Purpose of the Job:

To take engineering technical ownership (including new development and technical support) for a range of products throughout their product life.
To plan, lead and drive product development project(s) according to master spec requirements (acc. to agreed budget and project timing and achieving cost (VK), quality, product safety and reliability, legislative and regulatory standards requirements) following the Edwards PCP process for industrial Vacuum Division.
To provide sustaining technical support to maintain and/or improve product requirements related to performance, quality, cost, (changing) product safety and legislations
Main Responsibilities:

Plan, lead and drive all the project activities (technical & development activities, project status reporting to monthly project review meeting (PCM), lead weekly cross functional project team meeting (PTM), project budget spending follow up, follow up project related activities of relevant departments, etc.) making sure all project deliverables are met within an agreed time line and in accordance with the Industrial Vacuum Product Commercialization Process (PCP IV)
Identify and resolve resource planning issues across projects, suggest changes in the organization of work and identify and resolve potential issues and hotspots to ensure the smooth functioning of the projects to ensure projects are delivered to time and budget.
Produce multibranded documentation on novel systems, solutions and projects according to standards, producing documentation and test reports as necessary and publishing them on internal systems so that they can be retrieved by other interested parties when required and published outside of the Industrial vacuum Division if required.
Guide testing in house and on site for novel solutions, resolving problems as they arise, to provide intended test data and reports from experimental design and then determine necessary next actions from the results, making appropriate recommendations.
Undertakes or supports complex analysis of test data from own work or from other team members or from other research to derive conclusions, recommendations and/or new product design iterations.
Develops new ideas and solutions for a given product to enable the overall product to meet specification and costs and reliability
Develops new ideas and solutions to improve practices and procedures within the technical team and overall project team. Provides technical guidance/supervision to less experienced staff.
Responsible for providing first and second level Technical Support for a given range of products or features within products, both internally to Operations/Service and externally to customers. This requires establishing and driving technical support once the product is launched liaising with other technical support groups as required. Product support might be continued even after project closure.
Support and improve existing products by stimulating cross-functional co-operation and team building, responsible for the engineering change mechanism and selecting product improvement projects to reduce warranty costs, meet business objectives and improve customer satisfaction.
Ensures that all areas under their direct control are conducted and work in a safe and effective manner in compliance with the Company's Health and Safety policy and ensure that the requirements under Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act are met.
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Reports directly to Technical Lead - as part of the R&D department in product company Qingdao within the global engineering organization of the Industrial Vacuum Division of the Business Area Vacuum technique as part of the Atlas Copco group
Able to plan the use of available resources and schedule and allocate work. Demonstrates ability to supervise, motivate and progress project team members.
Multiple years of experience (

Proven ability to correctly diagnose and successfully resolve increasingly complex problems, seeking advice only when clearly required.
Confident grasp of increasingly complex technical matters, indicated by speed, accuracy and quality work.
Capable of developing novel products.
Demonstrates supervisory capability of junior staff.
Appreciation of a full range of design areas and how they can interact.
Own and supervised staffs work performed to time and quality standards.
Initiative in proposing innovative solutions to problems or in suggesting improvements to policies and practices.
Visits customers/suppliers and completes own work or delivers complex presentations.
Experience in New Product Introductions and technology development programs.
Experience and knowledge on key technologies essential in the design of mechanical machinery, with preference to rotating type machinery
Experience in a number of the following areas; heat transfer and thermodynamics, lubrication systems, rotor dynamics, bearing & shaft sealing design, additionally electric motors and/or inverters, vacuum technology
Fully able to communicate internally and externally with (senior) managers, peers and suppliers/sub-contractors
An excellent level of project management
High energy level with target/solution driven approach
Social team player with visual leadership and man management who motivates and inspires other team members
Good experience and usage level of the key MS office packages, e.g MS Excel, Words, Powerpoint, Project
FMEA and other risk management tools and techniques
Analytical and modeling capabilities
Basic knowledge in CAE modeling techniques, such a clearance or FEA
Experience with legislative and regulatory standards
Motivated and self starting
Assertive, takes responsibility and able to make (difficult) choices with confidence