Head of R&D Department

Purpose / Mission:

Lead a growing team of Mechanical, Hardware and Software Engineers developing motors and controllers for Industrial automation. Define Bulgaria Electric Drives department strategy inline with the corporate and business unit strategy. Closely cooperates with key stakeholders to ensure new product implementation deadlines are met with reliable design solutions. Improve product designs in production while ensuring required quality and cost effectiveness.Take constructive ownership of projects and strategically attracting projects to Sofia.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Defines and implements the development strategy of the Electric Drives and Motors department.
• Improves the overall organization of the department according to the product and technology roadmap of business unit.
• Grows the department by recruiting and onboarding engineers according to the hiring strategy.
• Delivers products under the responsibility of his department according to the defined requirements, cost, schedule and quality targets and company processes.
• Investigates, develops and implements new design possibilities and technological processes in relation to the optimization of products in production.
• Improves existing products and processes in terms of design, quality, automation possibilities and cost.
• Sets individual annual goals, development plans, trainings and has an annual evaluation call.
• Assures proper collaboration of the two Drives engineering locations in Sofia and Gabrovo.

Education and qualifications:

• University degree in the area of Electronics engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical engineering or comparable education.
• Fluent English (C1 level).
• Experience with agile methodologies will be considered a plus.
• German knowledge will be considered a plus.

Professional knowledge and experience:

• Min 5 years’ experience of leading engineering team.
• Strong project management experience.
• Proven technical background in development of embedded products.
• Experience in multinational teams.
• Experience in development projects with safety and security requirements will be considered a plus.
• Technical knowledge in electric motors will be considered a plus.
• Experience in power electronics will be considered a plus.

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.​

Reference code: 13925

IPE Level: F4-I 

Country: Bulgaria (BG) 

City: Sofia, Festo Production - TEC 

Company: Festo Production EOOD 

Hiring Manager: Ivanka Ivanova

Department: PF-OCDC - Development of Controllers, PF-OCDC

HR contact person: Aleksandar Antonov Angelov, +359(2)4631-352