Engineering Manager

Aptyx

Torrington, CT

Pay: $140,000-$170,000/yr

Shift: Full time

**Position Summary**

We are seeking a highly technical, hands-on, and strategic Engineering Manager to lead the engineering function within a growing Injection Molding Center of Excellence focused primarily on medical device manufacturing.

The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, automation support, and NPI engineering execution to ensure successful product launches, robust manufacturing processes, technical capability, and long-term scalability.

This role serves as the technical owner of manufacturing process development, process capability, engineering standards, and technical solutions across the Center of Excellence. The Engineering Manager will lead the development of robust, repeatable, and highly capable manufacturing processes that consistently produce high-quality parts with minimal variation while supporting customer requirements, operational performance, and future business growth.

The Engineering Manager will partner closely with Operations, Quality, Tooling, Program Management, Customers, Commercial, Finance, and Human Resources to support product development, new product introduction, transfer of business, process validation, automation implementation, capacity expansion, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative engineering leader with deep injection molding expertise, strong scientific molding knowledge, hands-on technical capability, and a proven track record of developing and scaling manufacturing processes within regulated environments.

As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, this role will help establish the technical strategy and engineering capabilities required to support the Center of Excellence's continued growth, customer confidence, operational scalability, and long-term competitiveness.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Engineering LeadershipTechnical Strategy**

• Lead and develop the Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, and engineering support teams.
• Establish Engineering as the technical owner of manufacturing process development, process capability, engineering standards, and technical solutions across the Center of Excellence.
• Build a high-performing engineering organization focused on technical excellence, accountability, process control, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, methodologies, and scalable manufacturing systems.
• Develop and maintain engineering processes that support consistent execution across programs, manufacturing cells, and product families.
• Align engineering priorities with business objectives, customer requirements, operational needs, quality expectations, and long-term growth plans.
• Develop engineering talent, technical capability, succession plans, and career development within the organization.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and cross-functional teams.

**New Product Introduction (NPI)Product Launch**

• Provide engineering leadership for New Product Introduction, product transfers, and manufacturing launches.
• Partner closely with Program Management, Customers, Quality, Tooling, and Operations to ensure successful launch execution.
• Lead Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews and manufacturing feasibility assessments.
• Evaluate product, tooling, equipment, process, and automation requirements during the development and launch process.
• Develop manufacturing strategies that support quality, process capability, scalability, throughput, and cost objectives.
• Establish technical readiness requirements for new product launches, including tooling, equipment, process development, validation, documentation, and training requirements.
• Drive engineering timelines, technical deliverables, risk identification, and mitigation throughout launch activities.
• Ensure successful technical handoff of new products and processes into production.

**Process EngineeringScientific Molding**

• Lead development and optimization of injection molding processes using scientific molding principles and data-driven methodologies.
• Partner closely with Process Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to establish robust, repeatable, and highly capable processes.
• Establish standardized methodologies for process development, process characterization, and process documentation.
• Drive development of process windows, capability studies, DOE activities, and process optimization.
• Establish engineering standards focused on:

+ Process repeatability and stability

+ Process capability and consistency

+ Scrap and defect reduction

+ Cycle optimization

+ Quality and yield improvement

+ Process reliability

+ Long-term manufacturability and scalability

• Lead technical troubleshooting of complex molding, tooling, automation, equipment, and manufacturing challenges.
• Apply structured problem-solving and root cause analysis to address technical issues and prevent recurren