Senior Engineering Manager

Position Title: Senior Engineering Manager

Reports to: Director of Engineering 

Location: Holland, MI 

 

People First. Safety is the Foundation.

 

Join our innovative manufacturing team where precision and quality come together to drive industry-leading production and continuous improvement. At Motus, we’re revolutionizing the manufacturing industry and seeking a passionate, forward-thinking Senior Engineering Manager to help us make an impact and drive this position to new heights.

 

A successful candidate will be high energy, driven, resourceful and a problem solver.

 

Position Summary:

 

The Engineering Manager will lead the Product Engineering and Design Engineering teams with primary responsibility for executing overall product designs that meet customer requirements, internal specifications, quality expectations, manufacturability needs, and business objectives. This role will provide technical leadership, people management, project execution oversight, and cross-functional coordination to ensure products are designed, released, and supported effectively throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop Product and Design Engineering team members.

• Drive product design execution from concept through release.

• Ensure designs meet customer, internal, quality, cost, and manufacturability requirements.

• Translate customer and business needs into clear engineering deliverables.

• Review and approve designs, drawings, specifications, changes, test plans, and documentation.

• Set priorities, assign resources, remove roadblocks, and track project timelines.

• Support Sales with engineering input for new business quotes, including feasibility, cost, timing, risk, and requirements.

• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Sales, Project Management, Purchasing, and Operations to resolve technical issues.

• Lead root cause analysis, corrective actions, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement for design issues.

• Standardize engineering processes, design practices, documentation, reviews, and release procedures.

• Manage team workload, capacity, performance, training, and development.

• Communicate project status, technical risks, resource needs, and execution metrics.

Required Minimum Skills and Experience:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.

• 7+ years of engineering experience in product design, development, manufacturing support, or related functions.

• 3+ years of leadership experience in supervision, team leadership, project leadership, or technical management.

• Proven ability to lead engineering execution and deliver designs to customer and internal specifications.

• Strong knowledge of drawings, specifications, tolerances, validation, manufacturability, and change management.

• Experience partnering with manufacturing, quality, purchasing, operations, and customer-facing teams.

• Strong communication, decision-making, organization, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing product and design engineering functions.

• Manufacturing experience with impact on production, quality, cost, and delivery.

• Knowledge of PLM, CAD, ERP, engineering change, and quality management systems.

• Experience with lean, Six Sigma, DFM, FMEA, or structured problem solving.

• Ability to build accountability and develop high-performing engineering talent.

Success Measures:

• Product designs meet timeline, customer, internal, quality, cost, and manufacturability requirements.

• Engineering sign-offs are completed on schedule.

• Manage product development (launch) budgets fiscally through completion of program

• Internally driven tooling changes stay within 10% of original tooling purchase.

• Teams demonstrate accountability, collaboration, technical quality, and continuous improvement.

• Cross-functional partners receive timely engineering support.

• Improve year-over-year launch program financials through the product development process

Core Competencies:

• Technical leadership and judgment

• Product design execution

• Specification management

• Cross-functional collaboration

• People leadership and accountability

• Problem solving and prioritization

• Quality and attention to detail

 

Who We Are:

 

Motus Integrated Technologies is a dynamic, half-billion-dollar global leader in manufacturing high-quality headliners, and interior trim products for the automotive industry. Headquartered in Holland, Michigan, Motus operates advanced manufacturing facilities across North America (U.S. and Mexico) and maintains a global presence with 5 locations. Motus is part of the Atlas Holdings portfolio, an industrial holding company based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Motus offers a vibrant working environment where innovation and forward-thinking are at the forefront of what we do. If you are eager to contribute to our legacy and drive meaningful change, we would love to hear from you. Motus is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Please note that Motus is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies/search firms for this role. Resumes submitted to a Motus Team Member by a third-party agency without a valid written & signed search agreement between Motus and said third-party agency, will become sole property of Motus. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral.