Engineering Team Leader – Product Development

Engineering Team Leader – Product Development

Lead a design team developing products for the plastics and packaging industry, from early customer requirements through validation and release.

This opportunity is for an engineer who enjoys solving complex design problems and helping other engineers grow. You’ll guide technical decisions, review design work, and lead day-to-day project execution while staying close to the engineering.

What you’ll do

• Lead engineers through a structured product development and stage gate process, from product definition and concept evaluation to detailed design, validation, and release.
• Work with Marketing and other stakeholders to translate voice of customer (VOC) input into product requirements, specifications, and project scope.
• Guide system level design and evaluate technical solutions against product objectives and customer applications.
• Reduce design risk through research into past service issues, risk identification, and formal DFMEA.
• Review engineering analysis using hand calculations, spreadsheets, and computer aided engineering (CAE) tools.
• Lead weekly design reviews and team planning sessions, maintaining high standards for design quality and documentation.
• Develop project and resource plans, estimate effort and cost, manage budgets and schedules, and address risks to delivery.
• Coach and mentor engineers through technical feedback, challenging assignments, performance discussions, and individual development plans. Participate in interviewing and hiring.
• Use metrics and root cause analysis to improve engineering quality and team processes.
• Work across Sales, Service, Manufacturing, Quality, and other groups to align technical decisions and project priorities. Provide technical support to Sales and Service when needed.

What you’ll bring

• At least five years of engineering experience and direct experience in product development and design engineering.
• The technical depth to evaluate engineering work, challenge assumptions, and explain why a design solution fits its intended application.
• Experience taking products from concept through design, risk assessment, validation, and release within a structured development process.
• Familiarity with quality function deployment and the engineering methods relevant to your design discipline.
• The ability to manage projects, delegate work, adapt to changing priorities, and communicate clearly with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• An interest in coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers. Prior leadership experience is preferred.
• An engineering degree is preferred; 5–10 years of equivalent work experience will also be considered. Project management experience is an asset.

If you want to lead a team while remaining involved in the technical decisions that shape a product, we’d welcome a conversation.