Engineering Manager (Laser)

Hypertherm Associates•Lebanon, NH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Hypertherm Associates is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Laser business. This role involves leading a US-based engineering team, developing new products and technologies, and supporting the growth of the Laser business. The ideal candidate will possess strong engineering knowledge, people leadership skills, and experience delivering results through cross-functional teams. The manager will provide technical direction, develop team capabilities, and contribute to product and technology roadmaps by leveraging knowledge of the Laser industry, cutting applications, and OEM technology direction. The role requires balancing product-development pace, engineering standards, and team effectiveness, while collaborating with teams in Italy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in STEM
10+ years of technical and/or people-leadership experience
Strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to provide technical direction on complex product and technology-development work
Proven experience leading and developing engineers or technical teams
Experience leading cross-functional product or technology development
Experience mentoring engineers on complex technical issues
Knowledge of problem-solving and continuous-improvement techniques and tools
Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical leaders and Associates
Ability to partner and collaborate with people at all levels
Knowledge of the industrial Laser market, Laser technology and cutting applications
Experience in industrial laser cutting, including laser-machine OEMs, cutting heads, optics, laser sources, consumables or laser applications
Experience working with OEM engineering organizations and understanding their product and technology direction
Ability to translate OEM and application needs into engineering priorities and identify reusable technology opportunities across multiple OEMs

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and practical use of DFMA, FMEA, pFMEA, PCB(A), 3-D and thermal-modeling tools
MS, MEM or MBA
Project Management Certification
Six Sigma Black Belt
Japanese language capability

Responsibilities

Lead and develop engineers through associate selection, coaching, development, performance management and recognition
Build team and individual capability through mentoring, training and clear technical ownership
Lead research and development work supporting new technologies, intellectual property and product performance
Provide technical direction for product and technology development
Contribute to product and technology roadmaps through knowledge of the market, applications and technology
Lead cross-functional product-development teams across Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Marketing, Operations, Quality and other support functions
Ensure new products meet design, reliability, quality, cost, budget and schedule requirements
Define and implement engineering standards and product-development processes
Understand customer needs and use relevant feedback to improve products, services and processes
Build and sustain relationships across Hypertherm to align engineering priorities and execution