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Design Engineering Manager

Disher 🇺🇸 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Full-time Senior

Lead and manage the design engineering team through new product development, iterative improvements, and OEM projects. Drive projects from concept to production while ensuring quality, accuracy, and alignment with company objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and control engineering projects from concept through production
  • Provide hands-on design leadership, technical direction, and problem-solving support
  • Drive new product development, product improvement, and customer-specific engineering projects
  • Maintain the appropriate engineering focus across revolutionary product development, iterative product improvement, and OEM and large end-user projects
  • Establish clear work plans, priorities, responsibilities, timelines, and performance expectations

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field
  • 10+ years of team management experience with proven success
  • Proven ability to lead projects from concept through production
  • Strong design experience, including SolidWorks and machine design
  • Knowledge of machining and metal forming processes
  • Strong organizational, technical, and decision-making skills

Key Skills

SolidWorks Machine design Machining and metal forming processes Strong organizational skills Technical skills Decision-making skills Leadership Communication Project management Problem-solving Design engineering

About Disher

Founded in 1968, Trans-Matic was the first deep draw metal stamping company in western Michigan. Starting out with only two presses, Pat Thompson built the company on a simple premise: to provide high-quality, reliable metal stamping of the highest caliber across a diversified market. That's where our story begins. Since then, we've developed a seasoned, global team of toolmakers, die designers and support personnel. Together, our team has earned an international reputation for customer loyalty. Customers know when they choose Trans-Matic, they get technically sophisticated solutions, reliable deliveries and high-performing precision components. Ask around and you'll find that our customer feedback is consistent: "the most reliable and capable metal stamping firm in the industry."​ With state-of-the-art high-speed transfer presses that range from 5 to 600 tons in capacity, we can accommodate complex geometries and configurations without costly secondary processes. And, our team is c

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