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Senior Engineering Manager

MKS Instruments

Italy Reggio Emilia
Full-time
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Job description

MKS Instruments is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager — a full-time, based in Italy Reggio Emilia role. Apply directly on MKS Instruments's careers page below.

Senior Engineering Manager

Location: Italy Reggio Emilia

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

A Day in Your Life at MKS

We are seeking an exceptional Sr. Engineering Manager to lead the Reggio-Emilia (Italy) based Engineering team within the Plasma Solutions business unit. This group is responsible for the design, implementation, support, and characterization of complex semiconductor systems, and will be the primary focus of this leadership role.

The Senior Engineering Manager will guide a team of experienced multi-disciplined engineers who play a critical role in R&D, New Product Introduction, and Sustaining Engineering. This team drives resolution to complex issues on released products, continuous product improvements, and compliance for both new and legacy systems.

You Will Make an Impact By:

  • Lead a technical team to drive and deliver to product specifications, systematic design, circuit analysis, design for cost & manufacturability, PCB design, documentation, and test plan development.

  • Foster a culture of innovation, with a focus on cross-functional data driven problem-solving techniques

  • Works closely in collaboration with the entire Plasma Solutions engineering group (US-based) on the design of new and/or legacy products

  • Works closely with Product Marketing, Project Management (PMO) and other cross-functional groups to successfully meet customer expectations

  • Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans and performance requirements

  • Communicates technical information effectively in both oral and written forms through design reviews, failure analysis, product specifications, test plans and technical reports

  • Regularly interacts with other Senior leaders and customers requiring the ability to prepare and present information and key business updates.

Skills that You Bring:

Technical Oversight

  • Provide technical leadership across a variety of disciplines including conventional and solid-state microwave generation, electronic control systems, mechanical subsystems, signal acquisition, and data processing.

  • Lead technical team to drive the design, modeling, testing, and packaging of highly complex microwave components and systems

  • Work closely with Product Marketing to scope market requirements and customer needs

  • Work with Project Management on project budgetary costs, schedule, and technical specifications

  • Ensure product design meets industry and regulatory compliance requirements and standards

Required Qualifications

  • Engineering Degree required or related experience >10+ years

  • At least 2+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience

  • Demonstrate organizational leadership, driving results, coaching team members, and cross-functional collaboration

  • Understanding of product development process

  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills

  • English mandatory

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with high-powered microwave generators and systems

  • Knowledge of conventional and solid-state based microwave techniques and applications

Initial salary range for this role: €59.000-€111.500, determined based on objective and gender-neutral criteria, including role level, relevant experience, skills, and internal pay structure.

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Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations. Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies.  MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: accommodationsatMKS@mksinst.com .

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