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