Engineering Senior Manager Jobs in Oregon
Engineering Senior Manager jobs in Oregon concentrate in Portland, Hillsboro, and Corvallis, where semiconductor manufacturing, advanced electronics, and clean energy engineering drive consistent demand at the principal and director-adjacent level. Intel, Nike, and HP have sustained large engineering organizations in Oregon for decades, and each regularly recruits senior managers across process, product, and systems disciplines. Demand is especially strong in semiconductor process engineering, supply chain systems engineering, and software infrastructure management. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Top employerCVS Health
Top cityPortland, OR
Cities hiring7
Work type56% On-site
Top industryEnergy
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Senior Manager, Engineering
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Ziply Fiber
Senior Manager, Engineering
Portland, Oregon
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Senior Civil Engineering Project Manager – Energy Projects (Remote/Hybrid - Nationwide)
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Tetra Tech
Senior Civil Engineering Project Manager – Energy Projects (Remote/Hybrid - Nationwide)
Portland, Oregon
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Sr. Chief Engineer, DCEO, AWS DC Operations Engineering, DCEO
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Amazon.com
Sr. Chief Engineer, DCEO, AWS DC Operations Engineering, DCEO
Hermiston, Oregon
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Senior Engineering Manager, Backend (Content Foundations)
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Scribd, Inc.
Senior Engineering Manager, Backend (Content Foundations)
Portland, Oregon
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Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering
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CVS Health
Senior Manager, MQ and ACE Engineering
Oregon
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Senior Manager, Engineering
Ziply Fiber·Portland, Oregon
Job functions:
$126k - $166k/yr
High school diploma or GED
1,001-5,000 employees
Job Description
Position Title: Senior Manager, Engineering
Base Salary: $125,600 to $166,000 annually DOE
Bonus: Target annual bonus
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.
Ziply Fiber is a local internet service provider dedicated to elevating the connected lives of the communities we serve. We offer the fastest home internet in the nation, a refreshingly great customer experience, and affordable plans that put customers in charge.
As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.
Our Company Values:
Genuinely Caring: We treat customers and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.
-
Empowering You: We help customers choose what is best for them, and we support employees in implementing new ideas and solutions.
-
Innovation and Improvement: We constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each other.
- Earning Your Trust: We build trust through clear, honest, human communication.
Job Summary
The Senior Manager, Engineering leads teams responsible for designing and building scalable, cost-effective fiber networks, ensuring all designs meet technical and regulatory standards. This role oversees the entire engineering design process, manages internal teams and external partners, and drives innovation and operational excellence. The Senior Manager is accountable for delivering high-quality, construction-ready designs and maintaining accurate OSP records to support Ziply Fiber’s mission of expanding state-of-the-art fiber networks. Strategic leadership, vendor management, and expertise in fiber network engineering are essential for enabling large-scale deployment and long-term network sustainability
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.
Program Strategy and Network Design
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Provide the end-to-end program direction to organize, develop, and execute a program build across multiple functional teams.
-
Develop and execute the fiber engineering design strategy in alignment with business expansion and network deployment goals.
-
Oversee end-to-end design processes, including route planning, permitting, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Ensure designs are optimized for scalability, cost efficiency, constructability, and long-term maintainability.
Engineering Leadership and Partnerships
-
Lead and mentor a team of engineering managers, designers, and support staff to deliver high-quality network designs on schedule.
-
Manage relationships with external engineering vendors, contractors, and consultants, ensuring alignment with company standards and project timelines.
-
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering organization.
-
Partner with construction, operations, product, and finance teams to align engineering design with deployment readiness and business objectives.
- Coordinate and participate in various internal meetings to ensure communication and alignment of initiatives, information sharing and implementation of best practices.
Standards, Compliance, and Project Execution
-
Establish and enforce engineering design standards, documentation practices, and quality control measures, and oversee adherence to industry best practices and evolving standards in fiber network engineering.
-
Ensure engineering work orders are designed in compliance with all company standards, NESC, Utility Pole Agreements, and municipal requirements, as well as public ROW or utility easements, and ensure compliance with permitting requirements, safety standards, and environmental regulations. Mitigate risks by proactively identifying engineering challenges and implementing solutions. Oversee the completion of necessary permit applications.
-
Verify contractor’s invoices for accuracy and process to AP in a timely manner.
- Develop, coordinate, and execute project schedules with contractors, property management, customers, vendors, internal stakeholders, municipalities, and government agencies.
Process Improvement, Innovation, and Performance
-
Provide direction to the organization on Engineering process to drive continuous improvement
-
Drive innovation in design methodologies, leveraging automation, GIS platforms, and advanced engineering tools, and implement best-in-class workflows to improve speed, accuracy, and efficiency of design deliverables. Establish and manage process indicators and performance metrics to optimize workflows.
