Engineering Senior Manager Jobs in Minnesota
Engineering Senior Manager jobs in Minnesota are consistently active, with demand concentrated in aerospace and defense, medical devices, advanced manufacturing, and infrastructure, from entry-level engineering leadership to senior program and site director roles. The heaviest hiring is in the Twin Cities metro, Rochester, and Duluth, where companies like Honeywell, 3M, and Cargill maintain large engineering operations. Systems engineering, product development leadership, and manufacturing process management are the specialties with the steadiest openings. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Senior Electrical Engineering Manager
08/27/2026
Reports to: SVP of Operations and Engineering
Direct Reports: 24
Position Type/Hours:
Full-time, on-site position. Core office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Position Purpose:
We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager to lead and elevate our electrical engineering team. This role blends deep technical expertise in industrial automation and custom machine controls with people leadership, with a primary focus on strengthening electrical design excellence, solving application challenges, advancing controls architecture and standardization, improving safety and regulatory compliance, and increasing financial awareness across the team.
This leader operates with a servant leadership mindset by removing obstacles, developing people, and ensuring the team delivers safe, reliable, practical, cost-effective, and on-time solutions without unnecessary process constraints.
Essential Functions:
Servant Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of electrical and controls engineering professionals with varying levels of experience.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Build team capability in first principles thinking, risk identification, critical thinking, and proactive problem solving.
- Remove barriers that slow engineering productivity or create unnecessary friction.
- Communicate information clearly and effectively to build buy-in, influence others, and support successful delivery.
- Promote a “scrappy but disciplined” approach focused on customer and business value, not bureaucracy.
- Identify skill gaps and create targeted development plans that support professional growth and succession planning.
- Recruit and onboard strong electrical and controls engineering talent.
- Facilitate effective individual one-on-one and team meetings.
- Model, steward, make decisions upon, and expect to be held accountable to Delta ModTech’s values which include:
- BELIEVE IN PEOPLE
- FEARLESS INNOVATION
- INTEGRITY
- PASSIONATE & TENACIOUS
- SERVANT LEADERSHIP
This position should demonstrate a passion for serving others and a commitment to play a key role in creating a people-first, value-based culture that delivers our purpose of "serving people by solving problems". Steps to success include:
- Always lead by example — act the way you expect others to act.
- Ask for feedback and welcome suggestions on improvements that can be made.
- Be aware of team members doing the right thing, then acknowledge and encourage them.
- Care for your team members personally by being empathetic and encouraging work/life balance.
- Delegate, encourage team members to innovate, and be the first to pick up the pieces with them if things do not go as planned.
Technical Leadership
- Lead the development of robust, scalable, and maintainable electrical design and controls programming practices for custom converting, packaging, and coating machinery, and automation.
- Lead the continuous improvement of electrical architecture, controls platforms, design standards, reusable hardware and software solutions, and documentation practices.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance and design reviews for complex, high-risk, or first-of-kind systems.
- Drive sound applications of PLC, HMI, motion control, servo, industrial networking, machine vision, robotics, and safety control technologies.
- Champion electrical safety, machine safety, control panel design, and compliance with applicable customer, industry, and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure electrical schematics, panel layouts, bills of material, I/O documentation, and software deliverables are complete, accurate, serviceable, and released on time.
- Ensure technical and execution risks are identified early in the design phase and drive proactive mitigation plans.
- Drive consistency in engineering standards while maintaining flexibility for unique or outlier projects.
- Implement lessons learned and feedback loops from design, panel build, machine assembly, debug, validation, installation, and field performance.
- Partner with service and manufacturing teams to improve machine reliability, troubleshooting effectiveness, and lifecycle support.
Project Execution and Resource Leadership
- Plan and maintain up-to-date resource planning for the electrical engineering team, ensuring projects remain properly staffed while adapting to project changes and business needs.
- Ensure design, hardware, software, testing, and documentation deliverables are defined, sequenced, and completed in alignment with overall project timelines.
- Partner with operations leadership and project management to develop realistic schedules, resource plans, commissioning plans, and milestones.
- Establish clear accountability within the team for meeting commitments and deadlines.
- Introduce and instill strong financial ownership within the electrical engineering team.
- Collaborate with project management and leadership on scope, budgets, change management, and risk management.
- Ensure engineering decisions align with customer requirements, machine performance, lifecycle support, and overall business objectives.
Operations Team Participation and Leadership
- Participate and contribute within the Operations and Engineering leadership team, enabling tactical decisions, strategic planning, and cross-functional problem solving.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships across departments which includes but not limited to engineering, production, sales, project management, manufacturing, service, supply chain, and people and culture.
