The primary role of the Associate Manager - Automation function is to provide people and technical leadership to a team whilst working to grow performance, improvements and efficiencies across the broader hardware engineering department.

The role actively focuses on developing self, and team, technical and leadership capability, applying talent management and succession planning practices to enable technical skill development and oranisational capability. The role builds a positive and a high-performance engineering team.

This role is responsible for automation across hardware engineering, including test automation, test tooling, robotics and process enhancements. The role strives to build strong technical expertise and engineering leadership within the Automation and Algorithm team. An associate manager is responsible for leading a small engineering team to deliver a component or sub-system. This role works closes with, and requires effective collaboration with engineering technical specialists, systems engineering, V&V engineering, and other engineering disciplines.

Let’s talk about Responsibilities

Demonstrate leadership in technical direction and initiatives in automationEnsure that appropriate processes, tools and automation are in place to ensure the successful development of future AI / automation enhancementsAssist in the development of policies and procedures, which improve the ability to deliver medical devicesInterface with project and discipline stakeholders to ensure automation needs are metDevelop measures, feedback and reporting mechanisms to engineering leadership teamA commitment to business excellence and a strong desire to improve the activity of engineeringEnsure the implementation of management systems within their area of responsibility (including following quality management systems)Provide growth opportunites for development aligned to the 70:20:10 model. Coach and provide regular feedback to ensure team members grow, develop and be the best that they can be.Assist in workforce planning across Automation and AlgorithmsAssisting in developing engineering frameworks and strategy that alignes with that of the business whilst implementing new technologies and new technical directions for the improvement of the teamNurture team culture in line with department culture

Let’s talk about Qualifications and Experience

Required:

Tertiary degree in engineeringFull product development lifecycle

Preferred:

Minimum of 8 years of related experience.Experience in automation and / or AIExperience with AWS or other cloud providersLeadership or management experienceMedical device industry experience

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