Engineering Manager Your role A key strategic priority is to maintain and strengthen the site’s leadership position in vacuum technology, ensuring our solutions remain at the forefront of scientific and industrial innovation. Your leadership will be instrumental in building a motivated, high-performing engineering team, structured for collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. You will champion agile product development methodologies to accelerate time-to-market, enhance cross-functional integration, and increase responsiveness to change. To succeed, you will need Accelerating product development cycles by embedding agile principles, iterative design, and rapid prototyping Driving energy and speed in development through clear prioritization, empowered teams, and streamlined decision-making Ensuring engineering excellence in design, quality, manufacturability, and serviceability Fostering a strong engineering culture built on motivation, ownership, and technical mastery Developing a scalable and efficient team structure that supports collaboration across disciplines and geographies Standardizing processes and tools to ensure consistency, quality, and efficiency Establishing clear KPIs and performance metrics to track progress and accountability Driving disciplined project execution and risk management across all development phases Supporting design for service and sustainability in all new product developments Enhancing cross-functional collaboration with procurement, production, logistics, and service to ensure seamless product lifecycle integration Investing in talent development through mentoring, training, and succession planning to build future-ready engineering capabilities Contributing to Project Purple by aligning engineering strategies with long-term footprint and technology roadmaps Ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and regulatory standards in all engineering activities Continuously advancing our expertise in vacuum technology, ensuring our products remain differentiated, reliable, and aligned with evolving customer needs Your qualifications Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering, physics, or an equivalent field Several years of relevant professional experience in research and development in an industrial setting is a must Proven experience in leadership or conceptual roles Strong entrepreneurial mindset Extensive experience in leading and developing employees, as well as in cross-functional leadership Very strong, results-oriented analytical understanding of cost structures, lead times, inventory, and investment decisions Excellent communication and persuasion skills at all levels of an organization You bring a high level of energy and motivation to the role Very good English and excellent German skills (spoken and written) 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
Manager Engineering (f/m/d) Arbeitgeber: Atlas Copco Group
Als Arbeitgeber im Bereich Prüffeld bieten wir dir nicht nur eine spannende und abwechslungsreiche Tätigkeit als Mechaniker (m/w/d), sondern auch ein unterstützendes und kollegiales Arbeitsumfeld. Unsere Mitarbeiter profitieren von umfangreichen Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten und einer klaren Karriereentwicklung, während sie in einem modernen und gut ausgestatteten Prüffeld arbeiten, das innovative Technologien und herausfordernde Projekte vereint. Zudem legen wir großen Wert auf eine ausgewogene Work-Life-Balance und fördern aktiv die Teamkultur.
