Engineering Manager (Laser)

Engineering Manager, Laser Cutting Technology

Are you interested in leading an engineering team developing products and technologies for industrial laser cutting? Hypertherm Associates is seeking an Engineering Manager of Laser Cutting Technology with strong engineering knowledge, people-leadership experience, and a technical background relevant to industrial laser systems and applications.

The successful candidate will be a strong engineer who understands laser technology and cutting applications, can provide sound technical direction, and can develop the technical capability of the team. The role leads a US-based engineering team and works closely with Associates and cross-functional partners in Italy.

The Engineering Manager will balance product-development pace, engineering standards and team effectiveness. The role will contribute to the product and technology roadmaps by applying knowledge of industrial laser-cutting technology, applications and OEM technology direction to help establish engineering priorities.

As the Engineering Manager, you will:

• 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, and 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.

 

Who you are and the experience you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics or a related technical field, with 10+ years of technical and/or people-leadership experience.
• Strong engineering fundamentals and technical experience relevant to industrial laser systems, applied optics, thermal systems, fluid dynamics, high-power equipment or material-processing applications.
• 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.

 

Industrial laser-cutting experience strongly preferred:

• Knowledge of industrial laser-cutting technology, applications and markets.
• Experience with industrial laser-cutting systems, laser-machine OEMs, cutting heads, applied optics, laser sources, consumables or laser-material processing.
• Understanding of the physical factors affecting laser-cutting performance, such as beam delivery, thermal behavior, gas flow, materials and process stability.
• 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.
• Japanese language capability is a plus.

 

Additional preferred experience:

• Knowledge and practical use of DFMA, FMEA, pFMEA, 3-D and thermal-modeling tools
• MS, MEM or MBA
• Project Management Certification
• Six Sigma Black Belt

 

Location: Onsite- Lebanon, New Hampshire 

 

Travel: Up to 25% domestic and international 

 

Benefits you can expect with a career at Hypertherm: 

• Global, 100% employee-owned company for over 55 years 
• Stable, growing organization with a no-layoff philosophy 
• Profit-Sharing & Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) 
• Five days/year Community Service Time 
• Strong commitment to Environmental Stewardship 
• Gym facilities open 24/7 with free fitness classes 
• Onsite primary health clinic 

 

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Hypertherm Associates is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we welcome all applications. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

At Hypertherm Associates, we are committed to building an inclusive diverse, flexible, and collaborative environment . If our mission resonates with you, but you don’t meet all posted requirements, we encourage you to still apply.  We will evaluate your application materials and may suggest alternative roles that better leverage your strengths and talents.  For positions with multiple levels, we will evaluate your prior experience to determine the level within our organization you are best aligned based upon the job applying.

CURRENT ASSOCIATES OR TEMPORARY ASSOCIATES: Please apply via your internal Workday career account.

$120,056.00-$200,092.00 Annual

This is the base pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire.

Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors.