Senior Electrical Engineer Manager

Senior Electrical Engineer Manager



Location: FRC; Nesconset NY

About Us:

Safe Fleet develops innovative electronics for the emergency vehicle market, including lighting systems, pressure governors, sensor-based controls, and other mission-critical components. Our products help fire, EMS, and utility professionals operate more safely and efficiently in the field. We’re growing and looking for a hands-on Senior Electrical EngineerManager to help lead product development while managing a small team of engineers.

Position Overview:

As a Senior Electrical Engineer Manager, you’ll take ownership of the design and development of embedded electronic products—from concepts through production. You'll lead electrical architecture decisions, oversee PCB development, and guide a team of 2–3 engineers. This is a technical leadership role for someone passionate about building reliable, field-ready products and mentoring engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop embedded electronic systems for products such as vehicle lighting, pressure governors, sensors, and control modules.
• Drive hardware development, including schematic design, PCB layout functional and system level testing.
• Lead technical decision-making and provide day-to-day guidance for a team of 2–3 engineers.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers, software developers, manufacturing engineers, and product managers to deliver robust, manufacturable solutions.
• Define product architectures, select components (microcontrollers, sensors, drivers, etc.), and ensure performance and regulatory compliance.
• Manage development schedules, priorities, and resource planning for your team.
• Support product testing, validation, and transition to manufacturing.
• Improve development processes, documentation, and design standards.
• Develop and maintain HW component, system level specifications and functional test plans.
• Work with teams to improve techniques and drive engineering best practices.

New York Salary Range: $150,000-200,000 USD

 *We do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry veteran status or any other status protected by law.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of microcontroller-based hardware design. (e.g. ARM family of processors)
• Strong understanding of electronic design for EMC / EMI compliance
• Hands-on experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., Altium).
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers in a team environment.
• Strong understanding of communication protocols (CAN, I2C, SPI, UART, etc.).
• Experience integrating wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Cellular, LoRa).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
• Strong understanding of SoC integration challenges at subsystem and full chip level.
• Experience with test equipment such as signal generators, multimeters, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Hands-on experience with laboratory test and debug.

Preferred Experience:

• Background in automotive, off-road, industrial, or emergency vehicle systems.
• Familiarity with sensors, power electronics, and motor control applications is a plus.
• Exposure to safety and regulatory standards such as SAE, UL, CE and FCC.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.

Education:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 10+ years of experience implementing and maintaining embedded systems.
• 6+ years of experience managing cross functional electrical engineers.