- Drive consistent use and continuous improvement of engineering standards tools documentation release processes change control baselining and traceability practices.
- Support root cause analysis and resolution of design production and field issues including implementation of corrective actions.
- Lead workforce planning recruiting onboarding performance management and organizational capability development.
- Participate in customer discussions business reviews and technical planning; support global collaboration and perform other responsibilities as assigned.
How will you get here
Education
- Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering electrical engineering controls engineering systems engineering computer engineering or another relevant technical discipline is required.
Experience
- 5 years of engineering experience supporting complex products equipment or integrated systems.
- Experience leading electrical design activities involving power distribution protection schematics panel layouts wiring grounding or electrical compliance.
- 3 years of experience leading supervising or managing engineering teams.
- Demonstrated experience supporting product development NPI production and/or sustaining engineering environments.
- Experience managing multiple projects priorities resources and technical deliverables simultaneously.
- Experience collaborating across engineering technical program management manufacturing quality supply chain and other functional organizations.
- Experience supporting engineering processes such as design reviews product release configuration management change control validation or technical issue resolution.
Knowledge Skills Abilities
- Ability to lead motivate coach and develop engineers with varied technical backgrounds and experience levels.
- Strong understanding of engineering execution product development product lifecycle configuration management and product release processes.
- Ability to translate business and program objectives into executable priorities resource plans milestones and team deliverables.
- Capable of assessing technical schedule and resource risks and driving appropriate mitigation and resolution plans.
- Able to provide effective technical oversight while maintaining clear engineering ownership and accountability.
- Strong cross functional leadership influence communication presentation and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate technical and organizational information effectively to engineering teams management customers and non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable operating within a global geographically distributed organization supporting multiple products and lifecycle phases.
- Ability to identify capability gaps and implement development hiring or resource strategies; travel as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree in engineering engineering management or a related discipline.
- Experience leading Electrical engineering teams.
- Experience with critical infrastructure data center equipment industrial systems cooling products power distribution equipment automation or similarly complex products.
- Familiarity with electrical design requirements management PLM and configuration controlled or customer configured products.
- Familiarity with applicable industry standards and regulatory requirements including IEC UL IEEE ASHRAE or related standards.
- Experience supporting globally distributed engineering and manufacturing operations using stage gate product lifecycle processes.
Experience building or scaling engineering teams; project management experience or certification is a plus. A suitable combination of education experience and training may be considered
The pay range for this role is $121300 - $218300. Job-related non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience geographic location education external market data and consideration of internal equity. The anticipated close date of this job requisition is: December 31 2026.As part of the total rewards package this position is eligible for a short-term incentive based on addition Jabil offers benefits to enhance your health wealth and resilient self. These include medical dental and vision insurance plans; paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment; 4 weeks of paid parental leave; in 2027 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays) subject to change yearly; 401(k) retirement plan; and employee stock purchase plan.BE AWARE OF FRAUD: When applying for a job at Jabil you will be contacted via correspondence through our official job portal with a e-mail address; direct phone call from a member of the Jabil team; or direct e-mail with a e-mail address. Jabil does not request payments for interviews or at any other point during the hiring process. Jabil will not ask for your personal identifying information such as a social security number birth certificate financial institution drivers license number or passport information over the phone or via e-mail. If you believe you are a victim of identity theft contact the Federal Bureau of Investigations internet crime hotline () the Federal Trade Commission identity theft hotline () and/or your local police department. Any scam job listings should be reported to whatever website it was posted in.
Jabil including its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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