Engineering Manager Jobs in Utah
Engineering Manager jobs in Utah are concentrated in Salt Lake City, Provo, and Ogden, where defense, semiconductor, and software development drive consistent demand across seniority levels, from senior individual contributors stepping into leadership to directors overseeing multiple teams. Established employers like Northrop Grumman, Adobe, and L3Harris have deep roots in the state and regularly hire engineering managers with expertise in embedded systems, software engineering, and aerospace. Utah's tech corridor along the Wasatch Front has made it one of the more active markets in the Mountain West for engineering leadership roles. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Overview
The Engineering Project Manager (EPM) is the engineering team's primary interface with the rest of the business and owns engineering execution across all active projects. This role manages design scope, sprint planning, engineering capacity, and cross-discipline coordination while serving as the key decision point between Project Management requests and engineering delivery.
Reporting to the Engineering Integration Manager, the EPM balances customer commitments with engineering capacity and priorities. This position protects engineering teams from unplanned work, owns BOM milestone accountability, and represents Engineering in cross-functional planning and scheduling discussions.
The EPM works closely with the Engineering Coordinator to maintain sprint health and project tracking accuracy and partners with the Systems Team to ensure pre-PO requirements and project setup are incorporated into engineering planning from project initiation.
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Key Responsibilities
Own engineering execution across all active projects, including design scope, sprint planning, capacity, and Electrical/Mechanical coordination.
Represent Engineering in cross-functional planning and scheduling meetings; communicate commitments, identify capacity risks, and protect sprint scope.
Manage engineering work-request intake by triaging PM requests, confirming sprint availability, identifying backlog status, and communicating outcomes.
Establish sprint scope in coordination with Scheduling while maintaining Engineering's priority authority.
Enforce sprint capacity governance by locking committed work before each sprint, protecting capacity from mid-sprint scope changes, and routing escalations when necessary.
Own BOM milestone accountability at defined design gates and proactively identify risks that could affect project delivery.
Provide engineering commitment dates to Operations and Scheduling, maintain date accuracy, and communicate changes proactively.
Serve as the primary routing point between Operations and Engineering for status and scope requests.
Coordinate cross-discipline deliverables between Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, including shared milestones, submittal packages, and design dependencies.
Assess technical scope impacts for change orders and work with engineers to determine design impacts before commercial terms are established.
Identify, track, and communicate technical risks; escalate issues when they exceed Engineering's capacity to resolve within the sprint.
Partner with the Systems Team to ensure pre-PO stakeholder requirements and project setup are complete before engineering execution begins.
Identify projects entering execution without adequate front-end definition and communicate gaps.
Partner with the Engineering Coordinator on sprint ceremonies, board accuracy, and capacity visibility.
Develop and maintain EPM processes, including intake workflows, escalation criteria, sprint governance, and milestone tracking.
Drive continuous improvement of engineering execution and project management processes.
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Knowledge and Experience Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Project Management, or a related technical field.
4+ years of experience in engineering project management, engineering coordination, or technical project management within a manufacturing or Engineer-to-Order (ETO) environment.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent engineering projects under schedule pressure while maintaining accountability and delivery.
Working knowledge of sprint-based engineering execution, including capacity planning, milestone tracking, scope management, and sprint governance.
Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with engineers, Project Managers, Operations leaders, and customers.
Ability to communicate and maintain clear positions when managing competing priorities or schedule pressure.
Experience managing the interface between Engineering and commercial teams, including scope assessment, change-order impact, and technical risk communication.
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Preferred Qualifications
PMP, PMP-ACP, CSM, or equivalent project management or Agile certification.
Experience in an ETO or custom electrical equipment manufacturing environment.
Familiarity with switchgear, E-Houses, PDCs, MCCs, VFD panels, or similar custom electrical assemblies.
Experience with PLM, PDM, or ERP systems in an engineering release or BOM management environment.
Functional understanding of applicable electrical equipment standards and codes.
Experience with pre-PO or front-end requirements processes, systems engineering, stakeholder requirements, or similar processes.
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Core Competencies & Skills
Engineering Ownership:Takes accountability for engineering execution and project commitments.
Scope Discipline: Distinguishes legitimate business needs from scope creep while protecting sprint integrity.
Cross-Functional Credibility: Builds trust with Engineering, Project Management, Operations, Scheduling, and other teams through technical understanding and reliable communication.
Escalation Judgment: Knows when to resolve issues independently and when to involve Engineering leadership or Scheduling.
Proactive Risk Management: Identifies and communicates engineering risks before they become delivery issues.
Systems Thinking: Understands how pre-PO decisions affect execution, BOM accuracy affects procurement, and sprint health affects on-time delivery.
