Location:

Bonndorf/Schwarzwald, BW, DE, D-79848

Business Unit: Dunkermotoren

Posting Date: Jul 17, 2026

Job Description:

The Division Vice President of Engineering & Product Management is a strategic and operational leader responsible for driving the vision, strategy, and execution of the engineering & product management organization. This role oversees product development, innovation, and technical excellence across the engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. The DVP of Engineering & Product Management fosters a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and high performance. This person will be a change agent that is high energy, results oriented, hard driving with ability to establish rapport with others globally.

What you will do:

• Strategic & Technical Leadership
  • Develop and execute the engineering strategy aligned with business goals and market trends in motion control.
  • Lead the development of next-generation customized linear and rotary motion solutions.
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to define product roadmaps and technology investments to drive short and long-term sustainable and profitable growth.
• Product Management
  • Develop and communicate a clear product vision that aligns with business goals. This includes defining the product roadmap & overseeing the full product lifecycle from concept through design, prototyping, testing, and release.
  • Oversee the design and development of custom motion control products including but not limited to linear actuators, stepper motors, brush and brushless DC motors, gears and drive systems.
  • Ensure robust design practices and reliability engineering.
  • Drive innovation in custom motion control solutions through significantly enhancing the existing technology offerings and by introducing new to the business and new to the world motion solutions.
• Team & Process Management
  • Build and mentor a high-performing engineering organization across multiple disciplines.
  • Implement best practices in Agile development, stage-gate processes, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and customer focus.
• Customer & Market Alignment
  • Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Product Management to translate customer needs into technical solutions.
  • Support key customer engagements, technical presentations, and application engineering efforts so that Dunkermotoren is recognized as a thought leader and go-to partner for their motion control projects.
  • Monitor competitive technologies and industry trends to inform strategic decisions.
• Operational Excellence
  • Manage engineering budgets, resource planning, and capital investments.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Oversee quality assurance, testing protocols, and product certifications.
  • Lead VE/VA initiatives and support Operations in the engineering evaluation of cross-site production moves.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Mechatronics Engineering (PhD preferred)
• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience in motion control, automation, or electromechanical systems.
• Proven track record of delivering innovative and complex motion products to market.
• Deep understanding of motor technologies (stepper, servo, BLDC), drive electronics, actuators, lead screws, encoders, gears and control systems.
• Working knowledge of electronic and mechanical CAD based development as well as Software and embedded Firmware development.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Proven track record of developing high performing teams.
• Strong leadership, excellent oral and written communication, mentoring and strategic thinking skills.
• Fluent in English with multiple languages preferred.
• Accustomed to leading global teams, multiple cultures and different time zones.

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Currency: EUR

Salary Minimum: 150,000

Salary Maximum: 200,000

Incentive: Yes