• You take on a hands-on senior leadership role, reporting directly to the General Manager, and lead the global engineering organization across four international sites
• You raise the pace and quality of innovation and significantly shorten the time from concept to launch
• You generate and champion new product concepts that open adjacent markets, bringing fresh thinking beyond incremental improvements
• You drive applied research and platform development in NDIR CO2, H2 detection and capacitive humidity sensing, including the associated electronics and firmware
• You own the technology roadmap and co-own the product roadmap
• You deliver NPI on schedule, on cost and to specification, with design-to-cost from the concept stage
• You build a strong engineering bench and develop future leaders

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field; an advanced degree is a plus
• You bring 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading multi-site teams
• You have a proven track record of launching new products, with structured NPI/stage-gate experience
• You have a deep technical background in sensor or transducer development; issued patents are a plus
• You have experience in design-to-cost and cost reduction
• You bring automotive OEM/Tier 1 experience; ASPICE knowledge and experience in HVAC/building controls or battery energy storage are a plus
• You are an innovative, decisive and technically credible leader with a commercial mindset
• You are fluent in English and willing to travel internationally (up to 40%)

We offer you the opportunity to get started directly in a varied and exciting role, working with interesting and impressive clients. We place particular emphasis on providing our candidates with close support and guidance throughout the recruitment process.

Our business partner is a well-established company in the sensor technology industry and offers a range of attractive benefits, including:

• Company pension scheme
• Job ticket / Germany Ticket
• Job bike scheme
• Health benefits
• Individual training and development opportunities
• Employee events
• Excellent public transport connections
• Daycare allowance
• Recreation allowance