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Senior Project Leader

Milwaukee Tool · Brookfield, WI · Full time

Posted Aug 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a project you led that hit a major technical problem. What did you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can lead a team through a serious technical setback and still keep the project moving forward.

How do you keep a team motivated through a long development program?

What they are checking: Whether they can keep a team engaged and focused through a long development program with slow progress.

How much technical depth do you need as a project leader on an electronics team?

What they are checking: Self-awareness about technical credibility and when to lean on experts.

Tell me about a time you communicated a delay to senior leaders.

What they are checking: Honest, clear communication of bad news with a recovery plan.

What would you do

How would you lead an electronics project where batteries, motors and firmware teams all have to deliver on time?

What they are checking: Coordinating several engineering groups whose work depends on each other.

How do you decide when to escalate a project issue to leadership?

What they are checking: Whether they escalate real problems early enough to matter, without raising alarms over every small issue.

Two engineers disagree on a technical direction and the project is waiting. How do you resolve it?

What they are checking: Whether they can break a technical deadlock with data and get the team moving again without bruised egos.

How do you manage scope creep when product managers keep adding features?

What they are checking: Protecting schedule and quality while staying open to good changes.

About the work

Walk me through how you build a plan for a new product with many unknowns.

What they are checking: Whether they can plan a project with many unknowns using clear milestones and honest buffers for risk.

What do you track to know whether a project is healthy?

What they are checking: Whether they track meaningful signals like schedule, cost, risk and quality to judge a project's true health.

How do you run risk reviews so teams bring up problems early?

What they are checking: Creating a culture where risks surface before they become crises.

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The full job description

As published by Milwaukee Tool.

Job Description: Senior Project Leader INNOVATE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success – so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to create disruptive new technologies and solutions on our electrical engineering teams. Our Engineering Team is responsible for giving life to the batteries, motors, and electronics that power solutions changing the lives of our users. Every developmental phase of these critical components happens in-house under the watch of this team. We continue to invest in electrical engineering resources to design and develop leadership in electronic capabilities; something unique within the industry. And we’re pushing the limits in firmware engineering, power electronics, embedded systems, machine learning, and the use of artificial intelligence. Behind our doors you’ll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to design and develop the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you’ll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen. Year after year, our team continues to make significant breakthroughs in the industry. We’re just getting started. To learn more about our story click HERE You’ll also be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities: The Senior Project Leader is responsible for managing multiple moderate to highly complex engineering projects with minimal direction. Individuals in this position will provide project management and necessary technical direction to assure successful and timely implementation of projects. • Provides leadership over moderate to highly complex design projects. Provides direction, guidance and engineering expertise to team members. Review work of designers, engineers and other project team members. • Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines. • Communicates, both verbal and written, to assure all groups are working toward the goal of timely project completion. Communicate technical details, ideas, and concepts to engineers and non-engineers in multiple locations. • Ability to lead tradeoff discussions and conversations around risk management with cross-functional teams. • Drive design of project to meet market driven design guides and fulfill cost, timing, reliability, and manufacturing requirements. • Analyze, evaluate and select from design execution alternatives to best meet specification objectives and implement designs into mass production. • Accountable for technical elements of project execution including integration of complicated components and assemblies, material selection, packaging and safety, regulatory and standards compliance. • Conduct design and safety reviews as needed to gain necessary approvals for product development phase progressions. • Comply with all METCo procedures covering new product development and design output in addition to procedures of non-engineering departments related to project flow. • Consistently visualizes entire scope of a project with very little guidance. • Schedules, develops agendas, facilitates and documents project meetings. • Tracks project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines. • Regularly makes presentations of project status. • May occasionally recommend changes to existing standards and procedures. • Maintains an awareness of competitive offerings and the general business climate in the power tool industry. • May have formal supervisory responsibilities and oversees day-to-day activities of project team members. • Identify project risks and implement risk reduction plans. Manufacturing • Interacts extensively with global manufacturing plants and outside suppliers to achieve project goals. • Ability to support a global team on DFMA initiatives. What TOOLS you’ll bring with you: • Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering. Graduate studies preferred in the business areas such as Project Management, Finance, Marketing, or Organizational studies. Formal project management training preferred. • Minimum 10 years engineering experience in related field. • Experience successfully managing multiple moderate-high complexity projects and/or subsystems of larger projects. • Must possess a high level of Mechanical/Electrical engineering aptitude. • Must have a working design knowledge of a wide variety of the technologies associated with Milwaukee products. • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software including Microsoft Project. We provide these great perks and benefits: • Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans. • Generous 401 (K) savings plan. • Education assistance. • On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service. · And many more, check out our benefits site HERE . Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.

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