- Stay ahead of industry trends, technologies, and regulatory developments to maintain competitive advantage.
Other Duties
- Perform other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.
Required Qualifications:
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High school diploma or GED.
-
Minimum six (8) years of progressive experience in fiber network engineering, including quoting, permitting, and other pre-construction activities.
-
Minimum of three (3) years in a leadership/people management capacity, with demonstrated experience mentoring, developing, and managing engineering teams.
-
Proven expertise in large-scale fiber design, route and build planning, permitting, and construction-ready deliverables.
-
Strong understanding of GIS applications, CAD tools, asset management systems, and engineering workflows.
-
Experience managing internal teams and third-party engineering vendors.
-
Developed leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and lead others.
-
Knowledge of permitting processes, regulatory requirements, and compliance for fiber deployments.
-
Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and communicate effectively with executive leadership.
-
Experience using fiber optic network documentation tools.
-
Understanding of network Engineering and inventory tools
-
Ability to travel occasionally (up to 10% of the time).
-
The schedule for this position is Monday through Friday with weekend availability as needed to complete the essential duties of this role.
- Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and satisfactory driving record.
Preferred Qualifications:
-
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field.
-
Professional Engineer (PE) license.
-
Experience analyzing and managing large datasets in tools such as PowerBI and Tableau
- Experience managing capital budgets.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
-
Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
-
Ability to collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
-
Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
-
Operate from a customer centered mindset
-
Ability to lead and guide change within an organization
-
Ability to work within critical deadlines.
-
Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
- Ability to provide excellent customer service.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting.
At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.
Diverse Workforce / EEO:
Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.
Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening.
Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.
#ZFOR
Ziply Fiber
Senior Manager, Engineering
Portland, Oregon
Added 2d ago1,001-5,000 employees
Job functions:
$126k - $166k/yr
High school diploma or GED
Job Description
Position Title: Senior Manager, Engineering
Base Salary: $125,600 to $166,000 annually DOE
Bonus: Target annual bonus
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.
Ziply Fiber is a local internet service provider dedicated to elevating the connected lives of the communities we serve. We offer the fastest home internet in the nation, a refreshingly great customer experience, and affordable plans that put customers in charge.
As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.
Our Company Values:
Genuinely Caring: We treat customers and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.
-
Empowering You: We help customers choose what is best for them, and we support employees in implementing new ideas and solutions.
-
Innovation and Improvement: We constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each other.
- Earning Your Trust: We build trust through clear, honest, human communication.
Job Summary
The Senior Manager, Engineering leads teams responsible for designing and building scalable, cost-effective fiber networks, ensuring all designs meet technical and regulatory standards. This role oversees the entire engineering design process, manages internal teams and external partners, and drives innovation and operational excellence. The Senior Manager is accountable for delivering high-quality, construction-ready designs and maintaining accurate OSP records to support Ziply Fiber’s mission of expanding state-of-the-art fiber networks. Strategic leadership, vendor management, and expertise in fiber network engineering are essential for enabling large-scale deployment and long-term network sustainability
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.
Program Strategy and Network Design
-
Provide the end-to-end program direction to organize, develop, and execute a program build across multiple functional teams.
-
Develop and execute the fiber engineering design strategy in alignment with business expansion and network deployment goals.
-
Oversee end-to-end design processes, including route planning, permitting, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Ensure designs are optimized for scalability, cost efficiency, constructability, and long-term maintainability.
Engineering Leadership and Partnerships
-
Lead and mentor a team of engineering managers, designers, and support staff to deliver high-quality network designs on schedule.
-
Manage relationships with external engineering vendors, contractors, and consultants, ensuring alignment with company standards and project timelines.
-
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering organization.
-
Partner with construction, operations, product, and finance teams to align engineering design with deployment readiness and business objectives.
- Coordinate and participate in various internal meetings to ensure communication and alignment of initiatives, information sharing and implementation of best practices.
Standards, Compliance, and Project Execution
-
Establish and enforce engineering design standards, documentation practices, and quality control measures, and oversee adherence to industry best practices and evolving standards in fiber network engineering.
-
Ensure engineering work orders are designed in compliance with all company standards, NESC, Utility Pole Agreements, and municipal requirements, as well as public ROW or utility easements, and ensure compliance with permitting requirements, safety standards, and environmental regulations. Mitigate risks by proactively identifying engineering challenges and implementing solutions. Oversee the completion of necessary permit applications.
-
Verify contractor’s invoices for accuracy and process to AP in a timely manner.
- Develop, coordinate, and execute project schedules with contractors, property management, customers, vendors, internal stakeholders, municipalities, and government agencies.
Process Improvement, Innovation, and Performance
-
Provide direction to the organization on Engineering process to drive continuous improvement
-
Drive innovation in design methodologies, leveraging automation, GIS platforms, and advanced engineering tools, and implement best-in-class workflows to improve speed, accuracy, and efficiency of design deliverables. Establish and manage process indicators and performance metrics to optimize workflows.