Continuous Improvement: Identifies opportunities to improve sprint governance, intake, milestone tracking, and engineering execution.
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Technical Skills
Project tracking tools, sprint boards, task tracking, capacity reporting, and milestone dashboards.
Microsoft Office and document management platforms.
Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and mechanical drawings at a functional level.
Basic ERP and BOM system navigation and project order awareness.
Change-order and technical scope assessment.
Agile and sprint frameworks, including sprint ceremonies, capacity planning, and velocity tracking.
About Quality Electrical Systems
Quality Electrical Systems is an electrical equipment manufacturer in West Jordan, UT. Our state-of-the-art facility has 350,000 square ft of manufacturing space and 75,000 square ft of inventory space. We’re an innovative company with countless years of combined experience in the industrial electrical industry. Our primary markets are data centers, oil/gas, water/wastewater, and mining and we have OEM manufacturing contracts with many major international manufactures such as GE/ABB, Yaskawa, Danfoss, TMEIC, and others. After 30 years of business, we now produce a wide variety of custom electrical products including Switchgear, PDCs, VFDs, and more that ship to customers worldwide.Overview
The Engineering Project Manager (EPM) is the engineering team's primary interface with the rest of the business and owns engineering execution across all active projects. This role manages design scope, sprint planning, engineering capacity, and cross-discipline coordination while serving as the key decision point between Project Management requests and engineering delivery.
Reporting to the Engineering Integration Manager, the EPM balances customer commitments with engineering capacity and priorities. This position protects engineering teams from unplanned work, owns BOM milestone accountability, and represents Engineering in cross-functional planning and scheduling discussions.
The EPM works closely with the Engineering Coordinator to maintain sprint health and project tracking accuracy and partners with the Systems Team to ensure pre-PO requirements and project setup are incorporated into engineering planning from project initiation.
___________________________________________________________
Key Responsibilities
Own engineering execution across all active projects, including design scope, sprint planning, capacity, and Electrical/Mechanical coordination.
Represent Engineering in cross-functional planning and scheduling meetings; communicate commitments, identify capacity risks, and protect sprint scope.
Manage engineering work-request intake by triaging PM requests, confirming sprint availability, identifying backlog status, and communicating outcomes.
Establish sprint scope in coordination with Scheduling while maintaining Engineering's priority authority.
Enforce sprint capacity governance by locking committed work before each sprint, protecting capacity from mid-sprint scope changes, and routing escalations when necessary.
Own BOM milestone accountability at defined design gates and proactively identify risks that could affect project delivery.
Provide engineering commitment dates to Operations and Scheduling, maintain date accuracy, and communicate changes proactively.
Serve as the primary routing point between Operations and Engineering for status and scope requests.
Coordinate cross-discipline deliverables between Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, including shared milestones, submittal packages, and design dependencies.
Assess technical scope impacts for change orders and work with engineers to determine design impacts before commercial terms are established.
Identify, track, and communicate technical risks; escalate issues when they exceed Engineering's capacity to resolve within the sprint.
Partner with the Systems Team to ensure pre-PO stakeholder requirements and project setup are complete before engineering execution begins.
Identify projects entering execution without adequate front-end definition and communicate gaps.
Partner with the Engineering Coordinator on sprint ceremonies, board accuracy, and capacity visibility.
Develop and maintain EPM processes, including intake workflows, escalation criteria, sprint governance, and milestone tracking.
Drive continuous improvement of engineering execution and project management processes.
___________________________________________________________
Knowledge and Experience Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Project Management, or a related technical field.
4+ years of experience in engineering project management, engineering coordination, or technical project management within a manufacturing or Engineer-to-Order (ETO) environment.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent engineering projects under schedule pressure while maintaining accountability and delivery.
Working knowledge of sprint-based engineering execution, including capacity planning, milestone tracking, scope management, and sprint governance.
Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with engineers, Project Managers, Operations leaders, and customers.
Ability to communicate and maintain clear positions when managing competing priorities or schedule pressure.
Experience managing the interface between Engineering and commercial teams, including scope assessment, change-order impact, and technical risk communication.
___________________________________________________________
Preferred Qualifications
PMP, PMP-ACP, CSM, or equivalent project management or Agile certification.
Experience in an ETO or custom electrical equipment manufacturing environment.
Familiarity with switchgear, E-Houses, PDCs, MCCs, VFD panels, or similar custom electrical assemblies.
Experience with PLM, PDM, or ERP systems in an engineering release or BOM management environment.
Functional understanding of applicable electrical equipment standards and codes.
Experience with pre-PO or front-end requirements processes, systems engineering, stakeholder requirements, or similar processes.
