Description -
The Senior Tools Engineer is responsible for selection, installation, configuration and maintenance of the software tools used in Global Engineering as well as for server maintenance and user support.
The ability to visualize and simplify complex technical contexts and to present and discuss them with key stakeholders is essential.
Responsibilities
Relevant Knowledge, skills and competencies
Required Qualifications:
Gatwick location and requirement to travel to Europe
The Senior Tools Engineer is responsible for selection, installation, configuration and maintenance of the software tools used in Global Engineering as well as for server maintenance and user support.
The ability to visualize and simplify complex technical contexts and to present and discuss them with key stakeholders is essential.
Responsibilities
- Leads the selection of software / product engineering lifecycle tools based on user and process requirements in alignment with all relevant stakeholders
- Drives the requirements definition process for new tools and acts as facilitator between involved stakeholder groups e.g. Business Lines
- Develops integration and automation solutions across the engineering toolchain
- Installs and configures new tools according to defined user needs
- Leads and conducts the (re-) validation for new and existing tools
- Leads and supports tool maintenance, upgrades and administration including the creation of required documentation
- Acts as 1st and 2nd line user support for internal stakeholders and performs tools disaster recovery, if needed
- Provides tool training and coaching for the Global Tools Team as well as for tool users
- Participates in process improvement activities
- Ensures compliance to company procedures and standards e.g.
Relevant Knowledge, skills and competencies
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (STEM subject preferred) or equivalent work experience
- 7+ years’ experience in software management as well as in enterprise software tool administration
- 5+ years’ experience in Software Application Configuration/customization/scripting
- 5+ years’ experience in product development, preferably in both Software and Hardware environments
- Experience and understanding of Agile and Scaled Agile practices
- Proven ability to work across and vertically in medium size organizations with teams that are geographically separated.
- A good knowledge and application of methods, tools and applications in a high-tech engineering business organization a distinct advantage.
- Strong customer focus and excellent communications skills, verbal and written
- Self-starter who demonstrates an independent and self-structured way of working
- Balanced skills to see and understand the big picture while managing the important technical details as required.
- Strong decision making and analytical/problem solving skills
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for role.
- Experience in the medical device industry is a plus
- Fluent in English
Gatwick location and requirement to travel to Europe