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We're Hiring: Mechatronics Manager Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote) Employment Type: Full-Time Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior Work Arrangement: Fully Remote About UsWe are a globally focused organization committed to developing advanced engineering, automation, intelligent equipment, and integrated technology solutions across diverse markets. Our teams combine mechanical, electrical, electronics, controls, software, robotics, manufacturing, and systems engineering expertise to design, deploy, and optimize reliable mechatronic systems for complex industrial applications. The Role We are seeking an experienced Mechatronics Manager to lead mechatronics engineering, automation, robotics, intelligent equipment, motion systems, controls, prototyping, integration, and technical development programs. The ideal candidate will provide multidisciplinary leadership across mechanical and electrical systems, sensors, actuators, motors, PLCs, robotics, embedded systems, industrial networks, and software, ensuring integrated solutions meet performance, reliability, safety, quality, and cost objectives. Key Responsibilities Develop and implement mechatronics engineering strategies aligned with business, product, manufacturing, and technology objectives. Lead multidisciplinary mechatronics engineering teams across mechanical, electrical, electronics, controls, automation, robotics, and software disciplines. Manage the design, development, integration, testing, commissioning, and optimization of mechatronic systems. Define system-level requirements, functional specifications, technical architecture, interfaces, and performance targets. Develop integrated mechanical, electrical, electronic, control, and software solutions. Lead the design of automated machinery, production equipment, robotic systems, intelligent devices, and industrial automation platforms. Evaluate motors, drives, actuators, sensors, controllers, PLCs, servos, robotics, vision systems, and embedded technologies. Develop motion-control systems involving servo motors, stepper motors, linear actuators, gear systems, and precision positioning. Lead robotics integration including industrial robots, collaborative robots, autonomous systems, end-effectors, and robotic work cells. Design and optimize pneumatic, hydraulic, electromechanical, and precision mechanical systems. Coordinate mechanical and electrical packaging, component selection, system interfaces, and design integration. Develop control architectures using PLCs, industrial PCs, embedded controllers, motion controllers, and distributed control systems. Integrate sensors and instrumentation for position, force, pressure, temperature, vibration, vision, and condition monitoring. Manage industrial communication networks and protocols used by integrated equipment and automation systems. Support development and integration of HMI, SCADA, MES, machine-vision, and manufacturing-control interfaces. Lead prototyping, proof-of-concept development, engineering trials, and technology demonstrations. Establish design-review processes covering requirements, architecture, risk, manufacturability, reliability, safety, and performance. Coordinate system simulation, modeling, testing, validation, and performance verification. Develop engineering test plans, acceptance criteria, validation procedures, and commissioning requirements. Lead factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, and production handover. Investigate system failures, intermittent faults, control issues, mechanical failures, and integration problems. Conduct root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions. Analyze system performance data to identify reliability, productivity, and optimization opportunities. Improve equipment cycle time, precision, throughput, energy efficiency, and operational stability. Support predictive maintenance and condition-monitoring solutions for mechatronic equipment. Integrate sensors, data acquisition, analytics, and diagnostic systems to improve equipment visibility. Coordinate engineering changes, design modifications, software updates, and hardware upgrades. Maintain configuration control and ensure engineering changes are properly documented, reviewed, tested, and released. Support new-product introduction, manufacturing automation, process development, and production scale-up. Work closely with manufacturing engineering and operations teams to improve automation readiness and production performance. Apply design-for-manufacturing, design-for-assembly, design-for-serviceability, and lifecycle engineering principles. Evaluate emerging technologies including AI-enabled robotics, machine vision, digital twins, autonomous systems, edge computing, and intelligent controls. Develop technical roadmaps for mechatronics platforms, automation architectures, and future equipment capabilities. Manage technology suppliers, equipment manufacturers, system integrators, component suppliers, and engineering contractors. Define technical specifications, supplier requirements, acceptance criteria, warranties, service expectations, and performance standards. Monitor supplier technical performance, delivery quality, responsiveness, and engineering support. Support procurement of motors, drives, sensors, controllers, robotics, actuators, automation hardware, and specialized components. Manage engineering budgets, project costs, capital investments, resources, and technical schedules. Develop business cases for automation and mechatronics investments, including ROI, productivity gains, lifecycle costs, and risk. Ensure mechatronic systems comply with applicable machinery safety, electrical, functional safety, EMC, environmental, and regulatory requirements. Conduct engineering risk assessments, FMEA, hazard analysis, and safety reviews. Support functional safety implementation for automated and robotic systems where applicable. Develop technical documentation including system specifications, schematics, drawings, software documentation, test procedures, and maintenance manuals. Establish engineering standards, component libraries, design guidelines, and reusable mechatronics architectures. Train and mentor engineers, technicians, and technical specialists in mechatronics technologies and engineering practices. Promote Lean, Six Sigma, reliability engineering, systems engineering, and continuous-improvement methodologies. Benchmark technologies and engineering practices against industry developments and leading manufacturers. Build relationships with universities, research institutions, technology companies, and specialist engineering partners. Provide management with regular reports covering engineering programs, system performance, technical risks, costs, milestones, and improvement opportunities. Key Performance Indicators Mechatronics projects delivered Engineering project schedule adherence System development cycle time Prototype development cycle time First-pass design success System integration success rate Commissioning cycle time Factory acceptance test performance Site acceptance test performance Equipment availability Equipment uptime Overall equipment effectiveness Machine cycle time Production throughput System reliability Mean time between failures Mean time to repair Unplanned equipment downtime Repeat failure rate Predictive maintenance effectiveness Control-system performance Motion accuracy Positioning repeatability Robotics utilization Automation utilization Machine-vision accuracy Sensor and instrumentation reliability System response time Process capability Engineering change effectiveness Design defect rate Field failure rate Safety incidents Functional safety compliance Supplier performance Supplier SLA compliance Engineering budget adherence Capital project ROIManufacturing cost reduction Energy-efficiency improvement Training and competency completion Continuous-improvement savings Ideal Candidate The successful candidate should have strong experience in mechatronics engineering, industrial automation, robotics, controls engineering, electromechanical systems, intelligent machinery, or advanced manufacturing technology. The candidate should demonstrate:Proven experience managing multidisciplinary mechatronics or automation engineering teams. Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, electronics, controls, software, and systems integration. Experience designing and commissioning automated machinery, robotic systems, or intelligent equipment. Strong knowledge of PLCs, motion controllers, servo systems, drives, sensors, actuators, and industrial communication networks. Experience with industrial robots, collaborative robots, machine vision, automated handling, or autonomous systems. Understanding of pneumatic, hydraulic, electromechanical, and precision motion systems. Experience with HMI, SCADA, MES, industrial PCs, embedded systems, or related automation platforms. Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities. Experience with system testing, validation, commissioning, and production release. Strong understanding of machinery safety, electrical safety, functional safety, EMC, and applicable engineering standards. Experience with FMEA, risk assessment, reliability engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement. Ability to evaluate engineering designs, technology options, suppliers, costs, risks, and lifecycle requirements. Experience managing engineering projects, budgets, technical resources, and delivery schedules. Strong experience working with equipment manufacturers, system integrators, component suppliers, and contractors. Familiarity with digital twins, industrial IoT, edge computing, AI-enabled automation, or predictive analytics is highly desirable. Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication, technical documentation, presentation, and stakeholder-management capabilities.

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