Business Leader – New Team Dedicated for Robotic PCB Test System

Mycronic USA; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Professional development

International exposure

Job summary

RoBAT Ltd. is seeking a Product Leader to define the product vision for a cutting-edge PCB test system. You will translate customer requirements into a market-leading solution and guide development from concept through commercial launch.

You will collaborate with OEMs and CEMs, directing a multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional technical capability while achieving commercial goals. Based in Macclesfield, onsite with global collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner for technical products.
• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Electronics or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of industrial automation or electronic test equipment.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experience defining product requirements and roadmaps.
• Commercial awareness and market analysis skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product roadmap.
• Gather and prioritise customer requirements from PCB manufacturers, OEMs/CEMs and test service providers.
• Translate customer needs into detailed product requirements.
• Work with multidisciplinary engineering team including robotics, electronics, high-speed measurement systems, embedded software, machine vision, mechanical design.
• Prioritise development activities based on customer value and commercial return.
• Manage product requirements throughout the development lifecycle.
• Define product positioning and competitive differentiation.
• Analyse competitor products and emerging technologies.
• Support beta programmes and customer evaluations.
• Work with Sales and Marketing on product launch activities.
• Define pricing strategy and long-term product evolution.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder management

Industrial automation

Electronic test equipment

Technical writing

Education

Engineering, Physics, or Electronics degree

Job description

Do you want to be part of an organization on the cutting edge of technology?

We're looking for talented people to join our motivated and friendly team. We have an open, collaborative, and flexible environment. You'll work alongside leading industry experts and take on challenging projects that bring tomorrow's electronics to life. If you want to make a difference, are an effective communicator, love a good challenge, and easily embrace change, your next career adventure awaits!

RoBAT Ltd. is a subsidiary of Mycronic, a global technology leader with a market valuation of approximately £3 billion. Based at our headquarters in Macclesfield, Cheshire, we have a talented, multi-disciplined, dynamic team designing and manufacturing high-value robotic machines for testing PCBs (printed circuit boards). By joining RoBAT Ltd. you are part of any organization that is

a growing and innovative company where your contributions will truly make a difference. You will have the ability to work in a hands-on role that offers a variety of challenges with a friendly and supportive team with a shared commitment to quality and excellence.

Shape the Future of PCB Test Technology:

This is an opportunity to join a new technology venture within an established engineering organisation.

We are developing the next generation of PCB test equipment designed to transform the way circuit boards are validated in manufacturing. By combining innovative technologies and advanced automation, we aim to deliver a step change in test capability, efficiency, and quality while creating a future significant new business opportunity.

As our Business Leader, you will define the product vision, translate customer requirements into a market-leading solution, and guide development from concept through commercial launch.

If you enjoy creating complex engineering products that solve real customer problems, we'd like to hear from you.

The Role

Reporting directly to the GM you will own both the team and product strategy for an innovative tester specifically designed for latest generation PCBs applications.

Working closely with OEMs, CEMs & supported by our existing expertise, you will ensure that the product delivers exceptional technical capability while meeting commercial objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the product roadmap.
• Gather and prioritise customer requirements from PCB manufacturers, OEMs/CEMs and test service providers.
• Translate customer needs into detailed product requirements.
• Work with multidisciplinary engineering team including:
  • Robotics
  • Electronics
  • High-speed measurement systems
  • Embedded software
  • Machine vision
  • Mechanical design
• Prioritise development activities based on customer value and commercial return.
• Manage product requirements throughout the development lifecycle.
• Define product positioning and competitive differentiation.
• Analyse competitor products and emerging technologies.
• Support beta programmes and customer evaluations.
• Work with Sales and Marketing on product launch activities.
• Define pricing strategy and long-term product evolution.

About You

You are equally comfortable discussing commercial strategy with customers and technical detail with engineers.

You have experience bringing complex industrial or scientific equipment to market and understand how to balance innovation, technical risk and customer value.

Essential

• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner for technical products.
• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Electronics or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of industrial automation or electronic test equipment.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experience defining product requirements and roadmaps.
• Commercial awareness and market analysis skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Desirable

Experience in one or more of:

• PCB manufacturing or electronic assembly
• Electrical testing of PCBs
• High-speed digital electronics and signal processing
• Robotics and motion control
• Machine vision
• Precision metrology
• Automated test equipment (ATE)

Why Join Us?

• Define a category-leading product.
• Work with a highly experienced multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Influence technology strategy from day one.
• Join a start-up culture backed by an established engineering company.
• Competitive salary.
• Performance bonus.
• Pension scheme.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Professional development and training.
• International exposure with customers and co-workers located around the globe.

Location

Onsite at our facility in Macclesfield, with regular attendance at our remote engineering facilities and customer sites as required.

A Culture of Collaboration & Personal Growth

At Mycronic, we love what we do, but most importantly who we do it with. Because to us the relationships we have with our customers and each other are the keys to success.

Take part in the excitement of working with innovative people and global businesses who are elevating today's standards in modern electronics. Share in the responsibility of bringing great ideas to life within an inclusive culture that not only promotes personal growth and embraces diversity but depends upon it.

Here you are expected to have a voice and will be encouraged to get involved. It's this very mindset that empowers our people to make a positive difference for a broad range of businesses, society and the planet - every day.

Mycronic is committed to workplace diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by national laws.

For a company founded on passion, collaboration and outside-the-box thinking, there is no greater asset than a diverse workforce. It is the cornerstone of our global, internal culture, and we actively promote an inclusive and healthy work environment by embracing diversity and showing compassion for our colleagues. Not only does it fuel our innovation capabilities, but it also deepens our understanding of our customers as well as the different cultures in which we operate. We believe quite simply that diversity is our competitive edge.

Learn more about working at Mycronic