Head of test fields (m/f/d)

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Head of Laboratories, your day begins with a review of laboratory operations, ensuring that all safety protocols are being followed and that the team is aligned with the day’s objectives. You might hold a morning briefing with your multidisciplinary team of approximately 70 employees, discussing ongoing projects related to high-voltage circuit breakers and Grid Technologies. Throughout the day, you engage in strategic planning sessions to define future laboratory capabilities and digitalization initiatives, while also addressing any operational challenges that arise. You collaborate with other laboratories within Siemens Energy to share best practices and drive innovation. Your role also involves regular communication with stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives and to promote the laboratory’s value as a critical asset.

How You’ll Make an Impact

* Lead and develop a multidisciplinary organization of approximately 70 employees, including laboratory management, operations, maintenance services, and prototype workshop teams
* Establish a high-performance culture focused on safety, quality, customer orientation, and operational excellence
* Maintain laboratory accreditation according to DAkkS and ISO/IEC 17025 requirements
* Define and execute the laboratory strategy aligned with Grid Technologies business objectives and develop future laboratory capabilities for next-generation products and technologies
* Drive continuous improvement of testing procedures, quality processes, and measurement systems, including the digitalization of processes and data for knowledge management
* Establish strong collaboration with other Development and Type Test Laboratories across Siemens Energy Grid Technologies

What You Bring

* University degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline, or extensive professional experience in a relevant field
* At least three years of professional leadership experience, with a preference for candidates who also possess disciplinary leadership experience
* Strategic thinking with strong operational execution capabilities
* Proven experience in operational management and organizational development
* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
* Fluent in German (C1) and English (B2)

About the Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

* In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
* We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
* We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
* The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
* In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.