The future starts here! Ready to start within Personal Health at SR Agency?

SR Agency Semiconductors provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions that leverage its leading RF, Analog, Power Management, Interface, Security, Digital Processing and Manufacturing expertise. These innovations are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, mobile and consumer applications. Headquartered in Europe, the company has employees working in more than ⚠ countries.

The Product Line Personal Health, headquartered in Leuven, develops application specific IC's for use in “Hearing Aids and Implants”- and “Personal Health monitoring” applications. We are a team with an inclusive mindset and believe in strength in diversity.

Following the success of our Product Line, we are expanding our team and are looking for a Development Manager- System and Digital.

Creating Secure Connections and Infrastructure for a Smarter World

SR Agency Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: SR AgencyI) makes products and environments safer, more sustainable, and more secure with innovative connectivity and edge processing solutions for a smarter world.

We are in the business of better. Not just better technologies, but better innovations to improve society. As the world leader in secure connectivity and processing solutions for embedded applications, SR Agency is solving the world's most complex technology challenges to accelerate business innovation, enhance how we work, and advance how we live.

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Life at SR Agency is more than work alone. Join one of the many social activities that are organized by and for employees in Belgium. We collaborate with universities in Belgium offering students real-world experience through internships and providing Master's students with thesis assistance. We participate in annual job fairs and hire graduates from our Belgian universities. In ⚠, the European Commission declared Leuven to be the European Capital of Innovation and SR Agency is proud to be a part of this environment of invention. We are a member of Leuven MindGate , a cooperation between the government, local companies and knowledge institutions focused on elevating Leuven as a top destination in health, high-tech and creativity.

Finally, we are also very proud, in ⚠ the U.S. Government's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selects specialized SR Agency co-authored Crystals-Kyber algorithm for post-quantum cryptography standard development. To learn more about this, click here

The Development Manager leads competence teams or groups, and continuously assesses, builds, maintains and improves the competence(s). Further he/she has a Interface role to other sites and/or organizations that cover activities related to the same competence area.

As a Development Manager you are responsible for:

Line Management:

• Leads a System and Digital competence teams with development engineers

• Driver in improvement process

• Provision / Guidance of resources (tools / people / equipment)

• Resource assignment to projects / programs

• Represents own resources within the pipeline and resource management process

• Coaching / mentoring of teams and staff

• Driving subcontracting / outsourcing decisions and execution within own competence area

• Carry out performance and potential appraisals

• Coaching of key employees (help them to focus on their own career development)

• Drive Management Development and Technical Ladder activities, identify key players in the group and apply measures to retain talent

• Responsible for deployment of relevant quality standards in the group (via assurance in Development processes, Competence management, …)

Competence Management

• Development of competencies, skills, capabilities

• Development and maintenance of competency matrix and training plan, hiring of staff

• Recommend R&D architecture, platform and IP strategy

• Recommend innovation/research strategy

Product Creation & Demand Fulfilment

• Active involvement in the acceptance of projects, the planning of these, proper project milestone passing, staffing of the projects and coaching of project team members

• Is responsible for improving the way of working in all business processes

• Constantly challenges the way things are being done

• Actively involved in climbing the quality ladder

• Contribution to BL strategies and roadmaps

• Recommend strategic product development direction, advanced studies, technical guidance

• Driving development and introduction of new methods develop and maintain best practices

• Responsible for the project execution performance in terms of schedule, budget, quality and function for the scope of his team. Works closely with Project Managers to achieve this.

Development Process ownership

• Drives the deployment and maintenance of established Processes and procedures within on competence domain

• Recommend R&D with best in class execution strategy

• Participates in external and internal audits (ISO, CMMI…) pertaining to his role and responsibilities

Financial Management (Awareness of cost)

• Plan Capital spending and Rolling Financial forecast based on product roadmap for own competence domain

• Actively drives to make the groups expenses as clear and controllable as possible.

• Actively drives cost efficiency

Your profile

To be successful in this role you have/are:

• a Master or Bachelor in Engineering.

• a strong experience in low power system development, IC HW development and a exposure to HW/SW co development

• capability to lead a team of System and digital IC design engineers

• aspirations to grow as a people manager with technical content

• aspiration to work together in a collaborative way with highly skilled team

• experience working in organizations compliant to ISO⚠ and CMMI standards.

• pro-active and creative, quality-oriented and structured way of working

• good communication and English language skills are a necessity

•willing to work in Leuven (⚠ days in the office), with occasional travel abroad.

What can you expect

Contract: This is a full-time position with a permanent contract. However, we are open to discuss a part-time opportunity as well.

Benefits: Besides a competitive salary, we offer great benefits. A bonus plan, an excellent pension plan, a work from home policy. When applicable we also provide a relocation package and support for your move to Belgium.

Development opportunities: We believe that a key component to growing our business is to develop our people. To enable you to grow your career at SR Agency, we provide you with a mix of learning through on-the-job experiences, learning from industries bests, and learning through education to help you develop your core and professional skills.

Our offices: SR Agency Belgium is located in Leuven and consists of around ⚠ employees focused on advancing technology through innovative R&D solutions for the IoT, automotive, Industry ⚠.⚠ and mobile sectors.

What's next

In SR Agency we strive to compose diverse teams: an eclectic mixture of gender, ethnicity, and personalities. We support the possibility to enjoy part-time working, or other working schemes, to be with your family when it matters most.