Product Development Director

Abingdon | Permanent | £70,000 - £100,000/year | www.cv-library.co.uk |
Product Development Director

Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

Oxford

£70K - £100K + 10% + Excellent benefits package including Healthcare, Generous Contributory Pension Scheme and Full and Comprehensive Manufacturers based Product Training

** An excellent opportunity for a Product Development Director or Product Development Manager with a background in driving product development in a multi-discipline high technology environment to join a market leading manufacturer of sophisticated semiconductor process equipment, offering first class product training and unsurpassed opportunities for career development **

The Company – Product Development Director, Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

My client is a global leader in innovative and complex semiconductor process equipment, with cutting edge patented technology in metrology based industrial microscopy, used for integrated process control.

Offering 'best in class' solutions across a wide range of innovative instrumentation, their success is based upon a commitment to world leading manufacturing facilities, outstanding product innovation, excellent customer care and the recruitment and development of good people.

The Role - Product Development Director, Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

This innovative technology leader now has an exciting opportunity for a Product Development Director.

This organisation has projects running at different stages in the company’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process. The company is looking for a full-time Product Development Manager to manage activities within the Development and Engineering organisation.

Key Responsibilities includes:

Drive the integral development of products to deliver the agreed performance requirements, on time, and in budget.

Technical alignment across engineering disciplines and key suppliers to deliver agreed system performance and functionality.

Work with the project manager and functional managers to ensure required resources available to meet the product development timeline with stage gate reviews in accordance with the PLM process.

Manage the integral product development budget together with head of Development & Engineering.

Ensure the integral product cost target is achieved together with head of supply chain management.

Work closely with the product manager and marketing team to align functionality and performance of the product to specific customer requirements to maximise the business for the company.

Your Background - Product Development Director, Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, you must be able to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

A natural leader that can work effectively across functions and technical disciplines to align and motivate people inside and outside the business.

Strong analytical capability with the ability to zoom in and out of subjects to see the big picture and understand the details.

Self-driven and highly motivated towards delivering results.

Pragmatic and flexible yet systematic and disciplined in approach.

Education / Qualifications:

PhD in an Engineering or Science discipline preferred or extensive industrial experience with lower technical qualification.

Professional Skills/ Abilities:

Essential

Strong multi-discipline technical background

Experience in driving product development in a multi-discipline high technology environment.

Experience of working with semiconductor or other complex equipment, such as, aerospace programmes

Demonstrated ability to manage product developments in a complex and fast-moving environment.

Comfortable with technologies used, including servo-mechanics, electronics, and optics.

Ability to effectively interact with engineers and scientists across a broad spectrum of disciplines as well as internal and external stakeholders across the full spread of business functions.

Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.

Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

Preferred

Experience with semiconductor manufacturing equipment

Knowledge of Scanning Probe Metrology systems and techniques

Knowledge of metrology systems and techniques

The Benefits – Product Development Director, Microscopy & Metrology Semiconductor Process Equipment

This is an excellent opportunity to join a world class semiconductor systems organisation. You will be joining an innovative management team who take great pride in their work and who aim to build upon long term relationships with customers. You will be continually challenged as you are exposed to new technologies.

A generous remuneration package is also guaranteed, including competitive salary, bonus, healthcare, contributory pension scheme, phone and laptop, along with the opportunity to progress your career within a market leading organisation.

This vacancy is being advertised by TRS Consulting (UK) Limited. The services advertised by TRS Consulting (UK) Limited are those of an employment agency and / or employment business
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