Sr. Engineering Manager, Controls Hardware
Trane Technologies · Minneapolis, MN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Controls
- Base pay
- $158k–$221k
- Travel
- 5%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A management controls role at Trane Technologies (industrial) in Minneapolis, MN.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Base pay
- $158k–$221k
- Day to day
- about 5% travel
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $100k–$141k. This one lists $158k–$221k.
Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 23 controls engineer openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 22 other live controls postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- About 62% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 6+)
Typical $99k–$135k, from 14 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 6+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 74%
- Automation 65%
- Robotics 35%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 26%
- MES 26%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Trane Technologies in Minneapolis
1 other open role at this site · 3 people we found in controls roles at Trane Technologies.
- Maintenance Supervisor · Reliability · Supervisor
Full description from Trane TechnologiesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What you will do
- ◆Lead and manage the Control Hardware Engineering team, provide guidance, mentorship, and performance evaluations.
- ◆Oversee the design, development, validation, and implementation of controls hardware and sensors for current and future Thermo King products, ensuring they meet technical specifications and regulatory requirements.
- ◆Ensure embedded controls hardware and sensors meet all functional, security, regulatory (e.g., wireless, cybersecurity compliance), and quality
requirements
for industrial and transportation environments
- ✓Drive controls hardware and sensor make/buy investment decisions through technical and business-level analysis.
- ✓Oversee controls hardware and sensor electronics lifecycle management, planning, tracking, and execution of projects to implement necessary design changes.
- ✓Create and improve embedded controls hardware design process standard work guidelines, templates, and tools to improve product development cycle time, promote consistency across teams.
- ✓Working with the program management team and the broader organization to plan and execute projects, balancing needs of new product development (NPD) and sustaining.
- ✓Work directly with stakeholders (e.g., Product Management, Controls functional teams, Platform Engineering Teams, etc.) to align on the intent and impact of
requirements
and implementation options to deliver the best experience for the end customer.
- ✓Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.
- ✓Delegating tasks to the team and resources outside the team including organizing, mentoring, and motivating to create an environment for success.
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Where is the work
Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.
What’s in it for you
Thermo King is hiring an experienced Sr. Engineering Manager , Controls Hardware to join our team as a leader of Controls Engineering Professionals! This team is responsible for overseeing design, development, implementation, validation, and maintenance of embedded controls hardware and sensor electronics through the entire product lifecycle and is a key interface to global product line Engineering teams. Leveraging extensive knowledge of embedded electronics and their applications, the Controls Hardware team maximizes Thermo King product value through ownership of specifications for sourced electronics components as well as ownership for in-house design and validation of PCBA’s, with a key focus on modularity and reusability. The team is also responsible for electronics lifecycle management while effectively managing multiple concurrent programs to meet Quality, Delivery, and Cost targets for global refrigeration and mobile HVAC applications. The team uses both waterfall and agile development processes to manage their work. Embedded controls hardware electronics and sensors play a key role in driving progress for sustainability of our products and to help meet our company’s goals.
A successful candidate will bring demonstrated leadership capabilities for driving technology, engineering development processes, and other improvements in our product roadmap that will impact the broader organization. Additionally, the Controls Hardware Sr. Engineering Manager will be responsible for managing the team including recruiting new talent, mentoring team members, promoting their careers, as well as directly contributing to controls hardware development alongside their team members.
What you will bring
- •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science or related technical field with 10+ years of experience with at least 4 years in a managerial or supervisory role.
- •Experience leading an electrical or electronics product development team, ensuring designs meet industry standards, regulations, and internal standard work documentation.
- •Familiar with embedded controls hardware selection, PCB design/layout/schematic capture, and use of related design/development tools (e.g. Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, Siemens Xpedition/PADS Professional, etc…).
- •Familiar with microprocessor and microcontroller architectures, communication links (CAN, SPI), IoT wireless electronics hardware selection and product design (RF, analog, digital electronics design). Knowledge of radio technologies such as cellular / GPS / WiFi / BT standards and certifications considered a plus.
- •Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills for working in cross-disciplinary teams (software, hardware, systems engineering).
- •Experience with Agile development, scrum processes, and related tools (e.g. Azure DevOps) considered a plus.
- •Multi-region travel up to 5% may be required
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