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Position title: Engineering & Business Development Manager, Ceramics
Reporting to: Business Unit Manager, Amphenol Ceramics Facility (ACF)

Type of position: Full-time, permanent

Location: Belleville, ON

Summary of Business:

Amphenol (www.amphenol.com) is one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world. We design, manufacture and market electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, coaxial and flat-ribbon cable, and interconnect systems. The primary end markets for our products are communications and information processing markets, including cable television, cellular telephone and data communication and information processing systems; aerospace and military electronics; and automotive, rail and other transportation and industrial applications. Amphenol Ceramics, a business unit of Amphenol Canada Corp, develops and manufactures tubular and planar array capacitor products for use within filter connector products.

Job Description:

This is an engineering manager position with responsibilities to lead your team, coordinate, and manage the design, processes, qualification and launch of new products; while also developing business opportunities to further expand the sale of these products.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and oversight to the design and process development teams to support objectives for project completion.
• Align team priorities and work assignments to maintain critical project milestones and customer commitments
• Lead the ACF engineering team to develop new product designs, coordinate prototyping efforts and launch them into production.
• Direct engagement with customers and sales on definition of product roadmaps, new product requirements and committed timelines
• Support development of marketing/engineering proposal concepts.
• Provide management with monthly project status reports
• Provide mentorship to engineering team in support of employee development objectives
• Resolve engineering and design related issues as they may occur
• Check, approve and process drawings, BOMs, Item Masters
• Perform mechanical simulations and tolerance analyses as required
• Ensure designs meet both price, performance, and manufacturability requirements in order to win new business
• Interface with customers and with other Amphenol locations, to ensure that collaborative teams are working to common goals
• Occasional business travel.
• Other related duties as required.

Aspects of Position:

• This position offers an opportunity to grow and develop a family of new products within Amphenol Ceramics
• It offers career growth in learning how to manage a team support their achievements.
• This position is suitable for an individual who desires to take on a challenging role and eventually bigger responsibilities.
• Project ownership can give great satisfaction with success
• Opportunity to travel to visit customers, attend trade shows, and work with our manufacturing facilities.

Qualifications:

• University degree in materials or ceramics engineering, or equivalent
• 10+ years engineering experience
• Working experience in 2D or 3D CAD systems – AutoCAD / SolidWorks
• Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent English communication skills
• Ability to coordinate a team in support of product development and growth

Desired:

• Knowledge of connectors
• 5+ years of Project management skills
• Experience with engineering of ceramic capacitor products
• Experience with process manufacturing of ceramic capacitors
• Proven tolerance analysis skills
• Legally able to travel in N/A, Europe and Asia
• FEA simulation and modeling skills
• Working knowledge of industry standard capacitor manufacturing techniques
• Working knowledge of EMI filter connector requirements and industry standard practices

Why Work for Us?

• Competitive pay
• Progressive employee incentive plans
• Excellent benefits coverage, including health, dental, vision & travellers’ insurance
• Health Care Spending account
• Company pension plan
• Amazing people to work with
• Challenging projects to sink your teeth into
• A flat and transparent organizational culture
• Talent development – we invest in your growth!
• Company Recreation Club offering fun draws with exciting prizes, summer BBQs, holiday parties & more!

Come join the Amphenol family!

Amphenol Canada is committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity you should advise Amphenol, in a timely fashion, of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.