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VP Engineering, Dry Pumps, Semi

As VP Engineering, Dry Pumps you will deliver commercial success and market share gains for the division through the rapid introduction of world‑class dry pump products into the semiconductor and adjacent markets. Define and deliver a technology and product roadmap that ensures longer term success. Lead the engineering teams around the world, creating a cohesive engineering force, capable of propelling the Semiconductor Division to the next level of market leadership. As authorising officer for the division, safety compliance and quality are the highest priority of the role, whilst ensuring timely delivery of new products and technologies into the market.

• Create a dynamic, ambitious and entrepreneurial global engineering group across the division that delivers commercial success through disruptive product innovation.
• Deliver the global NPI programmes for Dry Pump products which are on time, on cost and with high quality. Accelerate our time to market to meet the speed of market and application changes.
• You take full responsibility for engineering process improvement, consistency, safety and compliance.
• Incorporate design for cost, manufacturability, reliability, part variation, accounting for component obsolescence, into the product development cycle.
• Introduce product development methods that deliver products quicker to the market as well as designs with the lowest cost, maximum differentiation, flexibility and innovation.
• Direct core technology development projects to align with the future requirements of our customers.
• Lead the market in energy efficiency and environmental impact and performance of our products.
• Ensure engagement between Applications, Product Management, Technology and Engineering to enable and deliver the product roadmap.
• Ensure that serviceability and predictive diagnostics needs are considered within the development process.
• Drive a connectivity and software strategy for the products and solutions.
• You inspire your team and drive entrepreneurial spirit. Create a world class global diverse engineering organisation through talent development and recruitment.
• Control R&D spend as well as drive improvements in efficiency.

To succeed, you will need

• A proven track record of having launched disruptive or innovative products delivering commercial success. With an ability to lead projects and activities, delivering on time, to specification with strict quality and cost targets (project and product costs).
• Exceptional business/commercial awareness to make appropriate proposals to balance potentially conflicting commercial and technical drivers.
• Management expertise to manage, build & develop a large (>100 people) multi‑discpline cohesive team, to provide leadership & direction, and to foster good communications across project teams & functions.
• Influencing, communication, presentation and negotiating skills at the highest levels, both internally and externally. Able to achieve credibility and command respect. Influencing across functional boundaries is a key element of this role.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment and design for manufacturing/assembly/procurements tools.
• Experience with platform and modular design.
• Knowledge of vacuum technology is advantageous.

• Technical University degree plus 15 years post‑degree experience.
• Good level of English language (verbal and written), knowledge of Korean/Mandarin is advantageous.
• Knowledge of semiconductor wafer processes is advantageous.

• We are looking for a dynamic, results driven and visionary engineering leader with a strong personal drive. You must have strong managerial capabilities, a proven ability to inspire as well as to lead projects and achieve commercial results. You must have a high level of analytical, communication and teambuilding skills. Decisive with accountability.

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well‑being

As a senior role, there is requirement to travel to our sites and therefore we offer a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being at our Semiconductor Division sites across our globe and a home base.

Talent Acquisition Team:
Meher Cox

Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value‑added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. They are also used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications; steel and other metallurgy; pharmaceutical and chemical; and for scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications.

Edwards has over 4,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment. Edwards has state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.