Engineering Tools & Applications Manager

Orlaco Products B.V.; Barneveld; In loco; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Stoneridge is seeking an Engineering Tools & Applications Manager to lead the global tools portfolio across software, electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering. You will manage tool governance, licensing, and lifecycle, while directing tool admins and coordinating with IT, engineering, and suppliers to ensure secure, reliable solutions.

You will oversee Jira-based support, dashboards and reporting, and partner with Digital Engineering, ASPICE, and PLM teams to enable the Digital Thread

Competenze

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science or related field.
• Experience managing engineering applications or multidisciplinary tool portfolios.
• Broad understanding of Software, ECAD, MCAD, Systems Engineering, Simulation and Testing tools.
• Hands-on licensing, license servers, Windows Server, cloud/virtual environments, databases.
• Experience with Jira ticketing, user support, contract renewals, license tracking.
• Strong global team and workload management skills; cost and continuity awareness.
• Willingness to travel globally up to 10%.

Mansioni

• Own the global engineering tools portfolio across Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Testing and Simulation; standardization, upgrades and lifecycle planning.
• Lead Tool Administrators and coordinate workload across teams and contractors.
• Manage software licenses, access and utilization; partner with IT on servers, cloud environments, databases and security.
• Oversee Jira requests and incidents with dashboards and reporting.
• Manage software vendors, renewals, contracts and license expirations; handle escalations.
• Collaborate with Digital Engineering & PLM, Engineering Process & ASPICE, IT to support the Digital Thread strategy; serve as escalation point for tooling issues.

Conoscenze

Tool portfolio management

Team leadership

Licensing & infrastructure

Jira & service management

Cross-functional collaboration

ASPICE familiarity

Cloud environments

Formazione

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering/IT/CS

Engineering background

Experience with multidisciplinary tool portfolios

Strumenti

Siemens Teamcenter

Polarion

NX

Xpedition

HyperLynx

Jira Service Management

Confluence

Bitbucket

GitHub

CI/CD toolchains

IBM DOORS

OpenLM

FlexNet/FlexLM

RLM

Descrizione del lavoro

Since 1965, Stoneridge has designed and manufactured advanced, award-winning technologies including driveline and transmission actuation systems, vision systems, emissions control systems, safety systems, and security and monitoring systems for vehicle OEMs in the commercial vehicle, automotive, off-highway and agricultural vehicle markets. We’re focused on the areas of greatest market need – both today and tomorrow. Our core products and technologies are aligned with industry megatrends including safety and security, vehicle intelligence, fuel efficiency and emissions. Join the Stoneridge Team as we continue to build upon our strong history and reputation for quality products to deliver innovative products and systems that address a need, exceed our customers’ expectations, and motivate our team.

Objective of the position

The Engineering Tools & Applications Manager is responsible for the technical and operational management of the global Engineering Tools & Applications portfolio. The role combines people leadership with strong technical expertise and owns engineering applications, user support, licensing and license-server environments, supplier relationships and application lifecycle management. The manager leads internal Tool Administrators and external contractors and works with Engineering, IT and suppliers to ensure reliable, secure and effective solutions.

Characterization of activities

• Portfolio & roadmap: Own the global engineering tools portfolio across Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Testing and Simulation, including standardization, upgrades and lifecycle planning.
• Team & capacity management: Lead Engineering Tool Administrators and coordinate workload across internal teams and external contractors in India.
• Licensing & infrastructure: Manage software licenses, access and utilization while partnering with IT on servers, cloud environments, databases, security, backups and connectivity.
• User support & service management: Oversee Jira requests and incidents, ensuring effective prioritization, escalation and resolution, supported by dashboards and service reporting.
• Supplier & contract management: Manage software vendors, support partners, renewals, contract and license expirations, and technical escalations.
• Cross-functional collaboration & continuity: Partner with Digital Engineering & PLM, Engineering Process & ASPICE, engineering disciplines and IT to support the Digital Thread strategy, while acting as the escalation point for complex tooling and service-continuity issues.

Education, Experience and Knowledge

• Education & experience: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science or a related field, with experience managing engineering applications or multidisciplinary tool portfolios.
• Engineering tools expertise: Broad understanding of Software, ECAD, MCAD, Systems Engineering, Simulation and Testing tools.
• Licensing & infrastructure: Hands‑on experience with software licensing, license servers, Windows Server, cloud/virtual environments, databases, access management and enterprise integrations.
• Service & supplier management: Experience with Jira ticketing, user support, software suppliers, contract renewals, license tracking and support agreements.
• Leadership & decision‑making: Strong global team and workload management skills, with the ability to balance engineering needs, capability, risk, continuity and cost.
• Industry experience & mobility: Automotive or regulated product‑development experience is preferred, ideally with exposure to ASPICE, Functional Safety, Product Cybersecurity or configuration/change management; willingness to travel globally up to 10%.

Preferred tools and technology exposure

Experience with some of the following is an advantage; broad portfolio knowledge is more important than expertise in every tool:

• Siemens Teamcenter, Polarion, NX, Xpedition and HyperLynx; ANSYS applications.
• Atlassian Jira Service Management, Jira dashboards, Confluence and Bitbucket; GitHub and CI/CD toolchains.
• IBM DOORS, Capella or comparable systems-engineering solutions.
• OpenLM, FlexNet/FlexLM, RLM or comparable license-management technologies.
• Engineering application servers, supplier portals, identity/access integration and application monitoring.

Join the company that’s driving the global transportation industry! Stoneridge is seeking highly-motivated individuals to be a part of our talented team that creates and delivers technology solutions to customers in the transportation industry worldwide. We offer a challenging but rewarding environment with global opportunities. We believe our diverse workforce contributes to our ability to better serve our customers by offering greater creativity, collaboration and productivity.

Stoneridge is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by the applicable laws in the countries we operate.

Stoneridge also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.