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At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.
We believe electricity powers modern life. As part of our Power sector, you’ll help shape how electricity is generated, transmitted and delivered as global energy demands grow. From massive data centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation for more than a century. You’ll work side-by-side with these experts and contribute to reliable, resilient and sustainable power systems, helping communities thrive and industries expand. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to drive infrastructure forward, power innovation and leave your mark on our energy future.
- Team Management & Development: Managing a high-performing electrical engineering (power) team. This includes assigning responsibilities, mentoring junior staff, and fostering a collaborative culture focused on technical excellence, innovation, and accountability.
- Project Oversight: The Team Lead will oversee the technical execution of power projects, ensuring quality, timeliness, and budget compliance. They will plan and allocate resources for junior staff, ensuring alignment with HDR’s project execution processes.
- Proposal Development: Assist with developing proposals to include technical writing and project estimating within the area of technical expertise.
- Strategic Growth & Business Planning: Supporting the Generation (Power) Business Class Manager’s growth strategies by identifying and developing specific technical expertise.
- Technical Leadership & Innovation: Attend training to further develop understanding of complex concepts related to their discipline.
- Collaboration & Integration: Work with Client Managers, Operational Managers, and Technical Leaders to ensure seamless integration of services and consistent delivery of world-class solutions.
This role requires a self-motivated, strategic thinker with strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of electrical engineering (power) and the ability to manage teams and projects. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of HDR’s power generation practice in the North Carolina area and beyond.
- 10 years of electrical engineering design experience
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
- PE license
- Extensive experience in project execution within the Power industry
- Previous staff supervision experience
- Self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Previous experience with an engineering consulting firm
- Previous experience managing the commercial aspects of small to medium sized projects
- Experience and client relationships in the Carolinas
- Previous experience managing staff, clients, contracts and hiring staff for an engineering consulting firm
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- A minimum of 7 years experience
- Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role
- Strong communication and listening skills
- Ability to handle multiple assignments
- Good leadership and organizational skills
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
Primary Location
: United States-North Carolina-CharlotteOther Locations
: United States-North Carolina-Raleigh, United States-North Carolina-Winston-SalemIndustry
: PowerSchedule
: Full-timeEmployee Status
: RegularJob Posting
: Oct 27, 2026
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.
We believe electricity powers modern life. As part of our Power sector, you’ll help shape how electricity is generated, transmitted and delivered as global energy demands grow. From massive data centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation for more than a century. You’ll work side-by-side with these experts and contribute to reliable, resilient and sustainable power systems, helping communities thrive and industries expand. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to drive infrastructure forward, power innovation and leave your mark on our energy future.
- Team Management & Development: Managing a high-performing electrical engineering (power) team. This includes assigning responsibilities, mentoring junior staff, and fostering a collaborative culture focused on technical excellence, innovation, and accountability.
- Project Oversight: The Team Lead will oversee the technical execution of power projects, ensuring quality, timeliness, and budget compliance. They will plan and allocate resources for junior staff, ensuring alignment with HDR’s project execution processes.
- Proposal Development: Assist with developing proposals to include technical writing and project estimating within the area of technical expertise.
- Strategic Growth & Business Planning: Supporting the Generation (Power) Business Class Manager’s growth strategies by identifying and developing specific technical expertise.
- Technical Leadership & Innovation: Attend training to further develop understanding of complex concepts related to their discipline.
- Collaboration & Integration: Work with Client Managers, Operational Managers, and Technical Leaders to ensure seamless integration of services and consistent delivery of world-class solutions.
This role requires a self-motivated, strategic thinker with strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of electrical engineering (power) and the ability to manage teams and projects. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of HDR’s power generation practice in the North Carolina area and beyond.
