Manager Engineering (f/m/d)

Atlas Copco Airpower N.V.; Köln; Vor Ort; EUR 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Atlas Copco Airpower N.V. in Köln seeks an experienced engineering leader to maintain and strengthen our vacuum technology leadership.

You will build and mentor a high-performing team, drive agile product development, and ensure cross-functional collaboration across procurement, production, and service to accelerate time-to-market. You will champion process standardization, KPI-driven performance, and risk management while cultivating a culture of ownership, motivation, and continuous

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering, physics, or an equivalent field.
• Several years of relevant professional experience in R&D in an industrial setting.
• Proven leadership experience and ability to develop employees.

Aufgaben

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team across disciplines.
• Champion agile product development and accelerate time-to-market.
• Ensure design quality, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Standardize processes, define KPIs, and drive disciplined project execution.
• Foster collaboration with procurement, production, logistics, and service.

Kenntnisse

Leadership experience

Cross-functional leadership

Excellent communication

Analytical cost understanding

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or physics

Jobbeschreibung

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
• 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
• 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

Leybold

Leybold is a brand that supplies customers with vacuum solutions. The brand’s products include vacuum pumps and systems, as well as standardized and customized vacuum solutions and services. Leybold’s core capabilities lie in offering applications and customized systems for the creation of vacuum and extraction of processing gases. These solutions are mainly used in manufacturing, analytical processes and research. Over the years, Leybold has demonstrated an ability to adapt to a changing world, consistently providing customers with new innovations and pioneering products. Leybold is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.