Semiconductor System R&d has an immediate opening for an Engineering Manager. The Group Manager position is a high visibility role requiring daily interaction with NI Engineering Teams, and Executive Management. This is a multi-functional role dealing with diverse engineering needs, including the ability to gather requirements, generate specification documents, and interface across teams to design, implement and enhance NI products.
In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
Motivate and engage a multi-disciplinary development team (technicians, mechanical, electrical, and software engineers)
Manage projects from conception to release through the use of the System Development Process phases to drive project features, staffing needs, and schedule while maintaining aggressive timelines
Accountable for plan development and program execution to meet scope, cost, and timeline goals while maintaining long-term quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction
Drive efforts to mitigate risks and constant ability to drive tradeoff decisions within and across projects
Cross-manage project dependencies by collaborating with other managers and organizations
Determine resource needs, secure internal and external resources and adjust resource assignments as needed throughout the project
Identify talent gaps and recommend investment changes to build a more effective team
Ensure efficient and timely collaboration with R&D teams, manufacturing, hardware services, compliance, test engineering, and other supporting teams to accomplish the release of your product/system
Effectively communicate program status, tradeoffs, and risks to collaborators, including senior executives
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Communicate clearly and be able to provide appropriate messaging depending on the audience
Drive cross organizational resolution of customer quality issues
Run group and program audit meetings (technical, schedule, status reporting, etc.)
Directly manage team members by coaching them, eeing opportunities to drive velocity, and removing roadblocks while maintaining priority on their development and career growth
Be effective at resolving issues and identifying when concern is appropriate
Drive a team to deeply understand the customer/industry need in order anticipate problems and think through multiple perspectives for the best overall solution
Mediate and influence technical discussions and key business trade-offs to facilitate decisions
Able to extend decision-making skills to business, technical, and customer tradeoffs and communicate clear recommendations
Able to self-manage and prioritize your own time to make the best day-to-day decisions for yourself, your team, and your projects.
Who You Are:
You are a leader who is self- driven, shows tremendous amount of initiative and gracefully handles ambiguity. You possess strong leadership skills and have a consistent track record of developing and implementing strategies to achieve organizational objectives.
For This Role, You Will Need:
Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math)
8+ years of combined professional experience (including project and schedule management)
Proven Project management skills
Strong cross functional collaboration skills and an ability to influence others without authority
Experience working with various geographies and functions
Work effectively in an ambiguous environment
Communication skills, analytical attitude, and effective problem-solving skills
Dedicated and motivated individual who can volunteer for new challenges without being asked
Proficient in multitasking and maintaining attention to detail while effectively managing multiple projects and teams
4+ years of experience managing a team of engineers or in a leadership role
Familiar with Semiconductor design validation tests and workflows
Background in complex system development
Hands-on experience using NI software and hardware products
Previous R&D experience
Our Culture & Commitment to You
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.
We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
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