___________________________________________________________
Core Competencies & Skills
Engineering Ownership:Takes accountability for engineering execution and project commitments.
Scope Discipline: Distinguishes legitimate business needs from scope creep while protecting sprint integrity.
Cross-Functional Credibility: Builds trust with Engineering, Project Management, Operations, Scheduling, and other teams through technical understanding and reliable communication.
Escalation Judgment: Knows when to resolve issues independently and when to involve Engineering leadership or Scheduling.
Proactive Risk Management: Identifies and communicates engineering risks before they become delivery issues.
Systems Thinking: Understands how pre-PO decisions affect execution, BOM accuracy affects procurement, and sprint health affects on-time delivery.
Continuous Improvement: Identifies opportunities to improve sprint governance, intake, milestone tracking, and engineering execution.
___________________________________________________________
Technical Skills
Project tracking tools, sprint boards, task tracking, capacity reporting, and milestone dashboards.
Microsoft Office and document management platforms.
Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and mechanical drawings at a functional level.
Basic ERP and BOM system navigation and project order awareness.
Change-order and technical scope assessment.
Agile and sprint frameworks, including sprint ceremonies, capacity planning, and velocity tracking.
About Quality Electrical Systems
Quality Electrical Systems is an electrical equipment manufacturer in West Jordan, UT. Our state-of-the-art facility has 350,000 square ft of manufacturing space and 75,000 square ft of inventory space. We’re an innovative company with countless years of combined experience in the industrial electrical industry. Our primary markets are data centers, oil/gas, water/wastewater, and mining and we have OEM manufacturing contracts with many major international manufactures such as GE/ABB, Yaskawa, Danfoss, TMEIC, and others. After 30 years of business, we now produce a wide variety of custom electrical products including Switchgear, PDCs, VFDs, and more that ship to customers worldwide.See All 74 Engineering Manager Jobs in Utah
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Where Utah roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Engineering Manager Job Market in Utah
A snapshot from current Utah openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Northrop Grumman34
- Zions Bancorporation4
- BHI3
- L3Harris2
- LVT (LiveView Technologies)2
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Technology & Software
- Energy
- Telecommunications
- Media & Entertainment
What Utah Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering manager jobs across Utah.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, computer science, or a closely related field
- Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams of five or more
- Hands-on technical background in software, hardware, or systems engineering relevant to the team
- Experience with Agile, Scrum, or other modern software development methodologies
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, operations, and executive stakeholders
- Familiarity with defense, aerospace, or semiconductor industry standards common in Utah
Engineering Manager Jobs in Utah: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a engineering manager in Utah?
Most engineering managers in Utah move into the role from a senior individual contributor position after demonstrating leadership on cross-functional projects. A bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science is the standard baseline, and many hiring managers prefer a master's or MBA for roles with strategic scope. Utah's defense and tech employers typically promote from within or recruit engineers who have already led small teams, so building visible technical and people leadership experience early is the most direct path.
Which companies hire engineering managers in Utah?
Employers hiring engineering managers in Utah right now include Northrop Grumman, Zions Bancorporation, and BHI, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Utah's Wasatch Front is home to a dense cluster of aerospace, semiconductor, and enterprise software companies that maintain ongoing engineering manager pipelines throughout the year.
Which Utah cities have the most engineering manager jobs?
Roy, Salt Lake City, and Ogden account for the largest share of engineering manager openings in Utah. Salt Lake City anchors the market as the state's primary corporate and tech hub, while Provo and Lehi benefit from the high concentration of software companies and startups in the Silicon Slopes corridor, and Ogden draws demand from defense and aerospace contractors concentrated in the northern Wasatch Front.
Are there remote engineering manager jobs in Utah?
Yes, though they're less common than for individual contributor roles since engineering managers are typically expected to be present for team standups, one-on-ones, and cross-functional planning. About 40% of engineering manager openings tied to Utah are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, with the fully remote roles concentrated in software and product engineering orgs rather than defense or hardware teams. Hybrid schedules are more prevalent than fully remote arrangements.
How can I get hired as a engineering manager in Utah with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point is a tech lead or senior engineer role at a Utah employer where you can take on informal management responsibilities before making the formal transition. Large employers like Adobe and Northrop Grumman in Utah run structured leadership development programs that identify high-performing engineers for people management tracks. Building experience owning a small project team, conducting code reviews, or mentoring junior engineers makes a strong case, and completing a people management certificate strengthens applications when direct experience is limited.
Where can I find and apply to engineering manager jobs in Utah?
You can find and apply to engineering manager jobs in Utah on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the available roles, identify the ones that match your experience and target location, and apply directly to the positions that fit.
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