- Represent and advocate for the electrical engineering team throughout the company.
Other Duties:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Education and Experience:
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in electrical engineering or industrial automation, preferably in custom machinery, converting equipment, automation, or capital equipment.
- 7+ years of experience in a leadership or managerial role.
- Strong background in industrial control system design, electrical schematics, control panel design, PLC/HMI programming, motion control, industrial networks, and machine safety.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver complex engineering projects that meet performance, schedule, and budget expectations.
- Proven history of identifying and mitigating technical, safety, and project risks early.
- Ability to communicate clearly with customers, suppliers, technicians, engineers, project managers, and senior leaders.
Preferred
- Experience with Yaskawa, Rockwell, and/or Siemens automation platforms.
- Experience with servo systems, coordinated motion, robotics, machine vision, data acquisition, and industrial communication protocols.
- Working knowledge of applicable electrical and machine safety standards, including NFPA 70, NFPA 79, UL 508A, and relevant OSHA and ISO requirements.
- Familiarity with cost estimation, project financials, and lifecycle cost considerations.
- Experience implementing or improving engineering standards, software libraries, design workflows, version control, and validation practices.
- Experience with electrical CAD tools such as AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, or similar platforms.
Position Type, Work Environment & Travel
- Full time, exempt
- Normal office environment
- Travel less than 10%.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must frequently lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Salary Range:
$160,000 - $220,000 per year (DOE - Depending on Experience)
Benefits Offered:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Life Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with up to $500 annual match (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
- 401(k) *match
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Discretionary Bonus
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Where Minnesota roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Engineering Senior Manager Job Market in Minnesota
A snapshot from current Minnesota openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Optum10
- TKDA4
- Target4
- nVent3
- MSA Professional Services3
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Construction & Real Estate
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Minnesota Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering senior manager jobs across Minnesota.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering discipline recognized by an ABET-accredited program
- Professional Engineer license issued or reciprocally recognized by the Minnesota Board of AELSLAGID preferred
- Ten or more years of engineering experience with at least five in a supervisory or management role
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams across multiple concurrent projects
- Experience with program budgets, resource allocation, and milestone delivery in regulated industries
- Strong working knowledge of lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or equivalent process improvement methodologies
Engineering Senior Manager Jobs in Minnesota: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a engineering senior manager in Minnesota?
Most engineering senior managers in Minnesota start with a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited program, then build toward a Professional Engineer license through the Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design. From there, advancing into senior management typically requires years of progressively broader project or team leadership, often supported by a master's degree in engineering management or an MBA.
Which companies hire engineering senior managers in Minnesota?
Minnesota engineering senior manager roles are posted by Optum, TKDA, and Target and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Minnesota's concentration of medical device manufacturers, defense contractors, and Fortune 500 industrial companies creates particularly consistent demand for senior engineering leaders year-round.
Which Minnesota cities have the most engineering senior manager jobs?
Minneapolis, Eden Prairie, and Saint Paul account for the largest share of engineering senior manager openings in Minnesota. The Twin Cities metro drives the bulk of demand through its dense cluster of corporate headquarters, medical device firms, and aerospace suppliers, while Rochester's presence of large healthcare technology employers and Duluth's industrial and infrastructure sectors contribute meaningful volume in those regions.
Are there remote engineering senior manager jobs in Minnesota?
Yes, but they're less common than in purely analytical roles because engineering senior managers typically oversee on-site teams, manufacturing floors, or lab environments. About 84% of engineering senior manager openings tied to Minnesota are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting limited but real flexibility. The parts of the role most compatible with remote work include program planning, cross-functional coordination, and budget oversight rather than hands-on technical supervision.
How can I get hired as a engineering senior manager in Minnesota with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is moving into a team lead or principal engineer role first, then transitioning into management after demonstrating leadership on high-visibility projects. Large Minnesota employers in medical devices and aerospace, including companies anchored in the Twin Cities corridor, regularly promote from within or bring on candidates from adjacent roles like project engineer, engineering program coordinator, or technical product manager. Holding or pursuing a Professional Engineer license from the Minnesota Board of AELSLAGID strengthens any application for a first management role.
Where can I find and apply to engineering senior manager jobs in Minnesota?
You can find and apply to engineering senior manager jobs in Minnesota on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers actively hiring in the state. Search the listings, find roles that fit your background and preferred location within Minnesota, and apply directly to the ones that match.
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