ECAD Service Manager

Try&Hire; Aargau; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Try&Hire is seeking a senior ECAD Manager to lead global ECAD initiatives. You will guide agile teams, oversee ECAD applications, and manage vendor relationships while driving best practices across the portfolio.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in ECAD and strong ITIL and Agile experience, plus hands-on tools like Zuken E3.series and Altium. Long-term growth and a permanent option after assignment are possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Master's degree preferred for seniority.
• Minimum 8 years of ECAD system admin, development, or design experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize the ECAD service portfolio and application landscape.
• Lead agile development teams, application managers, project managers and external vendors.
• Oversee development, maintenance and continuous improvement of ECAD applications.
• Manage lifecycle of ECAD applications from selection to retirement.
• Manage vendor relationships including licensing, support, and contracts.
• Develop ECAD best practices, standards and procedures.
• Evaluate and introduce new ECAD technologies and methodologies.

Skills

ECAD administration

Agile leadership

Vendor management

ITIL knowledge

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

SAFe

Scrum

Kanban

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Zuken E3.series

Altium

Job description

This role manages and optimizes electrical and electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) systems and services, supporting engineering teams globally.

Your tasks

• Manage and enhance the ECAD service portfolio and application landscape
• Lead agile development teams, application managers, project managers and external vendors
• Oversee development, maintenance and continuous improvement of ECAD applications
• Manage the full lifecycle of ECAD applications, from selection to retirement
• Manage vendor relationships including licensing, technical support and contracts
• Develop ECAD best practices, standards and procedures
• Evaluate and introduce new ECAD technologies and methodologies

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related technical field; Master's preferred
• Minimum 8 years of experience in ECAD system administration, development, support or design engineering
• At least 3 years of leadership or management experience
• Strong experience with Agile methodologies such as SAFe, Scrum and Kanban
• Knowledge of IT service management frameworks, particularly ITIL
• Hands‑on experience with industry-standard ECAD tools such as Zuken E3.series or Altium
• Strong financial acumen including budgeting, forecasting and cost management

Conditions

• Workload: 100 %
• Option of a permanent position after the assignment if both sides want it

Technologies

• Zuken E3.series
• Altium
• ITIL
• SAFe
• Scrum
• Kanban