- Stay ahead of industry trends, technologies, and regulatory developments to maintain competitive advantage.
Other Duties
- Perform other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.
Required Qualifications:
-
High school diploma or GED.
-
Minimum six (8) years of progressive experience in fiber network engineering, including quoting, permitting, and other pre-construction activities.
-
Minimum of three (3) years in a leadership/people management capacity, with demonstrated experience mentoring, developing, and managing engineering teams.
-
Proven expertise in large-scale fiber design, route and build planning, permitting, and construction-ready deliverables.
-
Strong understanding of GIS applications, CAD tools, asset management systems, and engineering workflows.
-
Experience managing internal teams and third-party engineering vendors.
-
Developed leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and lead others.
-
Knowledge of permitting processes, regulatory requirements, and compliance for fiber deployments.
-
Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and communicate effectively with executive leadership.
-
Experience using fiber optic network documentation tools.
-
Understanding of network Engineering and inventory tools
-
Ability to travel occasionally (up to 10% of the time).
-
The schedule for this position is Monday through Friday with weekend availability as needed to complete the essential duties of this role.
- Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and satisfactory driving record.
Preferred Qualifications:
-
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field.
-
Professional Engineer (PE) license.
-
Experience analyzing and managing large datasets in tools such as PowerBI and Tableau
- Experience managing capital budgets.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
-
Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
-
Ability to collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
-
Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
-
Operate from a customer centered mindset
-
Ability to lead and guide change within an organization
-
Ability to work within critical deadlines.
-
Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
- Ability to provide excellent customer service.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting.
At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.
Diverse Workforce / EEO:
Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.
Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening.
Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.
#ZFOR
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Find JobsEngineering Senior Manager Jobs by City in Oregon
Where Oregon roles are concentrated, by current openings.
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1 jobTualatin
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1 jobEngineering Senior Manager Job Market in Oregon
A snapshot from current Oregon openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Energy
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Construction & Real Estate
What Oregon Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering senior manager jobs across Oregon.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering discipline required by most Oregon employers
- Minimum seven to ten years of progressive engineering experience including people leadership
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional engineering teams of ten or more engineers
- Experience owning product or program delivery from concept through production release
- Proficiency with agile, stage-gate, or equivalent engineering program management frameworks
- Strong record of partnering with operations, supply chain, and executive stakeholders in Oregon industries
Engineering Senior Manager Jobs in Oregon: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a engineering senior manager in Oregon?
Most engineering senior managers in Oregon reach the role by combining a bachelor's or master's degree in an engineering discipline with a decade of progressive technical and leadership experience. Oregon does not require a state-issued management license for the role, though engineers who sign off on public-works designs must hold an active Oregon Professional Engineer license issued by the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying. Employers in semiconductor and high-tech manufacturing, the dominant industries here, typically promote from principal or staff engineer roles.
Which companies hire engineering senior managers in Oregon?
Oregon engineering senior manager roles are posted by CVS Health, Onto Innovation, and MKS and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Oregon's concentration of semiconductor fabs, athletic and consumer-goods headquarters, and growing clean-energy firms makes it one of the more active states for senior engineering leadership hiring.
Which Oregon cities have the most engineering senior manager jobs?
Portland, Salem, and Hillsboro account for the largest share of engineering senior manager openings in Oregon. Portland anchors the market as the state's commercial and tech hub, Hillsboro draws volume from Intel's large campus and the surrounding Silicon Forest corridor, and Corvallis reflects Oregon State University's research partnerships and the mid-valley manufacturing base that feeds demand for experienced engineering leadership.
Are there remote engineering senior manager jobs in Oregon?
Yes, but they are less common than in purely desk-based fields, because engineering senior managers frequently need on-site presence for lab oversight, manufacturing floor decisions, and team leadership. About 44% of engineering senior manager openings tied to Oregon are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with hybrid schedules more prevalent than fully remote arrangements. Software infrastructure, program management, and systems integration roles tend to offer the most location flexibility within the discipline.
How can I get hired as a engineering senior manager in Oregon with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is moving into a lead or principal engineer role first, then seeking a team lead or engineering manager position before targeting senior manager titles. Oregon employers such as Intel, HP, and Nike run structured rotational and early-career engineering programs that build the technical depth senior manager candidates need. Lateral moves from project engineering, process engineering, or program management roles are common entry points, and holding or pursuing an Oregon Professional Engineer license strengthens your candidacy for roles involving regulated infrastructure or public projects.
Where can I find and apply to engineering senior manager jobs in Oregon?
You can find and apply to engineering senior manager jobs in Oregon on Migrate Mate, which lists current Oregon openings in one place. Search the listings, find the roles that match your background and the Oregon location you prefer, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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