R&D Engineer / Technical Product Responsible
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As a Technical Product Responsible, you will become the technical owner of a portfolio of products after market launch. You will ensure their long-term technical integrity, compliance, reliability, and competitiveness while balancing the requirements of customers, manufacturing, quality, procurement, and product management.
This role provides a unique opportunity to influence strategic product decisions, manage technical risks, and drive continuous improvement across the entire product lifecycle.
Your responsibilities
- Take technical ownership of assigned products throughout their lifecycle.
- Evaluate, approve, and implement product changes and engineering change requests.
- Ensure compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and certification requirements.
- Identify lifecycle, obsolescence, and supply chain risks and initiate appropriate mitigation measures.
- Drive product improvements related to quality, reliability, manufacturability, and cost optimization.
- Qualify alternative materials and second sources, including coordination of testing and validation activities.
- Assess technical feasibility and risks related to customer-specific variants and new business opportunities.
- Maintain accurate technical product data, specifications, and documentation within PLM systems.
- Lead technical root-cause investigations and collaborate closely with Product Management, Process Engineering, Quality, Approval, and Procurement functions.
Your profile
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a comparable technical discipline.
- Several years of experience in Product Engineering, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, or a comparable technical role.
- Experience with engineering changes, product qualification, testing, and technical risk assessment.
- Good understanding of industrial products, manufacturing processes, and technical documentation.
- Knowledge of product conformity, standards, and certification requirements is an advantage.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with a proactive mindset.
- Good knowledge of 3D CAD systems; experience with SolidWorks is a strong advantage.
- Good English language skills
What do we offer?
- A key role with direct influence on the performance and success of established products.
- The opportunity to contribute to the expansion of engineering capabilities at an important SCHURTER site.
- Close collaboration with experts from Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, and R&D.
- A diverse role combining engineering, lifecycle management, compliance, risk management, and product optimization.
- High visibility and ownership across the entire product lifecycle.
- Professional growth opportunities in an internationally active technology organization.
- A culture that values expertise, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Join our team and play a key role in driving operational excellence and innovation across our manufacturing operations. Are you looking for a challenge and the next step in your career? Do not hesitate to send your CV in English and Czech.
For more information about SCHURTER and our products, please visit schurter.com.