Brewing Units Development Specialist

Jobtailor; Italia; In loco; EUR 42.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Design Manager for coffee machine systems. You will contribute to the design and development of brewing units and the integration of mechanical, hydraulic and electrical components, ensuring reliability and quality.

You will collaborate with R&D and cross‑functional teams, evaluate prototypes, and help assess suppliers and partners. Sustainability, regulatory compliance and data‑driven improvement are emphasized.

Competenze

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Strong problem solving and decision making skills for complex systems.
• Experience guiding teams and leading projects through design stages.
• Effective planning and prioritization across multiple workstreams.
• Strategic thinking and ability to align vision with feasibility.
• Customer-focused mindset with attention to quality and safety.
• Understanding of R&D strategy and sustainable development principles.
• Knowledge of coffee science, technology, and regulatory standards.

Mansioni

• Contributes to the design and development of coffee machine brewing units and systems, including mechanical and hydraulic components.
• Contributes to system architecture development for coffee machines with R&D teams.
• Researches and proposes sustainable solutions for coffee machine systems.
• Conducts tests and analyzes data to evaluate functionality and performance of the system.
• Works with cross-functional teams to ensure compatibility between capsules and machines.
• Collaborates with Marketing and Production to align requirements with feasibility and budgets.
• Participates in prototypes development and evaluation, reviewing tests for usability and reliability.
• Contributes to research and evaluation of potential partners and suppliers for components.
• Assists in developing and maintaining design guidelines and standards for coffee machine systems.
• Ensures compliance with industry regulations and safety standards.
• Keeps track of KPIs and provides insights to management for decision making.
• Performs industry trend research to identify opportunities for improvement.

Conoscenze

Collaboration & Partnership

Communication & Impact

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Leading People

Planning & Managing Priorities

Big Picture & Vision

Customer Orientation

Strumenti

Coffee Machine Design Management

Electronics & Systems Automation Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Coffee Science & Technology

Coffee Machine Laboratory Testing

Food, Pack & Machines Regulatory Compliance

Food Contact Material Safety

R&D Metrics & Analytics

R&D Partnership Development

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Responsibilities

• Contributes to the design and development of coffee machine brewing units and systems, including the mechanical and hydraulic components (e.g., brewing mechanics, motors), ensuring functionality, reliability and adherence to quality standards.
• Contributes to system architecture development for coffee machines, working with Research and Development teams focused on coffee machines development (e.g., Engineering, Electronics) to smoothly integrate mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components.
• Researches and proposes sustainable solutions for coffee machine systems and brewing units, contributing to environmental initiatives.
• Conducts tests and analyzes data to evaluate the functionality and performance of the coffee machine as a whole, ensuring effective integration of key subsystems, including water heating, brewing, and capsule handling, to create a cohesive and high quality coffee brewing system.
• Works closely with Research and Development teams focused on food product and packaging development to provide compatibility between coffee capsules and coffee machines.
• Works with cross‑functional teams (e.g., Marketing, Production) to align overall coffee machine system and components with new product development requirements, while contributing to financial and technical feasibility assessment.
• Participates in prototypes development and evaluation, ensuring adequate transformation of design concepts into physical or virtual models, and reviewing tests to assess usability, functionality and reliability of the product.
• Contributes to research and evaluation of potential partners and suppliers for components or technological development, providing inputs for partnership suitability, and preparing proposals for contract negotiations.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of design and development guidelines and standards for coffee machines system and brewing units, documenting design decisions, creating reference materials, and contributing to consistency and quality.
• Ensures coffee machines system and brewing units comply with relevant industry regulations and safety standards.
• Keeps track of KPIs and metrics to measure the performance of coffee machine systems and brewing mechanism, providing reports with variances and key insights to management for decision making.
• Conducts research and analysis on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in coffee machine systems and brewing units development to identify opportunities for improvement, providing relevant updates to management.

Requirements

• General Skills: Collaboration & Partnership
• General Skills: Communication & Impact
• General Skills: Problem Solving & Decision Making
• General Skills: Leading People
• General Skills: Planning & Managing Priorities
• General Skills: Big Picture & Vision
• General Skills: Customer Orientation
• Technical Competencies: R&D Strategy - Foundational Knowledge
• Technical Competencies: Coffee Science & Technology - Intermediate Knowledge & Application
• Technical Competencies: Coffee Machine Design Management - Foundational Knowledge
• Technical Competencies: Mechanical Engineering - Full Knowledge & Application
• Technical Competencies: Electronics & Systems Automation Engineering - Full Knowledge & Application
• Technical Competencies: Coffee Machine Laboratory Testing - Intermediate Knowledge & Application
• Technical Competencies: Food, Pack & Machines Regulatory Compliance - Foundational Knowledge
• Technical Competencies: Food Contact Material Safety - Foundational Knowledge
• Technical Competencies: R&D Partnership Development - Foundational Knowledge
• Technical Competencies: R&D Metrics & Analytics - Full Knowledge & Application