The Rise of the Super Engineer
The Rise of the Super Engineer
As manufacturers shift toward behaving like system integrators, traditional org charts built around mechanical, software, or electrical domains are being outpaced by complexity. Today’s products demand seamless collaboration across disciplines—and a new kind of leader: the Super Engineer.
Super Engineers (SEs) are domain experts with cross-functional insight. They lead by influence, not title—bridging silos, shaping workflows, and solving real-world challenges that span software, hardware, and supply chains.
They’re solution architects who understand NPI, digital workflows, security, and commercial needs. But for SEs to succeed, they need real authority—not just support—and the ability to select tools and shape systems that work across logical teams. Solutions architected in the 1980s are usually single vendor monolithic designed for functional organizations, not logical. A new, more flexible solution architecture is needed for today's product development.
Super Engineers don’t just solve problems—they redefine how problems are solved. Do you have Super Engineers in your org? Are they empowered to lead? I’d love to hear your thoughts. Michael Finocchiaro Michael Corr Oleg Shilovitsky Jos Voskuil Grant Rochelle Scott Wertel, P.E. Martin Eigner
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