Hardware Development excellence expert

Job Description

Danfoss Drives is looking for a Hardware Development excellence expert that can take our product development to the next level. In this global position you will be part of a team improving our responsiveness towards customers, where your specific responsibility will be to globally improve efficiency and effectiveness of how we develop our hardware. You will be working closely with colleagues in product development centers around the world to introduce new methods, align best practices, adapt agile ways of working - to increase our competitiveness within Product Development.

As this is a global position travel activity should be expected           

Job Responsibilities

As our new Hardware Development excellence expert, your main responsabiltities are:

• Create vision and strategy for how to become more efficiency & effectiveness in developing hardware.
• Lead the tactical implementation plan for deploying the strategy globally.
• Build external network to get access to new tools and methods within the field of excellence. 
• Define and lead our simulation strategy and participate in cooperate simulation forum.
• Define and head relevant Communities of Practice (CoP)
• Lead global tool alignment for hardware development.
• Track efficiency & effectiveness development within field of excellence. 
• Ownership of hardware development process and other relevant processes and standards globally.

Background & Skills

The ideal candidate comes with a proven track record from a similar role. It can be in a different industry, but through your experience and methodology you will be able to build and deploy a radical improvement strategy in Danfoss Drives. 

Furthermore: 

• Holds an Engineering degree.
• Broad and deep experience within product development, which includes hardware.
• Experience with agile hardware development 
• Capable of building external and internal knowledge networks. 
• Thrives in leading in a global matrix, where results need to be delivered through others.
• Cultural and social flexible.  

Please apply at your earliest convenience. We do not have an application deadline but accept applications as long as the job is posted. The position will be closed down once we have found the right candidate.

For job-specific and/or technical enquiries, please contact Sr. Director, Gert Kjar, +45 3052 2812.

For more general enquiries about working at Danfoss or about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Riina Suomela, +358 405001761

Danfoss – Engineering Tomorrow

At Danfoss, we are engineering solutions that allow the world to use resources in smarter ways – driving the sustainable transformation of tomorrow. No transformation has ever been started without a group of passionate, dedicated and empowered people. We believe that innovation and great results are driven by the right mix of people with diverse backgrounds, personalities, skills, and perspectives, reflecting the world in which we do business. To make sure the mix of people works, we strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are treated equally, respected, and valued for who they are. It is a strong priority within Danfoss to improve the health, working environment and safety of our employees.

Following our founder’s mindset ‘action speaks louder than words’, we set ourselves ambitious targets to protect the environment by embarking on a plan to become CO2 neutral latest by 2030.

Danfoss is an EO employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.