Engineering Manager

Shape the future of high-tech electronics.

From medical equipment and industrial systems to advanced semicon solutions: our Electrical Engineers are at the heart of technology applied worldwide. Are you the leader who gets energy from developing people, knowledge, and technical excellence? Then we would love to meet you!

As an Electrical Engineering Manager, you operate at the intersection of technology, leadership, and organizational development. In doing so, you focus not only on today's results but also on tomorrow's technical challenges. You stimulate knowledge development, strengthen engineering excellence, and help provide direction to the further growth of Electrical Engineering within Benchmark.

You lead a team of approximately 40 engineers and play an important role in the further development of one of the largest technical disciplines within Benchmark. You are responsible for the quality, growth, and performance of the organization and create an environment in which engineers can excel, innovate, and continue to develop.

With your vision on leadership, talent development, and technology, you build a strong engineering culture in which craftsmanship, collaboration, and continuous improvement are central. In this way, you ensure that our Electrical Engineering organization remains ready for the complex technological issues of our customers and the ambitions of the future.

You combine technical leadership, people management, and strategic development. Therefore, you are responsible for:

• Leading, coaching, and developing approximately 40 Electrical Engineers.

• Leading the AI transformation within Electrical Engineering.

• Establishing a clear vision for Electrical Engineering and translating this into practice.

• Stimulating innovation, knowledge development, and technical excellence within the field.

• Developing competencies, growth paths, and craftsmanship within your team.

• Monitoring the quality, capacity, and employability of the department.

• Supporting and advising Program Managers on complex development projects.

• Attracting, selecting, and developing technical talent.

• Strengthening collaboration with international engineering teams within Benchmark.

• Contributing to organization-wide decision-making as part of the Competence Management Team and to a learning organization in which knowledge sharing, development, and continuous improvement are central.

Together with the managers of Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Test Development Engineering, you will work on the further development of the total engineering organization. Additionally, you will work closely with colleagues from other disciplines, including HR. Because attracting and developing talent is essential in this scarce labor market, you possess a strong professional network and know how to connect talent to your team and organization.

This role offers the unique opportunity to exert influence on both the technical direction and the development of a large group of professionals. You will work in an environment where complex technology, international collaboration, and personal growth converge.

At Benchmark, you work on products that matter! Additionally, we are ideally an organization where you are given freedom, where entrepreneurship is rewarded, and in which you are given the space to bring your ideas to fruition. We offer you a dynamic environment with the space to make rapid strides, to grow, and to take responsibility. You are part of a global company where the down-to-earth Twente culture has been preserved.

With us, you will receive challenging work, a lot of trust, and space to continue developing yourself. You work with down-to-earth colleagues in an informal culture, with good conditions to perform sustainably.

In addition, we offer:

• An attractive salary fitting the responsibilities and the potential within the role.

• A bonus scheme linked to the performance of your team and the organization.

• A management contract with plenty of room for entrepreneurship, personal responsibility, and impact on the further development of the organization.

• Personal growth and development, where we together create a development path that aligns with your ambitions and the needs of the organization.

• Flexibility in the arrangement of your work week, with room to combine work and private life in a way that works for you.

• A strong knowledge-driven engineering climate, in which collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation are central. Through initiatives such as Lunch & Learn sessions and Pitch Discovery Sessions, you will get plenty of space to learn, inspire, and develop new ideas.

Whether you are an experienced engineering manager or are ready for your first major leadership role, you get energy from technology and from developing people. You know how to connect professionals, provide direction, and achieve results together in a complex high-tech environment. With your technical background, curiosity, and leadership potential, you contribute to the next generation of engineers and innovations. You combine flexibility with a strong interest in technology, are naturally curious, and flourish in an agile environment. Do you recognize yourself in this? Then we would love to meet you.

Serious Tech
At Benchmark, you work for companies that make an impact with their innovations. For example, we develop new products that improve safety or health, or increase convenience. These products are delivered from product design through to volume production and sometimes directly to the end user. This entire process is carried out entirely in Almelo, where we work together with approximately 650 colleagues.

We work on innovations for, among others, semicon, healthcare, aerospace, and industry. From product design to volume production: the entire process comes together here. Technically, the bar is high, but the culture remains down-to-earth and close-knit. You will work with people who take responsibility, help each other, and want to keep improving together.

We are looking for people who get energy from complex technology and do not shy away from a tough challenge. People who take responsibility, share ideas, and want to keep improving together. Do you recognize yourself in that? Then we would love to talk further.

For more information, please contact Nienke Bloemendaal via almelo.recruitment@bench.com.

Have you become interested in working for a fast-growing and internationally operating high-tech organization? Apply directly!

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