Innovation Engineering Manager - Thermal/Mechanical/Automation

MAIN OBJECTIVES

• Provide disciplined and technical leadership for the Innovation Lab department

• Analyze and structure new technologies and derive concepts for their use in new or existing products

• Advance active thermal control technologies (T-Core) in terms of control technology and heat transport across the domains of software, electrical hardware, mechanics, and materials science

• Conceive and evaluate new machines, systems and modular architectures

• Design, drive and execute technology development projects in collaboration with product management and other engineering departments within development

• Establish and maintain a culture of innovation

• Clarify requirements and present concepts to customers at customers sites worldwide

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Inspire and develop emerging talent to grow technical expertise, innovation skills and soft skills

• Resource planning, cost responsibility, and deadline control

• Identification and selection of suitable technology development projects

• Technical control of technology development projects

• Make decisions in the event of conflicting development goals in machines and modules

• Patent management and protection of newly developed intellectual property

ESSENTIAL QUALITY EXPECTATIONS

• Proactively identify and improve structural weaknesses in processes, technical expertise, and mindset within the Innovation Lab department

• Proactively identify opportunities for machine and system improvements

• Provide structured and clear reports on department status and projects

• Team spirit to evolve in an innovation team

• Open mind for new ideas and multi-technology investigations

AUTHORITY: Leader of the iLab technology department in US Poway under the Senior Manager Innovation Lab

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

• A BS and MS degree that includes a major or minor or focus field of study in least two or more of the following engineering disciplines: mechanical, electrical, electro-mechanical, robotics/automation, mechatronics, thermal, systems, computer science or computer.

• At least 10 years of progressive experience in the engineering that includes design and development of complex mechanical capital equipment

• At least 3 years of leadership experience

• Ideally, knowledge of the following areas: Embedded development, CAE, MATLAB/Octave, statistics, reliability engineering.

• Experience with concept and product development processes

• In-depth knowledge of control technology of mechatronic systems (ideally thermal systems) and experience in the design of thermal systems and refrigeration technology

• Experience in project management and in leading and motivating departments and project teams

• Strong verbal, written and presentation with MS Office Suite.

• Creativity, flexibility, team skills, and assertiveness

• Customer-oriented thinking and acting

• Language skills: Fluent English negotiation skills, (ideally: German and/or French)

• Position based in CA Poway with travel time up to 20% (Worldwide)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

PhD is in an engineering field is preferred.

Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, etc.