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Design Engineering Manager

Cmc Rescue Inc 🇺🇸 Goleta, California, United States of America

$160,000 - $180,000 Full-time Manager

Lead and develop an engineering team responsible for rescue and rope-access products, guiding multiple programs from opportunity definition and concept selection through design, testing, production transfer, and commercial launch. Partner with customers and cross-functional teams to ensure products meet safety, quality, regulatory, cost, manufacturability, and schedule requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop an engineering team responsible for rescue and rope-access products, guiding multiple programs from opportunity definition and concept selection through design, testing, production transfer, and commercial launch. Partner with customers and cross-functional teams to ensure products meet safety, quality, regulatory, cost, manufacturability, and schedule requirements.

Requirements

  • Requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field, with a master’s degree preferred, and 7 to 11+ years of progressive mechanical engineering and physical product development experience. Candidates need at least 2 to 3 years of people or technical leadership experience, strong expertise in mechanical design and product development, and proficiency with 3D CAD, product data management, and Microsoft Office.

Key Skills

Mechanical engineering Product development Rescue and rope‑access equipment design 3D CAD modeling Product Data Management (PDM) SolidWorks Autodesk Inventor Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) Material selection and testing Prototype development Manufacturing transfer Regulatory and safety compliance ISO‑9001 quality systems Project management Cross‑functional collaboration Leadership and team development Microsoft Office suite Cost and schedule control Risk assessment User‑centered design Technical documentation

About Cmc Rescue Inc

Overview The CMC brand is synonymous with technical rescue and rope access expertise around the world. Our innovative tools, education and training are used by professionals in the fire service, USAR, wilderness rescue, rigging, tactical and work-at-height industries. As co-founders of the Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT), and the International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS), we remain committed to innovating across all work-at-height industries. An employee-owned company, CMC is an ISO-9001 certified manufacturing facility. For more information, visit www.cmcpro.com. Mission CMC's purpose is to help save lives. "Our mission is to protect professionals working in high-risk environments by providing trusted life safety equipment and education."​ Philosophy and Culture We are a dedicated team of innovators committed to providing the world’s most trusted life safety equipment and education. We believe that ingenuity matters at every level and every department

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