Manager, Engineering NPI

Role description

Team Leader, Engineering NPI

Location: Veldhoven, NL

Job ID: 45500

Management Activities

• Conduct performance and appraisal interviews
• Facilitate team meetings with direct reports
• Ensure employee development, including coordinating education/training and knowledge sharing
• Lead and coach the Engineering sub‑department, including contracted resources (approximately 8–15 employees in total)
• Maintain oversight of multiple projects, set priorities, and coordinate activities within the team
• Provide support to the Director of Engineering in preparing reports and monitoring the development process and organizational planning, including expanding the IAI roadmap
• Safeguard the quality and quantity of work within the Engineering sub‑department, ensuring activities are performed in accordance with guidelines and agreements

Organization

• Ensure appropriate staffing levels within the Engineering department (number of resources, required competencies, etc.)
• Ensure uniformity and standardization of work processes
• Define and determine outsourcing assignments, specifying what contracted resources are expected to deliver
• Maintain oversight of Engineering resource planning and, where necessary, engage support from resources in other teams

Technologies and System Design

• Translate developments into new applications, market applications, or system specifications
• Advise on potential new technologies, material applications, and/or innovations to company systems and machines
• Co‑determine the system architecture for newly developed systems and machines
• Together with a multidisciplinary team (Software, Mechanics, and Electronics), translate customer specifications into a conceptual design and functional specifications
• Participate in and facilitate reviews to assess the functionality and quality of designs

Primary Duties – Communication

• Communications occur in both Dutch and English
• Promote information exchange within a multidisciplinary team to ensure functionalities are translated into design information
• Discuss project planning, progress, and results with the Director of Engineering and/or Project Managers
• Communicate technical information and malfunctions with (international) customers
• Prepare presentations, project plans, work instructions, and test documents
• Discuss technical content, solutions, specifications, process knowledge, system development, and innovations with internal stakeholders and customers
• Represent the Engineering team during meetings with Operations, Project Managers, and Team Leaders
• Support Sales with regard to new technical applications and process knowledge
• Prepare reports for the Director of Engineering

Authorities

• Set priorities for the allocation and distribution of work within the team, including outsourcing tasks where necessary
• Initiate and follow up on system and unit development, taking customer and functional specifications into account
• Make decisions regarding the deployment of people and resources
• Prepare, implement, and monitor procedures and regulations
• Make investment decisions within approved departmental budgets
• Analyze, interpret, and resolve problems within the Engineering sub‑department

Responsibilities

• Ensure the availability of appropriate resources within the team
• Ensure availability and TPD of developed units and machines, taking specifications into account
• Keep standard machines and technology knowledge up to date and apply new technologies in the field of control software
• Build a solid knowledge infrastructure by promoting active knowledge transfer within the Engineering department
• Bearing responsibility for validation and test steps within the PCP process
• Establish and manage departmental budgets
• Realise adequate departmental planning and achieve project and departmental objectives

Experience and Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Leadership and people‑management skills
• Experience in system design
• Strong communication skills

What We Can Offer

• Competitive salary and rewards package
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work‑life balance
• Vibrant, welcoming and inclusive culture
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximise your potential
• Part of a global organization that pioneers hardware, software and services that allow people to navigate the physical and digital worlds confidently

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