Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- Project, Embedded
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Heiligenhaus
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you take strategic and operational responsibility for a 45-member team, develop the technology roadmap, and manage product development throughout the entire lifecycle.
Your role in the team
- Strategic and operational overall responsibility for a team of approximately 45 employees in electronic device development.
- Development, continuous improvement, and consistent implementation of the technology and product roadmap throughout the entire product lifecycle.
- Definition of the product group strategy, architecture guidelines, and make-or-buy decisions; expansion and securing of the international market and technology position in core markets.
- Targeted management of development performance across all product groups in terms of time, cost, quality, and resource utilization.
- Responsibility for customized solutions, system integration, and series control with high manufacturing depth.
- Further development of structures, processes, and tools in the development environment (AI, Systems Engineering, Stage Gate, Agile).
- Scouting and evaluating technological trends (digitalization, IoT, communication technology) considering regulatory requirements.
- Close coordination with product management, (international) sales, and production.
- Representation of the company at strategic customers, partners, trade fairs, and professional committees.
- Final decision-making authority in critical technical conflicts and goal conflicts between product groups.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed engineering or science degree (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Technical Computer Science, or comparable).
Qualifications
- In-depth understanding of modern product development across the entire development process - from conception to series production.
- High technological competence in the field of electronics and embedded software, as well as the ability to evaluate technical decisions at the architecture level.
- Entrepreneurial-minded individual with strategic foresight, a drive for shaping, and pragmatic implementation skills.
- Willingness to take clear responsibility for cost and profit.
- Strong communication skills, persuasiveness, and enjoyment in engaging leaders and employees to achieve common goals.
- Enthusiasm for technology, innovation, and product development, as well as an interest in actively shaping the technological future of a medium-sized company.
Experience
- Several years of experience in a comparable technical leadership position in the field of complex embedded systems (electronics, firmware, and software).
- Proven experience in leading interdisciplinary development organizations as well as in the further development of structures, processes, and workflows.
- International experience as well as business-fluent English skills.
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What we offer
- A key position in a growing company with flat hierarchies and quick decision-making processes.
- The stability of a company that has been globally successful and expanding for three generations.
- Flexible working hours, 30 days of vacation, and the possibility of remote work.
- A dynamic, motivated, and collegial team.
- Attractive salary package consisting of a fixed salary, variable component, and company car.
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About Your Employer
Dipl.-Ing. H. Horstmann GmbH
We are a modern, medium-sized company in the electrical engineering industry. Our main customers are energy providers in the medium voltage network. As market leaders, we develop and produce system solutions for network monitoring in Heiligenhausm and Körperich.
Description
- Company Size
- 50-249 Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Industry
- Industry, Production
Head of Technology / CTO
- Location
- Heiligenhaus
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
