Engineering Manager

At CoLab, we help mechanical engineering teams bring life-changing products to market years sooner. Our product, CoLab, is the world’s first Design Engagement System (DES) - a category defining product that engineering teams use to engage in meaningful, productive design conversations, catch preventable mistakes, and get to market faster. Our customers include the largest engineering organizations in the world such as Ford, Johnson Controls, Komatsu, and Polaris in the industrial equipment, consumer products, automotive, aerospace & defense, and shipbuilding industries.

Engineering Managers are the hub of information and communication within their team and across the software development teams. Part people manager, part project manager, they have a technical background and the ability to understand and advise on technical matters.

What you’ll do:

• Mentor, support and career plan with software developers on your team
• Managing performance for their team members with regular 1:1s and performance reviews
• Coordinating roadmap work with Product Managers and Staff Developers
• Raising concerns to R&D Leadership for team performance or roadmap delays
• Uphold the best practices and standards of the R&D organization
• Track, update and communicate project status
• Coordinate with Product Managers to ensure work is properly defined and ready to build

Who you are: 

• Previous experience as a Software Developer
• Deep knowledge of all the steps of a Software Development Life Cycle
• Highly organized and ability to juggle multiple priorities effectively
• Experience working in a SaaS software organization
• Willingness to raise your hand when you see something could be done / built better
• Previous experience in people management an asset
• Consistent track record of building and maintaining highly scalable products would be considered an asset

The extra details: 

• Compensation: This is a full-time, permanent position with a competitive compensation package that includes a stock options package.
• Benefits: This role offers an extended health and benefits package that includes unlimited paid vacation and RRSP matching.
• Remote/Hybrid Work: Our main office location is in St. John’s, NL where we offer hybrid and remote opportunities. This role has the flexibility to work from anywhere within Canada.