Engineering Tools & Applications Manager

Stoneridge, Inc.; Netherlands; Remoto; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Stoneridge, Inc. in Barneveld, Netherlands, is hiring an Engineering Tools & Applications Manager to lead the global tools portfolio. You will oversee licensing, server infrastructure, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, IT and suppliers to ensure secure, scalable tools across projects.

The role requires a strong background in software/hardware tools, experience managing tool vendors, and a global mindset with up to 10% travel. A degree in engineering or IT is essential.

Competenze

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, IT or related field.
• Experience with engineering applications or multidisciplinary tool portfolios.
• Experience with Jira ticketing and service management.

Mansioni

• Own the global engineering tools portfolio across Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Testing and Simulation.
• Lead Engineering Tool Administrators and coordinate workload with internal and external teams.
• Manage software licenses, license servers, and IT integrations with cloud/servers.
• Oversee user support, service management, dashboards and incident resolution.
• Manage vendor contracts, license renewals and escalations.
• Collaborate with Digital Engineering, PLM, ASPICE and IT on continuity and digital thread strategy.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Portfolio management

Licensing

Jira ticketing

Service management

Cross-functional teamwork

ASPICE awareness

Engineering tools

Cloud environments

Contract management

Vendor management

Formazione

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering/IT

Strumenti

Siemens Teamcenter

Polarion

NX

Xpedition

HyperLynx

ANSYS

Jira Service Management

Confluence

Bitbucket

GitHub

CI/CD toolchains

IBM DOORS

Capella

OpenLM

FlexNet

Descrizione del lavoro

Engineering Tools & Applications Manager# Stoneridge Careers## Engineering Tools & Applications ManagerApply: Barneveld: Full time: Posted Yesterday: JR102806Since 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.