Innovation Project Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of innovation projects across the EMEA region, ensuring alignment with timelines, budgets, and technical requirements.
• Manage project resources, including personnel, equipment, and budgets, to maximize project effectiveness and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transition innovative solutions from development to successful implementation.
• Design, develop, and validate prototypes and proof-of-concept solutions before scaling them across the business.
• Identify, evaluate, and apply emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, IoT, digitalization, and AR/VR to manufacturing challenges.
• Ensure all solutions comply with company standards, industry regulations, security requirements, and intellectual property guidelines.
• Communicate project progress, risks, outcomes, and recommendations to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain partnerships with universities, research institutions, suppliers, and external technology providers to support innovation initiatives.

Experience Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing innovation, advanced manufacturing, automation, or related engineering environments.
• Strong project management experience leading complex innovation, research, or technology deployment projects from concept to completion.
• Hands-on expertise in at least one of the following areas: robotics and automation, data and digitalization, digital twins, or artificial intelligence.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience; Master’s, EngD, or PhD preferred.
• Strong analytical thinking, business acumen, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English.

Equal Opportunity Employer