Engineering Manager- Software

About the role

About MISUMI Americas

MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a leading provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. By integrating a vast catalog of components with a world-class digital manufacturing platform, MISUMI Americas empowers engineers and procurement teams to accelerate innovation across the entire product lifecycle. With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas.

Impact In This Role

At Fictiv, we enable product innovators to create. Our platform accelerates product creation, allowing our customers to push technological boundaries – from self-driving cars to low-cost water purification systems.We are looking for an Engineering Manager who can provide strong technical leadership while guiding and developing a high-performing engineering team.This role combines deep technical expertise with people leadership, focusing on building reliable, scalable solutions while mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous growth.

What You’ll Be Doing

Build a high-performing team where engineers can do their best work

-Coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent through regular feedback, performance management, and career growth planning, while helping scale the team as needed.

-Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify objectives, and translate needs into scalable technical solutions and platform capabilities.

-Establish and continually improve team processes to enable iterative delivery, innovation, and high reliability

-Drive near- and long-term improvements to engineering-wide activities such as development practices, hiring / onboarding, team cohesion, and incident response

-Resolve systemic obstacles to team health, system performance, and team delivery

-Embrace and extend a culture of transparency, safety, and growth.

Desired Traits

Management & Leadership Experience

- 12 - 18 years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering management role.

- Experience managing technical teams of 5-8 engineers with demonstrated ability to scale teams.

- Demonstrated experience in project planning and execution, including scope definition, prioritization, risk management, and delivery tracking across multiple work streams.

- Strong ability to manage cross-functional dependencies and drive alignment across engineering and product teams while leading delivery using Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), including sprint planning, milestone management, and stakeholder communication.

- Track record of building high-performing teams and developing engineering talent

- Proven ability to balance competing priorities while ensuring on-time delivery, quality, and long-term platform scalability.