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Curitiba-PR
At Electrolux Group, a leading global appliance company, we strive every day to shape living for the better for our consumers, our people and our planet. We share ideas and collaborate so that together, we can develop solutions that deliver enjoyable and sustainable living.
Come join us as you are. We believe diverse perspectives make us stronger and more innovative. In our global community of people from 100+ countries, we listen to each other, actively contribute and grow together.
Join us in our exciting quest to build the future home!
About the role:
For more than one hundred years now, the Electrolux Group has been working at shaping living for the better, developing products that meet people’s demands in terms of taste, care and wellbeing. But as consumer needs and wants continue to evolve, we have even more work to do. It's our R&D teams that ensure our company stays at the forefront of innovation, investigating and making use of the latest technology in order to enable our company to keep delivering outstanding experiences.
What you’ll do:
The role of Technical Leaders is a pivotal team responsible for overseeing and coordinating various technical projects and activities impacting the Architecture/Platform and/or more than one Module areas. They provide technical guidance, mentoring within the organization, also outside R&D, ensuring project success. The Technical Leader is responsible to preserve the alignment between the technical deliverables and project constrains of timing, scope and costs. They also play a critical role in consolidating budget data, ensuring alignment within project estimations, and facilitating the implementation of common tools and processes. Additionally, they provide technical leadership and support for VA and VE analysis, quality improvement initiatives, new ways of working, and advanced development projects.
In detail, you will:
- Serve as the primary technical authority in the project, providing expert knowledge in mechanical engineering, materials, manufacturing, and simulation. Lead technical discussions, guide engineering decisions, and ensure technical consistency and integrity across the project. Support team members, promoting knowledge sharing and upskilling.
- Translate product specs into robust technical solutions, clarify product doubts in line, system and module-level design activities, ensuring feasibility, and performance. Contribute to architecture, platform, and module roadmaps to support long-term technical strategy by promoting standardization, modularity, and reusability across designs.
- Collaborate with the Project Leader to define technical milestones, timelines, and resources (FTE/OPEX). Coordinate subsystem and component integration into the overall product, ensuring functional and physical compatibility. Plan and supervise prototype builds, testing, and
DVT/MVT phases.
- Oversee design validation plans, DFMEA, PSRA, and other risk assessment tools. Ensure compliance with internal standards, industry regulations, and customer requirements. Lead technical reviews and gate assessments to monitor design maturity and quality considering SCR and Cstar targets. Support field test activities.
- Ensure to achieve the cost targets leveraging on support should cost analysis, benchmarks and teardowns.
- Monitor emerging technologies and collaborate with ADV to support/deploy innovation opportunities. Encourage adoption of new materials, processes, and digital tools to enhance product competitiveness.
- Identify technical risks early, evaluate impact and likelihood, and define risk mitigation strategies. Support the Project Leader in handling technical escalations and implementing recovery plans when needed.
As part of the culture of continuous improvement, you will be involved in Lean Thinking projects and activities (EMS/EAI).
Who you are:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent industry experience.
- Strong background and relevant years’ experience in a leadership position (it is going to be plus experience in leading R&D teams).
- Consolidated experience in both product development and introduction of new technologies, experience on CARE products development is going to be a plus.
- Solid level knowledge with program/project management as well as gated product development process.
- Ability and experience in managing matrix organizations.
- Awareness of Digital trends, e.g. simulation, automation, artificial intelligence, digitalization.
- Fluent English, other languages are considered a plus.
Where you’ll be:
You will be based at the Guabirotuba plant in Curitiba. One of the focal points for all Latin American Electrolux operations, this plant is the base for over 3200 collaborators, all focused on transforming the way the world lives by shaping lives for the better with their work.
In order to create a culture of inclusion and care for everyone's wellbeing, we offer the following benefits:
- Flexible work hours/hybrid work environment (4x1);
- Profit share bonus;
- Discounts on our award-winning Electrolux products and services;
- Family-friendly benefits such as extended paternity leave (4 weeks);
- Insurance policy plan;
- Extensive learning opportunities and flexible career path.
As part of Electrolux Group, we will continuously invest in you and your development. There are no barriers to where your career could take you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Proven experience in technical leadership or leadership position in product development
- Consolidated experience in product development and introduction of new technologies
- Experience with mechanical design, materials selection, manufacturing and simulation methods
- Knowledge and practical use of design validation, DFMEA and PSRA (risk assessment) processes
- Experience planning and supervising prototype builds, testing, DVT/MVT phases
- Program/project management experience and familiarity with gated product development processes
- Ability and experience managing matrix organizations
- Experience with cost target achievement, should-cost analysis, benchmarks and teardowns
- Awareness of digital trends (simulation, automation, AI, digitalization)
- Fluent English
- Experience leading R&D teams (preferred)
- Experience on CARE products development (preferred)
- Other language skills (preferred)
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is described as solid, with some references to first‑day eligibility and mainstream carriers. Health benefits are consistently positioned as a reliable component of the total package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is emphasized as a plus, with the match often characterized as generous. Retirement offerings are frequently cited as a meaningful part of overall compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation/PTO and paid holidays are highlighted, with mentions of floating holidays or personal days in some locations. Time‑off provisions contribute positively to overall benefits perceptions.
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What We Do
Electrolux is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years. We reinvent taste, care and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations. Under our brands, including Electrolux, AEG and Frigidaire, we sell approximately 60 million household products in approximately 120 markets every year. In 2020 Electrolux had sales of SEK 116 billion and employed 48,000 people around the world. For more information go to www.electroluxgroup.com.
