R&D Platform Manager, Laundry Systems, Global R&D
About this role
Do you want to take a key role in a global engineering environment where product platforms rely as much on holistic understanding, quality and technical coordination as on pure engineering expertise? We are now looking for an R&D Platform Manager, Laundry Systems, a senior R&D generalist who wants to take full ownership of the complete system behind our professional laundry solutions.
This role is essential for ensuring that our products are developed in a stable, scalable and long-term sustainable way – and it involves broad interaction across an international matrix organization.
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About the role
As R&D Platform Manager, you hold overall technical ownership of the platform behind our professional laundry solutions. You are the one who understands the entire system, what happens behind the scenes, how mechanics, electronics, software, water and heat systems interact, and which specialist competences need to be engaged to solve challenges within different technical domains.
You operate in a global R&D environment where multiple engineering disciplines, suppliers, specialists and development teams collaborate. The role requires broad technical competence, strong system understanding and the ability to drive complex technical matters to completion.
Responsibilities
- In this role, you will:
- Ensure the platform’s structure, architecture and long-term development direction
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams and specialists globally
- Support technical choices, trade-offs and system decisions
- Act as the main technical point of contact for leadership, global functions and project organizations
- You report locally to the R&D Manager in Ljungby and work closely with our global engineering organization.
- Your main responsibilities
- Overall ownership of the platform’s technical architecture
- Ensure seamless interaction between mechanics, electronics, softwa