Product Engineering Manager Jobs in Wisconsin
Product Engineering Manager jobs in Wisconsin are concentrated in Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay, where manufacturers, medical device companies, and technology firms maintain deep engineering organizations. Employers like Rockwell Automation, Generac Power Systems, and Harley-Davidson consistently recruit for this role across product lines, platform development, and embedded systems. Demand is strongest for managers with experience in industrial automation, consumer hardware, or connected product development. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Molex, LLC is seeking a New Product Introduction (NPI) Process Engineering Supervisor to join our team in Hudson, WI. You may not see our name on the shelves, but our electronic solutions are inside the products you use every day. We work together with the world's innovators to design and manufacture electronic solutions that solve complex technical challenges.
In this role you will be focused on leading the NPI Process Engineering team responsible for developing, validating, launching, and transferring manufacturing processes for new products. Ensure safe, efficient, scalable, and repeatable manufacturing processes while supporting business growth, quality objectives, and cost targets. Collaborate with Design Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Automation, and global manufacturing sites to achieve flawless product launches.
Our Team
Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.
What You Will Do
- Lead manufacturing readiness activities for new product launches.
- Drive DFM (Design for Manufacturability), PFMEA, process flow development, and production readiness reviews.
- Ensure tooling, equipment, work instructions, training materials, and quality plans are completed prior to launch.
- Support Qualification builds, Pilot runs, Engineering Verification Tests, Design Verification Tests, and production validation activities
- Develop robust manufacturing processes from prototype through production.
- Define process parameters, control plans, and operating windows.
- Lead Measurement System Analysis, Gage R&R, capability studies, DOE, and process validation activities.
- Ensure processes meet quality, regulatory, and customer requirements.
- Support safe launch, ramp-up, and production stabilization.
- Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and drive corrective actions.
- Monitor yield, scrap, throughput, cycle time, and productivity metrics.
- Ensure effective handoff from NPI to sustaining manufacturing teams.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities.
- Lead Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives.
- Improve quality, cost, productivity, and capacity.
- Develop business cases and implementation plans for capital projects.
- Partner with Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, and global manufacturing teams.
- Drive risk mitigation activities and launch readiness reviews.
- Support product transfers to high-volume manufacturing locations.
- Support customer, internal, and industry audits.
- Drive root cause analysis and CAPA activities.
- Ensure compliance with ISO, EH&S, and quality management system requirements
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or related field.
- 4+ years working in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with implementation of new manufacturing methods including training others to execute a process.
- Experience with implementation of DFMEA, PFMEA & DFM documentation
- Experience working with automated systems to identify opportunities and/or program new functions to improve process efficiency.
What Will Put You Ahead
- 2+ years of experience within fiber optic industry: Installation, testing, troubleshooting, or manufacturing.
- Experience in developing robust manufacturing processes from prototype through full production transfers, ensuring scalability and quality.
- Strong expertise in automation technologies, including the use of robots and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to optimize manufacturing operations.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate risks by implementing effective process controls to meet stringent quality and regulatory requirements.
- Experience in data collection, analysis, and report writing to drive continuous process improvements and support decision-making.
- Knowledge of customer and industry audit requirements, with prior experience conducting Design of Experiments (DOE) to validate process changes.
This position is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.
In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).
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Molex, LLC is seeking a New Product Introduction (NPI) Process Engineering Supervisor to join our team in Hudson, WI. You may not see our name on the shelves, but our electronic solutions are inside the products you use every day. We work together with the world's innovators to design and manufacture electronic solutions that solve complex technical challenges.
In this role you will be focused on leading the NPI Process Engineering team responsible for developing, validating, launching, and transferring manufacturing processes for new products. Ensure safe, efficient, scalable, and repeatable manufacturing processes while supporting business growth, quality objectives, and cost targets. Collaborate with Design Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Automation, and global manufacturing sites to achieve flawless product launches.
Our Team
Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.
What You Will Do
- Lead manufacturing readiness activities for new product launches.
- Drive DFM (Design for Manufacturability), PFMEA, process flow development, and production readiness reviews.
- Ensure tooling, equipment, work instructions, training materials, and quality plans are completed prior to launch.
- Support Qualification builds, Pilot runs, Engineering Verification Tests, Design Verification Tests, and production validation activities
- Develop robust manufacturing processes from prototype through production.
