Team Leader Electric Motors

Your Job:

• Management and organization of a development team for electric motors and cables (low voltage and extra-low voltage) at the Sofia site;
• Planning and monitoring of development projects, including time planning, resource management and budget control;
• Global definition and implementation of development strategies to increase efficiency and improve the development quality (methods/processes/tools) of motor development; 
• Collaboration with other departments such as product management, design, production and quality to ensure all requirements are met; 
• Evaluate and optimize existing electric motor concepts and develop new technical solutions; 
• Perform tests, analyses and evaluations to validate specification parameters and increase power density and reliability;
• Monitoring and compliance with quality standards and legal regulations of the global target markets in engine development and product maintenance;
• Coordinating the technical maintenance of existing series products, including various third-party products.

Professional Competencies and Requirements:

• Completed studies in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or a similar field of study; 
• Several years of experience in the development of electric motors; 
• Knowledge about relevant legal regulation and norms for industrial electric motor applications (e.g. low voltage requirements);  
• Several years of experience in leading teams; 
• Sound knowledge of motor development, calculation and design of motors, performance optimization and material selection; 
• Experience in the application of development and project management methods; 
• Experience in the area of development methods (e.g. functional safety, systems engineering) and problem-solving processes; 
• Good knowledge in the use of CAD software and other relevant development tools;
• Team-oriented leadership and coaching skills to further develop competencies; 
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to overcome technical challenges; 
• Communication and presentation skills;
• Very good knowledge of English.

Personal Competencies and Requirements:

• Capable of making fast decisions and taking the responsibility for the results in dynamic and changing environment;
• Oriented towards goals achieving and results;
• Focused on the added value for the internal and/or external clients;
• Team player, able to work in a multicultural working environment;
• Thinking out of the box, creativity and continuous improvement attitude;
• Flexible, adaptable, open to meet the change and acquire new knowledge and skills.
   

You can expect the following with us:

• Motivating compensation and social benefits package
• Opportunity to work on a variety of projects in the field of industrial automation, IIoT and robotics;
• Professional development and learning opportunities in high technology and production environment.

In case your professional qualification corresponds to the above requirements and you wish to join our growing team, please send us your CV and a cover letter. 

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Your documents and personal data will be treated as confidential and will be protected according to Bulgarian Data Protection Legislation and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).

HR contact person: Aleksandar Antonov Angelov, careersbgproduction@festo.com

Reference code: 13091