Funded Manager - Hardware Technologies

Imec; Luik; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IMEC in Leuven, Belgium, invites a Funded Manager - Hardware Technologies to steer public funding activities across hardware and deep-tech domains. You will coordinate front-office funding work, build partnerships with Flemish and national agencies, and help shape project proposals from concept to reporting.

You’ll develop deep expertise in public funding, monitor the Flemish funding landscape, and work across imec’s hardware portfolio.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in engineering or sciences, preferably hardware/semiconductor background.
• Interest in hardware and semiconductor innovation and ability to learn across imec technology areas.

Responsibilities

• Be the interface to Flemish and national funding agencies for strategic hardware and deep-tech research areas.
• Participate in workshops, conferences and meetings with governmental stakeholders to align imec topics with relevant work programs.
• Initiate and follow up funded projects through proposal drafting, submission, evaluation, negotiation and cooperation agreements; provide reporting and project follow-up.

Skills

Dutch & English communication

Networking

Project management

Independent work

Education

Master's or PhD in engineering or sciences

Job description

Funded Manager - Hardware Technologies

What you will do

Imec's R&D programs are supported by funded projects with industrial players and research centers. The Regional Innovation and Collaboration Hub group is responsible for coordinating funding activities at imec in Flanders. This includes both front office activities, such as ensuring imec's participation in strategically important projects up to the electronic submission of the projects, setting up the necessary cooperation agreements with project partners, and supporting ongoing projects.

As Funded Manager - Hardware Technologies, you follow the Flemish and national funding policy. You build imec-wide expertise in public funding and develop insight across multiple strategic hardware and deep-tech domains. Depending on strategic priorities and business needs, you may contribute to different research areas across imec's hardware portfolio rather than to one narrowly defined technology domain.

• You are the interface of imec towards the various funding agencies at Flemish and national level for strategic hardware and deep-tech research areas.
• You participate in workshops, conferences and meetings with governmental stakeholders to make sure that imec's research topics find their way into the relevant work programs. You are responsible for following up funding policy in the assigned research areas.
• You initiate and follow up funded projects through the different steps of drafting project proposals, submission, evaluation procedures, negotiation and setting up cooperation agreements. After approval of the project, you provide the necessary support with regard to reporting and project follow-up.
• You become familiar with research activities carried out at imec across multiple hardware and semiconductor technology domains. As a funded manager, you help identify and secure funding opportunities that support imec's research and innovation priorities.
• You build up a broad knowledge of the Flemish funding landscapeand take responsibility for monitoring and actively contributing to these funding programs.

What we do for you

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.

Who you are

• You have a master's or PhD degree in engineering or sciences, preferably with a hardware, semiconductor, electronics, physics, materials science or related deep-tech background.
• You have a broad interest in hardware and semiconductor innovation, and you are able to rapidly build domain knowledge across different imec technology areas.
• You would like to learn more about Flemish and national funding policies.
• You enjoy networking. Preferably, you already have a broad network of contacts related to funding programs, innovation ecosystems and funding policy .
• Ideally, you already have experience as a funded project manager or in collaborative R&D, program management, business development or innovation partnerships.
• You are a team player who can also work independently.
• You can process a lot of information in a short time and convince with arguments.
• You are result-driven and handle files in an efficient and organized manner.
• You possess strong communication skills in Dutch and English.

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