Engineering Manager - Hardware

Avular; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Non-contributory pension

Travel cost reimbursement

Employee participation plan

30 paid vacation days

Job summary

Avular is seeking an Engineering Manager, Hardware to lead and develop our Mechanical & Electrical engineering teams in Eindhoven. You will manage people, performance, capacity and engineering quality across multiple projects, balancing resources in a matrix setup and driving improvements in CAD/ECAD practices, BOM management and change processes.

You will hire, coach and mentor engineers, ensuring the right skills and environment for high-quality delivery while nurturing professional growth and

Qualifications

• Strong background in mechanical and/or electrical engineering.
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams.
• Strong people management, coaching and performance management skills.
• Experience improving hardware engineering ways of working, standards and tooling.
• Good understanding of manufacturability, reliability and engineering change processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Mechanical & Electrical engineers across multiple projects.
• Own performance management and act as hiring manager for new team members.
• Ensure capabilities and capacity align with development projects in a matrix organisation.
• Improve hardware engineering ways of working, standards, and tooling (CAD/ECAD, BOM, docs).
• Safeguard engineering quality across disciplines and projects.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

People management

Team leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Manufacturability

Reliability

Engineering change processes

Project management

Tools

CAD

ECAD

BOM management

Documentation tooling

Job description

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager focused on Hardware to join the Avular Team!

At Avular, we build mobile robotic solutions that operate in the real world. To strengthen our engineering organisation, we are looking for an Engineering Manager, Hardware to lead and develop our Mechanical & Electrical engineers.

As Engineering Manager Hardware, you are responsible for the people, capabilities, capacity and engineering quality within the Mechanical & Electrical disciplines.

You lead, coach and develop engineers, own performance management, and act as hiring manager for new team members.

You ensure the right capabilities and capacity are available for our development projects and support engineers in their professional growth.

You continuously improve our hardware engineering ways of working, standards and tooling, including CAD and ECAD practices, BOM and revision management, documentation, engineering change processes and peer-review mechanisms.

You safeguard engineering quality across the disciplines by ensuring these practices are consistently applied by the team.

You also drive continuous improvement around manufacturability, assembly, reliability, serviceability and cost.

Our engineers work in multidisciplinary project teams, where technical decisions and day-to-day delivery are owned within the project organisation.

You ensure they have the right skills, standards, support and engineering environment to deliver high-quality work.

Strong background in mechanical and/or electrical engineering

Proven experience leading and developing engineering teams

Strong people management, coaching and performance management skills

Experience improving hardware engineering ways of working, standards and tooling

Good understanding of manufacturability, reliability and engineering change processes

Able to safeguard engineering quality across multiple projects and teams

Comfortable balancing capability and capacity needs in a matrix organisation

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

At Avular, work meets play in the best possible way. We’re shaping the future of robotics, and we want you along for the ride. Here’s what’s waiting for you:

Grow & Shine: Bring your vision and grow your career in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.

We’ve Got You Covered: Salary based on experience level, a non-contributory pension scheme, and travel cost reimbursement.

Share in Success: Benefit directly from company growth through our participation plan.

Play Hard: Game nights, Friday drinks, epic team events, and celebrations.

Recharge Your Way: 30 paid vacation days (plus national holidays) to unwind and explore.

Fuel for Greatness: The best coffee, fresh fruit, and snacks to power your day.

Innovation Central: Work at our brand-new office in Strijp-T, Eindhoven, a buzzing hub of cutting-edge ideas.

At Avular, we’re on a mission to revolutionise robotics:

“With gorgeous tech, we accelerate the creation of mobile robotic applications that shape a brighter future for all.”

From our home base in Eindhoven, we design the tech behind autonomous robots, crafting drones and driving robots from scratch.

Are you our new colleague?

NB! Adding a motivation letter to your application would also be a big plus.

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