{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b1d68d062b391f5e2ec968a1","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b1d68d062b391f5e2ec968a1","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b1d68d062b391f5e2ec968a1","title":"Electrical Engineering Manager","description":"If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.\nElectrical Engineering Manager\nFull Time Regular Sanford, ME, US\n6 days ago Requisition ID: 1573\nSalary Range: $135,000.00 To $170,000.00 Annually\nFor nearly 75 years, The Baker Company in Sanford, Maine has been designing and manufacturing American-made products that help protect scientists and advance research worldwide.\nThe Baker Company is seeking an Electrical Engineering Manager to provide strategic leadership and day-to-day direction to our Electrical Engineering team and play a key role in developing and advancing the products that support scientific research. In this role, you’ll combine technical expertise with leadership, project management, and continuous improvement to guide the development, enhancement, and support of our biosafety cabinets and related products. You’ll lead innovative solutions involving electrical hardware, software, motors, blowers, and machine control systems while ensuring our products meet customer needs, regulatory requirements, and high standards of quality and performance. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact at a company whose products help protect scientists and support important research.\nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\n\nProvide technical leadership and oversight for the Electrical Engineering team in the areas of:\n\nMotors and blowers\nMachine control systems\nHardware and software development\nElectrical design and wiring\nProduct-related electrical engineering disciplines\n\nEnsure compliance with applicable regulatory and safety standards, including UL, CE, and other relevant certifications.\nGuide the identification, evaluation, and implementation of emerging technologies and innovative solutions while ensuring appropriate validation, testing, and performance verification.\nSupport engineering activities related to change requests, product enhancements, quotation support, quality issue resolution, supplier concerns, and post-sale customer support.\nLead, coach, and develop assigned team members through effective performance management and professional development planning.\nManage all aspects of employee supervision, including recruitment, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, employee recognition, disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution.\nAssess organizational and staffing needs and make recommendations to support business objectives.\nProvide senior-level project management leadership and mentoring to engineering staff.\nPromote the use of project management best practices, including Stage-Gate processes, project schedules, milestone tracking, and Gantt charts.\nEnsure projects are completed on schedule, within scope, and aligned with organizational priorities.\nLead departmental safety initiatives and foster a culture of workplace safety.\nCollaborate with product development, commercial, and cross-functional teams to establish, protect, and maintain intellectual property assets, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.\nReinforce associates’ awareness of keeping the customer’s end use and needs in mind with every task they do.\nProvide value to our customers by using Lean tools and concepts to identify and eliminate waste in all forms (scrap/rework, transportation, motion, waiting, inventory, over production, over processing, and under-utilization of people). Uses systemic thinking by seeing processes from end to end and works to challenge the status quo to eliminate the root cause of problems. Is involved in individual and/or team activities that involve using Lean tools and concepts to improve the flow of information and material.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\n\nKEY PERFORMANCE METRICS:\n\nSales Orders process time/lead time in Engineering\nChange Requests (CR’s):\n\nProcess time/Lead time in Engineering\nOn time to the effectivity date of the CR\n\nEngineering Requests via case calls (process time/lead time)\n\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\n\nAbility to remain seated and work at a computer workstation for extended periods.\nAbility to occasionally move throughout manufacturing, laboratory, and office environments as required.\n\nMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:\n\nBachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a closely related engineering discipline required.\nMinimum of five (5) years of Electrical Engineering experience.\nMinimum of five (5) years of leadership experience in a technical supervisory or management role.\nExperience within a manufacturing environment preferred.\nDemonstrated expertise in:\n\nMotors and blower systems\nMachine control systems and automation\nElectrical hardware and software development\nElectrical design, testing, and troubleshooting\nRegulatory compliance and product certification requirements\n\nStrong leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with customers, suppliers, and employees at all levels of the organization.\nExperience utilizing project management methodologies and tools.\nWorking knowledge of intellectual property management is preferred.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management software\n\nThis position is physically located in Sanford, Maine. Employment sponsorship and relocation are not offered.\nThe salary range for this role is $135,000-$170,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. 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In this role, you’ll combine technical expertise with leadership, project management, and continuous improvement to guide the development, enhancement, and support of our biosafety cabinets and related products. You’ll lead innovative solutions involving electrical hardware, software, motors, blowers, and machine control systems while ensuring our products meet customer needs, regulatory requirements, and high standards of quality and performance. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact at a company whose products help protect scientists and support important research.\nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\n\nProvide technical leadership and oversight for the Electrical Engineering team in the areas of:\n\nMotors and blowers\nMachine control systems\nHardware and software development\nElectrical design and wiring\nProduct-related electrical engineering disciplines\n\nEnsure compliance with applicable regulatory and safety standards, including UL, CE, and other relevant certifications.\nGuide the identification, evaluation, and implementation of emerging technologies and innovative solutions while ensuring appropriate validation, testing, and performance verification.\nSupport engineering activities related to change requests, product enhancements, quotation support, quality issue resolution, supplier concerns, and post-sale customer support.\nLead, coach, and develop assigned team members through effective performance management and professional development planning.\nManage all aspects of employee supervision, including recruitment, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, employee recognition, disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution.\nAssess organizational and staffing needs and make recommendations to support business objectives.\nProvide senior-level project management leadership and mentoring to engineering staff.\nPromote the use of project management best practices, including Stage-Gate processes, project schedules, milestone tracking, and Gantt charts.\nEnsure projects are completed on schedule, within scope, and aligned with organizational priorities.\nLead departmental safety initiatives and foster a culture of workplace safety.\nCollaborate with product development, commercial, and cross-functional teams to establish, protect, and maintain intellectual property assets, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.\nReinforce associates’ awareness of keeping the customer’s end use and needs in mind with every task they do.\nProvide value to our customers by using Lean tools and concepts to identify and eliminate waste in all forms (scrap/rework, transportation, motion, waiting, inventory, over production, over processing, and under-utilization of people). Uses systemic thinking by seeing processes from end to end and works to challenge the status quo to eliminate the root cause of problems. Is involved in individual and/or team activities that involve using Lean tools and concepts to improve the flow of information and material.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\n\nKEY PERFORMANCE METRICS:\n\nSales Orders process time/lead time in Engineering\nChange Requests (CR’s):\n\nProcess time/Lead time in Engineering\nOn time to the effectivity date of the CR\n\nEngineering Requests via case calls (process time/lead time)\n\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\n\nAbility to remain seated and work at a computer workstation for extended periods.\nAbility to occasionally move throughout manufacturing, laboratory, and office environments as required.\n\nMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:\n\nBachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a closely related engineering discipline required.\nMinimum of five (5) years of Electrical Engineering experience.\nMinimum of five (5) years of leadership experience in a technical supervisory or management role.\nExperience within a manufacturing environment preferred.\nDemonstrated expertise in:\n\nMotors and blower systems\nMachine control systems and automation\nElectrical hardware and software development\nElectrical design, testing, and troubleshooting\nRegulatory compliance and product certification requirements\n\nStrong leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with customers, suppliers, and employees at all levels of the organization.\nExperience utilizing project management methodologies and tools.\nWorking knowledge of intellectual property management is preferred.\nProficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management software\n\nThis position is physically located in Sanford, Maine. Employment sponsorship and relocation are not offered.\nThe salary range for this role is $135,000-$170,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. The Baker Company considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. \n#J-18808-Ljbffr","datePosted":"2026-10-08T04:20:18.565Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T04:20:18.565Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Group","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Eastern","addressRegion":"KY","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"b1d68d062b391f5e2ec968a1"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b1d68d062b391f5e2ec968a1"}}