The R&D Operations role ensures efficient execution of product development within the DAQ organization by driving operational excellence and supporting cross-functional coordination. This position is critical to achieving delivery commitments and maintaining transparency across all development lines.
Key Responsibilities
- Project Execution & Delivery
- Drive on-time, on-scope delivery of DAQ development projects
- Coordinate across Hardware, Embedded Software, Software, Operations, and Solution Portfolio teams
- Support effort estimation improvements for portfolio planning and business case development
- Align R&D with Operations to streamline industrialization processes
- Collaborate with Purchasing, Production (internal and external), and suppliers to ensure smooth transitions from development to manufacturing
- Manage dependencies and mitigate risks across internal and external stakeholders
- Governance & Reporting
- Provide regular status updates, risk assessments, and escalation support to PMO
- Maintain progress reports for each development line to enable informed decision-making
- Drive continuous improvement of execution processes and PLC alignment.
- Level of experience: confirmed R&D leadership >100FTE
- Software & Hardware development, technical basic knowledge and experience to guide and support but the technical leadership is not scope of the role.
- Experience & knowledge of agile development process and project execution
- International experience
KPIs
- Delivery adherence (time, scope, quality)
- Team engagement throughout R&D teams and disciplines
- Stakeholder satisfaction and risk mitigation effectiveness
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Strong people leadership skills: communication, development, coaching, conflict management.
- Global mindset and exposure
- Cross-cultural and cross-functional team leadership and communication
- Leading effectively through transformation
- Knowledge and experience of agile development processes
- Knowledge of industrialization processes and supply chain interfaces
- Analytical and reporting capabilities
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
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Skills Required
- Confirmed R&D leadership responsibility for more than 100 FTE
- Experience in software and hardware development with basic technical knowledge to guide/support teams
- Experience and knowledge of agile development processes and project execution
- International experience and global mindset
- Knowledge and experience of industrialization processes and supply chain interfaces
- Experience coordinating Purchasing, Production, and suppliers for development-to-manufacturing transitions
- Strong people leadership skills: communication, development, coaching, conflict management
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Analytical and reporting capabilities; experience providing status, risk assessments, and escalation support to PMO
- Ability to manage dependencies and mitigate risks across internal and external stakeholders
HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is portrayed as generous, including PTO and paid holidays, with mentions of four weeks of vacation for new U.S. hires.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is present, including medical and dental plans, with HSA options noted in some U.S. contexts.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is highlighted positively, with maternity and paternity leave called out as a strength in multiple public materials.
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What We Do
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær was founded in 2019, when HBM and Brüel & Kjær merged their activities into a new company. Both companies are market leaders in their respective disciplines – Brüel & Kjær in sound and vibration and HBM in reliability, durability, propulsion efficiency and weighing. Together, they cover the complete product physics domain. In technical terms, Brüel & Kjær is the frequency domain expert and HBM the time domain expert. HBK helps its customers reduce time-to-market by simultaneously performing tests, retrieving and analyzing data, aiding decision-making
