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Senior Manager of Design Engineering & R&D

Virginia Transformer Corp 🇺🇸 Roanoke, Virginia, United States of America

Full-time Senior Manager

Lead electrical and/or mechanical design teams delivering accurate, manufacturable customer-specific transformer designs, including technical reviews, engineering releases, and timely factory support. Manage approved design improvements, engineering workload and quality, team development, and performance reporting while coordinating with manufacturing, quality, testing, procurement, and project management.

Responsibilities

  • Lead electrical and/or mechanical design teams delivering accurate, manufacturable customer-specific transformer designs, including technical reviews, engineering releases, and timely factory support. Manage approved design improvements, engineering workload and quality, team development, and performance reporting while coordinating with manufacturing, quality, testing, procurement, and project management.

Requirements

  • Requires a bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, at least 8 years of experience designing power transformers or related high-voltage equipment, and at least 3 years in lead or management responsibilities. Candidates must demonstrate transformer design and review expertise, engineering change control, customer specification interpretation, and effective collaboration with manufacturing and other cross-functional teams.

Key Skills

Design engineering Transformer design Electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Power electronics Design review Engineering change control Technical documentation CAD (e.g., AutoCAD, SolidWorks) Project management Cross‑functional collaboration Team leadership Manufacturing support Quality assurance Customer specification interpretation Problem solving Mentoring Strategic planning Budget management Risk assessment

About Virginia Transformer Corp

Virginia Transformer is an engineering company that manufactures transformers. With more than 50 years of experience in the custom design and construction of power transformers, VTC has firmly established itself as one of the leading U.S. transformer manufacturers. Our six state-of-the-art North American facilities produce power transformers for a variety of applications, including GSU, drive duty, rectifier, exciter, voltage regulator, and power distribution. Our product line runs all the way from 500 kVA to 500 MVA core type, up to 1,400 MVA shell type. We pride ourselves on our superior quality and customer service, the shortest lead times in the industry, and our expert engineering staff that works from an archive of 20,000+ designs to assist us in creating the perfect transformer for every application. VTC supplies transformers for utility, industrial, transit, commercial, alternative energy, and specialty markets worldwide.

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