- 10 years of electrical engineering design experience
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
- PE license
- Extensive experience in project execution within the Power industry
- Previous staff supervision experience
- Self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Previous experience with an engineering consulting firm
- Previous experience managing the commercial aspects of small to medium sized projects
- Experience and client relationships in the Carolinas
- Previous experience managing staff, clients, contracts and hiring staff for an engineering consulting firm
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- A minimum of 7 years experience
- Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role
- Strong communication and listening skills
- Ability to handle multiple assignments
- Good leadership and organizational skills
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
Primary Location
: United States-North Carolina-CharlotteOther Locations
: United States-North Carolina-Raleigh, United States-North Carolina-Winston-SalemIndustry
: PowerSchedule
: Full-timeEmployee Status
: RegularJob Posting
: Oct 27, 2026Engineering Team Leader Jobs by Experience Level
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Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering team leader jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
- 5 or more years of engineering experience with at least 2 years in a team lead or supervisory role
- Proficiency in Agile or Scrum methodologies and project management tools such as Jira
- Experience owning technical roadmaps, sprint planning, and delivery timelines across a team
- Strong cross-functional communication skills for coordinating with product, operations, and stakeholders
- Professional Engineer license or relevant domain certification preferred for infrastructure and industrial roles
Tips for Your Engineering Team Leader Job Search
Quantify your team's delivery outcomes
Hiring managers want to see what your team shipped, not just that you led one. Rewrite your resume bullets to show headcount managed, cycle time improvements, or defect rate reductions your team achieved under your direction.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists engineering team leader openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Tailor your resume to the stack in the posting
Engineering team leader roles vary widely by domain. A posting that lists Agile, Jira, and CI/CD pipelines calls for different resume emphasis than one centered on PLC systems or AutoCAD. Mirror the technical environment described in each listing.
Filter openings by your technical discipline
Search with terms like 'engineering team leader mechanical,' 'engineering team leader embedded,' or 'engineering team leader civil' to surface roles where your specific background is a match, not just those using the generic title.
Prepare a people-leadership story for interviews
Interviewers for this role probe how you handle underperformers, cross-functional conflict, and resource constraints. Prepare two or three specific situations where you coached an engineer through a performance issue or resolved a cross-team dependency.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
In your offer stage, clarify team size, budget authority, and whether the role carries hire/fire responsibility. These details directly affect your title trajectory and daily autonomy, and they're easier to negotiate before you accept than after you start.
Engineering Team Leader Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most engineering team leaders?
The companies hiring the most engineering team leaders right now include HDR, Cisco, and Garmin, with the largest share of openings in California, North Carolina, and Ohio, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is concentrated in manufacturing, defense, and software infrastructure sectors.
How many engineering team leader jobs are remote?
About 75% of engineering team leader openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though availability varies significantly by discipline. Software and systems engineering team leader roles carry the highest remote share, while civil, manufacturing, and hardware-focused positions are more likely to require an on-site presence.
How do you become an engineering team leader?
Most engineering team leaders move into the role after building deep technical credibility as an individual contributor, then taking on informal mentorship or project coordination responsibilities. Formally, you'll want to demonstrate ownership of a full project cycle, document your experience managing or developing other engineers, and make the case to your manager or through an application that you're ready to own team outcomes, not just your own deliverables.
Can you get hired as an engineering team leader with limited leadership experience?
Yes, particularly at smaller companies or startups where the title reflects technical seniority as much as formal people management. If your leadership experience is limited, lead with examples of mentoring junior engineers, driving technical decisions, or coordinating cross-team work. Applying to roles that describe the position as a 'tech lead' or 'lead engineer' rather than a people manager title also broadens your realistic options.
What does the engineering team leader interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial recruiter screen, a technical interview assessing your domain expertise, and a behavioral round focused on how you've led people, resolved conflict, and delivered under constraints. Senior roles typically add a system design or technical strategy discussion and a conversation with the hiring manager about team structure, roadmap ownership, and cross-functional expectations.
Where can I find and apply to engineering team leader jobs?
You can find and apply to engineering team leader jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your discipline and experience level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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