Manager Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling
Core
Leading an R&D department of ~12 people to guide R&D trajectories from concept to series production, translating market/customer questions into technical solutions, setting up prototypes, and ensuring reproducibility and quality in close collaboration with production and procurement.
Role type
Senior IC R&D Project Manager
Builds
Mechanical and electrical subsystem prototypes and series production-ready products
Domain
Manufacturing industry (mechanical and electrical engineering)
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
R&D and product development leadership, multidisciplinary team management, project planning and budget control, prototyping, process optimization, technical specification translation, risk management, customer advisory
Preferred skills
Experience with performance reviews and absenteeism support, strong analytical problem-solving skills
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate the R&D team and daily direction of technicians, engineers, and preparers; Set up and steer product development projects from calculation and prototype phase to delivery and aftercare; Translate customer and market questions into technical specifications and working prototypes; Improve development processes and ensure reproducibility, quality, and cost efficiency; Collaborate with production, procurement, and quality to make products scalable for the production floor; Monitor planning, budgets, and risks for multiple parallel projects, including change management and extra work; Maintain customer contacts in an advisory role and collaborate with sales on order expansion