Manufacturing Engineering Manager – NORTH AMERICA, INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Aerodyn Engineering is looking for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead and develop our project engineers across four departments — Manufacturing, Instrumentation, Testing, and Design. This is a senior leadership role: you’ll set the standard for how engineering work gets planned, quoted, and delivered company-wide, partnering with department managers to keep every project engineer performing at a high level, regardless of which team they sit on.

Shift Options:

1st Shift: Monday through Friday

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the senior technical and process authority for project engineers across all four engineering departments.
• Develop and maintain customer relationships at a strategic level, supporting company-wide growth initiatives.
• Oversee project workload and on-time delivery across all project engineers, regardless of department.
• Standardize and lead cross-departmental reporting and review cadences — Sales Status, S&S, Shipped Order Profitability, Job Closing Accuracy, To Be Quoted, Open Quote, and Lessons Learned — to keep leadership and customers informed.
• Support project engineers across departments in kickoff meetings and customer updates, ensuring consistent technical guidance company-wide.
• Serve as the primary liaison between departments for new product development, labor utilization, and cross-functional problem-solving.
• Review high-complexity or high-risk quotes across departments for profitability and risk mitigation before they reach customers.
• Maintain and drive consistent adoption of the QMS Lessons Learned Log across all four departments.
• Evaluate performance against budget/incentive goals across the engineering organization, partnering with department managers on adjustments.
• Review and approve purchase requests exceeding department manager authority, per purchasing policy.
• Partner with Finance on budget/rate analysis across all engineering departments.
• Build engineering talent company-wide through hiring input, training, mentorship, and performance development of project engineers.
• Provide guidance and direction to project engineers and department managers alike to support professional growth.
• Lead by example to build a consistent, healthy engineering culture across departments.
• Drive continuous improvement, R&D, and process development initiatives that span multiple departments.
• Participate in and complete mandatory labor support as needed to meet customer and financial goals.

What Makes You a Fit:

• You’ve led engineering teams before, ideally across more than one discipline or department.
• You can standardize how work gets done without flattening what makes each department’s work different.
• You’re comfortable being the escalation point across departments, not just within one team.
• You build genuine relationships with customers and internal stakeholders alike.
• You develop people at scale — mentoring project engineers directly and supporting department managers.

What You’ll Have:

• Company-wide visibility and influence over how engineering work is planned, quoted, and delivered.
• A direct line to senior leadership and a real voice in strategic growth decisions.
• A broad, talented bench of project engineers across Manufacturing, Instrumentation, Testing, and Design to lead and develop.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent field.
• 7+ years of experience in engineering and/or personnel management, ideally spanning multiple engineering disciplines or departments.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to problem-solve effectively across a range of complex projects.
• Must be highly motivated, self-directed, and comfortable operating independently as well as within a team environment.
• Must be customer-focused and able to work with customers and understand/respond to their needs.
• Strong PC skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word & Outlook).
• Experience managing or coordinating across multiple departments or teams preferred.