Hardware Team Leader
Job Summary
As the Hardware Team Lead, reporting to the Business Stream Automation Manager, you will provide technical and people leadership for a team of up to 4 Hardware Engineers and Specialists based in Aarhus. The Hardware team is responsible for the electrical design of our processing equipment, including electrical cabinets, motor control systems, instrumentation, power distribution, and machine interfaces. You will work closely with Mechanical Engineering, Automation Software Engineering, Manufacturing, and external panel-building suppliers to develop safe, compliant, and cost-effective machine solutions.
You will act as the technical authority within Hardware Engineering, driving engineering standards, design quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across our product portfolio.
What you will do
The role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering responsibilities, including:
• Electrical design and documentation in EPLAN
• Electrical architecture, design reviews, and technical decision-making
• Functional Safety, machine safety, and EMC-compliant electrical design
• UL508A, CE, EMC, and Machinery Regulation compliance
• Technical guidance and mentoring of team members
• Coordination with software, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers
• Support of resource planning and competence development
• Support and governance of external panel-building suppliers
This is primarily a technical leadership role. The successful candidate is expected to actively contribute to engineering activities, drive technical decisions, and elevate the technical competence of the Hardware team. While people leadership is part of the role, proven technical expertise within electrical machine design, compliance, and safety is considered essential.
We believe you have
You hold an Engineering degree or equivalent within Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field and have at least 10 years of experience with industrial electrical design and machine automation.
Previous people management experience is an advantage, but proven technical leadership is considered more important.
You have strong knowledge of:
• Electrical design of industrial machinery and control panels
• EPLAN Electric P8 and electrical documentation standards
• UL508A and North American electrical requirements
• IEC standards related to machinery and industrial automation
• Machinery Regulation, CE compliance, EMC requirements, and risk assessments
• Functional Safety and safety-related control systems
• EMC principles, mitigation techniques, grounding, shielding, and industrial installation practices
• Motor control systems, drives, instrumentation, and industrial power distribution
• Collaboration with panel builders, suppliers, production, and cross-functional engineering teams
• Business travels up to 10-20 days per year
• Fluency in English is required. Danish is considered an advantage.
You are a strong technical problem solver, capable of balancing engineering excellence, compliance, quality, cost, and delivery. You enjoy mentoring colleagues, driving technical improvements, and collaborating across the entire value chain.