Sr Manager of R&D Hardware Engineering

We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity. With $1.4 billion invested annually in R&D, our collaborative and diverse teams have the resources they need to drive new discoveries and do cutting-edge research and develop important applications and tools that help millions of lives around the world.

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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

The Position

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Discover Impactful Work:

We are leaders in electron microscopy solutions, committed to delivering innovative solutions and outstanding customer experiences. We are currently hiring a Senior Manager of R&D Hardware Engineering to be responsible for our engineering teams and support the implementation of our technology vision.

A Day in the Life:

Strategic Leadership:
Align engineering efforts with business goals and implement competency management strategies.
Lead competence management, conduct gap analysis, and build strategies to address identified gaps.
Lead team competency development, including setting goals, conducting performance evaluations, recruiting new talent, and organizing training programs.
Key Partnership with Product Development:
Collaborate closely with other Validation and Software Team leaders to ensure alignment and teamwork on project delivery.
Oversee the delivery of products within budget, on schedule, and meeting quality guidelines.
Provide effort estimations and allocate team members to support project needs.
Ensure the quality of our products.
Team Management:
Manage multiple teams involved in the design and integration of hardware components, including both XDB and TEM products.
Be responsible for hiring, staffing, and maintaining a diverse and effective workforce.
Guide career development, planning, and performance of the team.
Develop teams across multiple sites and cultures, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
Implement dynamic resource balancing to optimize team performance and project delivery.

Keys to Success:

Education:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Experience:

10 years of work experience, including management experience, in sophisticated technology product development.
Proven experience running large-scale projects and leading engineering teams.
Expertise in data-driven decision making.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Excellent leadership and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams to achieve significant business objectives.
High learning agility and understanding of sophisticated business and products.
Role model with strong strategic, planning, and organizational skills.

Personal:

Diversity in our teams is an important element to build an effective and challenging working environment. Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement are key characteristics that we expect of all that are part of our community.