Engineering Senior Manager Jobs

Engineering Senior Manager jobs are open across aerospace, semiconductors, software, and manufacturing, from mid-level leadership to director-track roles, with specializations in systems engineering, hardware development, and engineering operations. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.

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Overview

Open roles3,217+
Top stateCalifornia
Top employerLockheed Martin
Top citySanta Clara, CA
Work type44% Hybrid
Top industryTechnology

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Transformation Architecture and Delivery (TAD) - Oil & Gas Engineering and Capital Projects - Senior
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Transformation Architecture and Delivery (TAD) - Oil & Gas Engineering and Capital Projects - Senior
EY
Houston, Texas
Business Operations
Logistics & Fleet Management
Supply Chain
$117k - $203k/yr
Bachelor's degree in engineering
10,000+

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Supply Chain - Systems Implementation and Engineering - Sr Manager
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Supply Chain - Systems Implementation and Engineering - Sr Manager
EY
Los Angeles, California
Engineering (Non-Software)
Systems Administration
Technical Program Management
$206k - $446k/yr
Master's degree in business administration
10,000+

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Senior Principal Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering
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Senior Principal Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering
Atlassian
Seattle, Washington
Electrical Engineering
Engineering (Non-Software)
Quality Assurance & Testing (QA Testing)
$202k - $318k/yr
Remote (US)
10,000+

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Senior Account Manager, Engineering Consulting and Outsourcing
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Senior Account Manager, Engineering Consulting and Outsourcing
Sigma Group
San Francisco Bay Area, California
Product Management
Program Management
Project Management
$175k - $230k/yr
Bachelor's degree in engineering
51-200

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Sr. Engineering Manager (Functional Safety & Product Cybersecurity)
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Sr. Engineering Manager (Functional Safety & Product Cybersecurity)
Polaris Industries
Novi, Michigan
Program Management
Project Management
Quality Assurance & Testing (QA Testing)
$155k - $195k/yr
Bachelor's degree in systems engineering
10,000+

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Engineering Senior Manager Job Market

Who's Hiring

  • Lockheed Martin309
  • CVS Health154
  • L3Harris125
  • Amazon74
  • Collins Aerospace51

Top Industries Hiring

  • Technology & Software32
  • Healthcare & Medical Services13
  • Electronics & Hardware10
  • Insurance6
  • Medical Devices6

What Employers Look For

The qualifications that appear most often in engineering senior manager jobs.

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering or a closely related technical field
  • Seven or more years of engineering experience with at least three in people management
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and align engineering with business goals
  • Proficiency with Agile or similar project management methodologies
  • Experience owning engineering budgets, headcount planning, and resource allocation
  • Strong communication skills for presenting technical decisions to executive stakeholders

Tips for Your Engineering Senior Manager Job Search

Quantify scope on your resume

Engineering senior manager roles demand evidence of scale. List the headcount you managed, the budget you owned, and the number of concurrent projects you oversaw. Hiring teams compare candidates on those numbers, not on general leadership language.

Tailor your resume to each discipline

A resume optimized for a hardware-focused role will read differently from one targeting software or systems engineering. Align your featured projects, tools, and terminology to the specific engineering discipline named in each job description before you apply.

Apply early to roles that fit

Migrate Mate lists engineering senior manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.

Target postings that list your tech stack

Many engineering senior manager postings name specific tools or platforms, such as JIRA, Agile frameworks, or CAD environments. Filtering for openings that match the tools you already use increases your odds of clearing the initial screen quickly.

Prepare a cross-functional influence story

Interviewers at this level probe how you align engineering teams with product, operations, and finance. Prepare two or three concrete examples where you drove decisions across departments, including how you resolved conflicting priorities without direct authority over all stakeholders.

Negotiate beyond base salary from the start

At senior manager level, total compensation often includes equity, performance bonuses, and professional development budgets. Before your first offer conversation, identify which non-cash elements matter most to you so you can negotiate the full package, not just the base number.

Engineering Senior Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions

Which companies are hiring the most engineering senior managers?

The companies hiring the most engineering senior managers right now include Lockheed Martin, CVS Health, and L3Harris, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to concentrate in companies scaling hardware or software teams through a growth phase.

How many engineering senior manager jobs are remote?

About 73% of engineering senior manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though fully on-site roles remain common in hardware, semiconductor, and manufacturing disciplines. Software and platform engineering management roles tend to carry the highest share of remote and hybrid flexibility compared to other specializations.

How do you become an engineering senior manager?

You typically start as an individual contributor engineer, then move into a team lead or staff engineer role where you take on informal mentorship and project coordination. From there, a transition to engineering manager gives you direct reports and formal people management experience. Building a record of cross-functional delivery, headcount growth, and technical strategy positions you for the senior manager step.

Can you get hired as an engineering senior manager without prior management experience?

It's difficult but not impossible if you've led large projects with significant scope and influence over other engineers. Employers sometimes promote strong staff or principal engineers into senior manager roles when those candidates have demonstrated ownership of roadmaps, mentored junior engineers, and coordinated across teams, even without a formal management title. Framing that experience clearly in your application matters.

What does the engineering senior manager interview process look like?

Most processes open with a recruiter screen focused on your management background and team size, followed by a technical and behavioral interview with a director or VP. A hiring loop typically includes a leadership panel where you walk through past projects, a cross-functional stakeholder interview, and sometimes a written or verbal case study on org design or engineering prioritization. Final rounds often involve a conversation with senior leadership.

Where can I find and apply to engineering senior manager jobs?

You can find and apply to engineering senior manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and apply directly to each one that fits.

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