- Define process parameters, control plans, and operating windows.
- Lead Measurement System Analysis, Gage R&R, capability studies, DOE, and process validation activities.
- Ensure processes meet quality, regulatory, and customer requirements.
- Support safe launch, ramp-up, and production stabilization.
- Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and drive corrective actions.
- Monitor yield, scrap, throughput, cycle time, and productivity metrics.
- Ensure effective handoff from NPI to sustaining manufacturing teams.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities.
- Lead Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives.
- Improve quality, cost, productivity, and capacity.
- Develop business cases and implementation plans for capital projects.
- Partner with Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, and global manufacturing teams.
- Drive risk mitigation activities and launch readiness reviews.
- Support product transfers to high-volume manufacturing locations.
- Support customer, internal, and industry audits.
- Drive root cause analysis and CAPA activities.
- Ensure compliance with ISO, EH&S, and quality management system requirements
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or related field.
- 4+ years working in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with implementation of new manufacturing methods including training others to execute a process.
- Experience with implementation of DFMEA, PFMEA & DFM documentation
- Experience working with automated systems to identify opportunities and/or program new functions to improve process efficiency.
What Will Put You Ahead
- 2+ years of experience within fiber optic industry: Installation, testing, troubleshooting, or manufacturing.
- Experience in developing robust manufacturing processes from prototype through full production transfers, ensuring scalability and quality.
- Strong expertise in automation technologies, including the use of robots and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to optimize manufacturing operations.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate risks by implementing effective process controls to meet stringent quality and regulatory requirements.
- Experience in data collection, analysis, and report writing to drive continuous process improvements and support decision-making.
- Knowledge of customer and industry audit requirements, with prior experience conducting Design of Experiments (DOE) to validate process changes.
This position is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.
In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).
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The qualifications that appear most often in product engineering manager jobs across Wisconsin.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline required
- Five or more years of engineering experience including direct team leadership
- Demonstrated experience managing full product development lifecycle from concept to launch
- Proficiency with Agile, Scrum, or structured hardware development methodologies
- Cross-functional collaboration experience with manufacturing, quality, and commercial teams
- Familiarity with design controls, DFMEA, or regulatory compliance in a Wisconsin-relevant industry
Product Engineering Manager Jobs in Wisconsin: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a product engineering manager in Wisconsin?
Most product engineering managers in Wisconsin start with a bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering and build several years of individual contributor experience before moving into leadership. Wisconsin does not require a state-issued license for this management role, though a Professional Engineer registration through the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services can strengthen candidacy at firms with regulatory obligations. Employers in the state consistently look for engineers who have led cross-functional product teams.
How much do product engineering managers make in Wisconsin?
Product engineering managers in Wisconsin earn a median of about $142,060 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $103,720 for the lowest 10% to over $207,680 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire product engineering managers in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin product engineering manager roles are posted by SSI Technologies, Innio, and Molex and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Wisconsin's concentration of manufacturing headquarters, medical device companies, and industrial technology firms means openings appear across a broad range of product categories and engineering disciplines.
Which Wisconsin cities have the most product engineering manager jobs?
Janesville, Hudson, and Prescott account for the most product engineering manager openings in Wisconsin. Milwaukee leads because of its dense cluster of industrial manufacturers and technology company headquarters, while Madison's growing technology and health sciences sector drives steady demand, and Green Bay's paper, packaging, and food processing industries generate consistent openings for engineering leadership.
How can I get hired as a product engineering manager in Wisconsin with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is moving into a team lead or senior engineer role at a Wisconsin manufacturer or technology firm and taking on informal leadership before pursuing a formal manager title. Large Wisconsin employers like Rockwell Automation and Generac run rotational engineering and leadership development programs that expose early-career engineers to cross-functional work. Building a portfolio of projects that shows ownership of a product from specification through release, or obtaining a Professional Engineer registration through the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, strengthens a candidate's case significantly.
Where can I find and apply to product engineering manager jobs in Wisconsin?
You can find and apply to product engineering manager jobs in Wisconsin on Migrate Mate, which lists current Wisconsin openings updated regularly. Search for roles that match your engineering background, industry, and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit your experience and career goals.
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