Innovation Engineering Manager - PEAK Technical Services Inc.
Poway, CA 92064
About the Job
MAIN OBJECTIVES
Thermal/Mechanical/Automation
- 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 San Diego 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.
Source : PEAK Technical Services Inc.