Description
Role: Function Developer Grooming
Location: Drachten (DTN), Netherlands
Duration: 12 months +
Candidate Responsibilities
As a Function Developer candidate should develop and test innovative technical solutions to fulfil consumer or product function requirements. Candidate should work in a team in close cooperation with both the product development team and the product researchers.Candidate also responsible for:
- Translating commercial, functional and design specifications into technical concepts
- Developing and engineering appropriate modules
- Safeguarding functionality, performance, quality, reliability and manufacturability of products
- Planning, realizing and steering the function development
- Finding and generating knowledge (extern and internal) in a recognized, specific domain relevant for the appliance
- development, that is not readily available externally
- Maintaining and increase level of knowledge in defined domain and making available in the departments in a way that is accessible for others
- Influencing strategic decisions on appliance design based on his/her expert knowledge
- Searching actively to new ways to improve and explore knowledge into his/her own knowledge domain
- Generating necessary input for roadmap and strategy discussions
- Delivering the architecture options together with the system Architect
- Cooperating with colleagues and other departments. Is able to influence people and help build a team.
Candidate Profile
- Master or Bachelor Degree in Material Science, Physics or Mechanical Engineering
- Broad technical interest and are eager to learn and explore new fields
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in the field of (consumer) function development;
- Familiar with state-of-the-art development techniques
- Passion for (complex) technical puzzles, always working towards thorough understanding and knowledge build-up by determining theoretical or empirical modelling their working
- Quality driven. Experience with Design for Six Sigma is a plus
- The ability to balance innovation and practical realization
- Good team player and should have good coordination, communication skills
- Good experience in translating modules and concepts into architectural options
- Pro-active and persistent in achieving goals and cross-functional improvements