Associate Engineering Manager, Product Safety

As a Product Safety Engineering Manager, you lead and develop a team of product safety engineers supporting both new product development and post-market activities. Reporting into senior engineering leadership, you set strategic direction for the product safety function while ensuring regulatory compliance, high-quality execution, and predictable product launches. You partner closely with R&D and Product Engineering teams to embed safety and compliance into design, development, and sustainment activities. This role balances people leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and technical oversight to drive business and compliance outcomes.

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This role is hybrid with 4+ days a week on-site in Portage, MI.

What you will do:

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of product safety engineers by setting clear direction, coaching performance, and fostering an engaged, inclusive team culture that delivers consistent, high-quality results.
• Partner with R&D and Product Engineering leaders on workforce and resource planning to meet current and future business needs.
• Champion product safety across the product lifecycle, ensuring requirements are understood, integrated, and executed effectively from concept through commercialization and post-market support.
• Drive accountability for successful product certifications, on-time launches, and adherence to quality and regulatory expectations.
• Enable clear, proactive communication across teams to identify risks early, resolve issues efficiently, and maintain project momentum.
• Oversee preparation for and participation in audits, serving as a product safety subject matter expert and primary interface with external certification and regulatory bodies.
• Guide cross-functional teams on compliance testing, design decisions, and sustainment activities related to product safety.
• Assess and manage business risk related to product safety, compliance strategy, process improvements, and technology initiatives.

What you need:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 6+ years experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop technical professionals while setting clear performance expectations in direct or indirect leadership positions.
• Strong knowledge of medical device (or other regulated industries) regulations and standards related to product safety, including FDA and international requirements.