Manager Engineering (f/m/d)

Your role

·  Accelerating product development cycles by embedding agile principles, iterative design approaches, and rapid prototyping

·  Driving energy and speed in development through clear prioritization, empowered teams, and streamlined decision-making processes

·  Ensuring engineering excellence in design, quality, manufacturability, and serviceability

·  Fostering a strong engineering culture built on motivation, ownership, and technical expertise

·  Developing a scalable and efficient team structure that supports collaboration across functions and locations

·  Standardizing processes and tools to ensure consistency, quality, and efficiency

·  Establishing clear KPIs and performance metrics to measure progress and accountability

·  Ensuring disciplined project execution and effective risk management throughout all development phases

·  Incorporating serviceability and sustainability considerations into all new product developments

·  Strengthening cross-functional collaboration with procurement, production, logistics, and service teams to ensure seamless product lifecycle integration

·  Promoting employee development through mentoring, training, and succession planning to build future-ready engineering capabilities

·  Supporting Project Purple by aligning engineering strategies with long-term site and technology roadmaps

·  Ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and regulatory requirements across all engineering activities

·  Continuously expanding our expertise in vacuum technology to ensure our products remain differentiated, reliable, and aligned with evolving customer needs.

To succeed, you will need

·  Completed Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field

·  Several years of relevant professional experience in Research & Development within an industrial environment are required

·  Proven experience in leadership positions or strategic/conceptual roles

·  Strong entrepreneurial mindset and business acumen

·  Extensive experience in leading, developing, and coaching employees, as well as managing cross-functional teams

·  Strong results-oriented analytical understanding of cost structures, lead times, inventory management, and investment decisions

·  Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills across all levels of the organization

·  High level of energy, initiative, and motivation

·  Very good English skills and excellent German language skills, both written and spoken, are required.

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Contact information

 Talent Acquisition Team: David Gabriel