Head of Research Unit

**Your future responsibilities**:
**Your Leadership responsibilities**:

- **L**ead and develop the MMT Research Unit**: Manage and grow the MMT unit (10-15 researchers) within the Microsystem division.
- ** Personnel leadership**: Oversee personnel management, provide supervision and mentorship fostering a collaborative, productive, and inspiring environment.
- ** Strategic representation and networking**: Represent the unit internally and build external partnerships with academia and industry to enhance visibility and impact.
- ** Project acquisition and corporate responsibility**: Drive project acquisition with international partners, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and financial sustainability.
- ** Research program and portfolio development**: Shape the unit’s research strategy and create a balanced project portfolio in coordination with the Head of Research Division Microsytem Technologies.

**Your Scientific responsibilities**:

- **Drive research excellence**: Elevate the unit to a world-class level in magnetic microsystem research, achieving significant economic and societal impact.
- ** Strategic leadership**: Coordinate and orient the unit’s research directions, plan necessary investments, oversee their acquisition.
- ** Project development and management**: Initiate, set up, and manage cooperative and funded (FFG, EU,) research projects with academic and industry partners.
- ** Collaborative engagement**: Maintain close collaboration with project partners and provide technical guidance to project managers.
- ** Dissemination of research**: Coordinate the units research output. Publish in scientific journals and present at conferences, summits, and key events to boost visibility and impact.

**Your profile**:

- A distinguished post-doctoral record of at least 15 years in research, innovation and leadership in the field of magnetics, magnetic microsystems, spintronic devices, magnetic sensors, magnetic RF components, or related.
- Strong understanding of microfabrication technologies of magnet thin films, MEMS, and magnetic microsystems, of magnetic simulation methodologies, and of experimental design and testing.
- Strong scientific track record in the relevant areas evidenced by peer-reviewed journal publications and invited talks at international conferences.
- Broad and strong industrial and academic network proven by joint collaborations, projects, and publications.
- Demonstrated ability to lead funding acquisition, ideally beyond purely academic research programs, and to collaborate with the industry.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in project management of large international R&D projects with multiple partners.
- Proven record of at least 5 years team leading experience in industry and research.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.

**Important Facts about SAL**:

- Diversified research activities with plenty of technical challenges.
- State-of-the-art lab facilities and instruments.
- Internal and external training opportunities for further development.
- Home Office possible.
- € 4 per day food allowance in restaurants or € 2 per day in supermarkets.
- Family & kids friendly.
- Free coffee/milk/tea & fresh fruits.
- Start: as soon as possible.

**About us**:

- Innovation is our top priority and so are our employees. We are a family-friendly company and support the compatibility of work and family as much as possible. That is why we have been awarded the Work and Family Certificate until 2026. But we are constantly working on new measures to offer our employees an environment where they feel good, healthy and motivated.