R&D Operations Excellence Lead
Saint-Prex, Switzerland
For our R&D Team, we are looking for an experienced
R&D Operations Excellence Lead
in order to maximize our effectiveness and compliance by developing and maintaining business processes and supporting R&D operation to excellence on product design and technology development.
Key responsibilities and activities
- Develop and maintain processes, guidance, tools, and templates in collaboration with process owners
- Enable multi-technology processes & tool alignment and serve as the subject matter expert on R&D processes & tools
- Provide guidance on product development, lessons learned and best practices
- Ensure alignment in the product development processes, a clear and consistent design control practice to guarantee product integrity during development and along the life cycle (ECM process)
- Lead design operation to excellence and ensure delivery of projects on time, in full.
- Provide technical advice, recommendations, and methodology for problem-solving
- Lead internal design decision and support design review
- Lead all technical issues and task force to diagnose, troubleshoot and provide corrective actions and solutions
- Research and develop technology with an R&D and product development focus
Hard skills
- Master/PhD in System Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience of related working experience with an understanding on multi-technology product design and R&D business processes
- Experience in mechanical or electrical product design and qualification from concept to series production, industrialization field experience as a plus
- Experience in R&D business processes optimization and deployment with the required change management skills
- Experience on X-CAD, numerical simulation, PDP processes and PLM solutions as a plus
Soft skills
- Excellent problem solving, analytical, and decision making skills
- Driven, self-starter with excellent planning and organizational skills and a strong attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English and French)
Willing to join? Send us your application (CV and cover letter) via our e-mail address or apply below.