R&D Manager

1. Definition of the job: A research and development (R&D) manager organizes a team of engineers to create new and refine existing products and technologies through a process of researching, designing, experimenting and testing. Their typical duties include: creating and developing new products to meet consumer needs.

2. What can employee experience and benefit from this position?: Every day something new! A wide variety of milling challenges for several products segments. Collaboration with international colleagues, working passionately at the development of new products and machining strategies for our worldwide customers. An organization that is small enough to have oversight and an informal atmosphere. The size of Premo offer you the possibilities to build an international career.

3. Position responsibilities:

3.1. Managing and organizing R&D team

- Manage and direct the research and development programs to meet organizational needs and to capitalize on potential new products.

- Develop and implement research and development procedures and techniques.

- Oversee complex research projects, analyzes results and provides recommendations based on findings. Assesses the scope of research projects and ensures they are on time and within budget.

- Manage/allocate R&D resource to leverage opportunity projects to get awarded and go to mass production successfully (on time and on cost).

- Monitor all projects progress in 'feasibility phase' to predict or take early actions/escalation to keep projects on track and unblock technical issues.

- Assist in the generation of technical proposals and cost estimates.

- Collaborate with product stakeholders to translate business problem statements into technical solutions.

- Leverage the latest technology. Know that technology has a solution for everything – right from efficient task management and simplified collaboration to effortless reporting and time tracking.

- Support/Resolve customer complaints to the full satisfaction of the customer regarding technical matters.

- Manage sample line, ensure samples to be on time for delivery. Review and optimize sample plan according to toolings, raw material, production process and manpower; understand Material Requirements Planning (MRP).

- Manage department's budget

- Inspire employees at every level. Inspiration comes at many levels; from boosting the morale of the team when things are not going right to talking it out with individuals when they are facing problems in their personal lives.

- Deploy company policies and guidelines to employees

3.2. Development of employees and performance evaluation

- Train and act as mentors to their employees and teach them skills that they can use as they advance their careers.

- Coordinate with associated departments to prepare the training plans aiming to enhance the skills of the employees and measuring their effectiveness.

- Advice seminars, workshops, and conferences based on each department’s needs

- Monitor the employee performance during the working time to ensure proper assessment of the weak/strong points of the employee is done - or whether disciplinary actions are needed -, contract revision and managing promotion/demotion.

- Coach employee under area of responsibility

- Follow up the job carried out by his team and detects blocking points or risks

- Define priorities according to situation, context and direction received from management

- Evaluate performance of staff under supervision

- Report timely to upper manager with clearly presented data

- Manage conflicts: including conflicts between members of their team or between teams

- Develop, motivate, and challenge team members with the aim to develop the team

1. Education: Bachelor Degree in Electrical-Electronics, Power Electronics or related fields.

2. Experience: At least 1 year in same position or 3-5 years in related positions

3. Specific Competencies & Knowledge:

- Engineering & Design: Electrical, Mechanical, Magnetism Design*, Power Electronics, Analog/Digital Electronics, Mechanical Modeling*, Electronic Simulation, Magnetic & Thermal Simulation

- Tools & Processes: SolidWorks/Onshape, PSIM/LTSpice/Simulink, Excel*, ANSYS/Maxwell/Icepack, DFMEA*, SAP*, SharePoint*

- Manufacturing Knowledge: Winding, Soldering, Assembling, Testing, Automation, Plastic & Metal Materials, LPM & HPM

- Quality & Project Management: Quality Systems (ISO), Costing, Project Integration, FMEA/Risk Analysis