Hach is a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of analytical instruments, test kits and reagents for testing the quality of water, aqueous solutions and air in waste water, drinking water and industrial applications. Our products are designed specifically for quality, accuracy, and simplicity. Hach is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Danaher Corporation, a Fortune 500 leader.
We are currently looking for a
R&D Software Development Manager
Description
You will manage a team of international Software Development Engineers and Software Quality Assurance Engineers, as well as dotted line responsibility of off-shore engineers + contractors on New Product Development projects with teams up to 20-30 engineers in the exciting environment of multi-site R&D delivering new products in a broad variety of technologies in challenging water quality applications. You'll also be a part of a highly motivated and high performing team that settles for nothing less than the best.
Main Responsibilities
- Management of the R&D Software Development team of the New Product Development team
- Actively participate as principal Software design engineer when required
- Work in close collaboration with the Program manager to deliver SW packages according to projects planning
- Assume the technical follow-up of projects & the quality control of execution
- Support the Sustaining Engineering team to maintain existing products through the products’ lifecycle
- Actively track developments and new concepts in the engineering technical community
- Coordination with the other site R&D team in the scope of Software design and developments to ensure consistency and leverage of common processes and technologies
- Responsible for the general administrative, supervisory, recruiting, training, coaching and development needs for personnel reporting to this position.
Required Qualifications, Skills and Competencies
- Software Engineering MS +10 years’ experience in a product development environment
- +5 years’ experience in people management, performance and development management
- Experience in project management (quite large projects > $5M yearly revenue)
- Solid knowledge of ISO quality and related requirements
- Detailed understanding of product development in medium volume manufacturing (>1000 EAU)
- Demonstrated skill in the areas required to perform this job:
- Medium to high speed processors boards environment
- C/C++/C#, Linux, Python, Angular
- Agile Scrum framework and Waterfall System Engineering
- Quality assurance and automatic testing
- OS, drivers and application SW releases
- Cross-Functional Work
- Specialization in one or more of the following areas:
- Cloud security
- PC SW and webserver applications
- Ethernet & wireless protocols
- Industrial communication buses
- FMEA and reliability testing
- Strong leadership skills and leadership courage
- Organizational and time management skills
- Drives accountability for the team’s performance and delivery
- Change management skills and ability to lead/act in a changing environment
- Good scientific knowledge: physics, chemistry and optics
- Highly innovative, logical, creative and strategic thinker
- Fluency in French and English required. Fluency in German is a distinct advantage.