Head of R&D Operations DAQ Solutions
HBK - Hottinger Brüel & KjærNorth Brabant, Netherlands • Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany • Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
Posted February 17, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær was founded in 2019, when HBM and Brüel & Kjær merged their activities into a new company. Both companies are market leaders in their respective disciplines – Brüel & Kjær in sound and vibration and HBM in reliability, durability, propulsion efficiency and weighing. Together, they cover the complete product physics domain. In technical terms, Brüel & Kjær is the frequency domain expert and HBM the time domain expert. HBK helps its customers reduce time-to-market by simultaneously performing tests, retrieving and analyzing data, aiding decision-making.
Job Description
The R&D Operations role drives efficient execution of product development within the DAQ organization, ensuring operational excellence and cross-functional coordination.
Requirements
- Project Execution & Delivery
- Governance & Reporting
- Level of experience: confirmed R&D leadership >100FTE
- Software & Hardware development, technical basic knowledge and experience
- Experience & knowledge of agile development process and project execution
- International experience
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Strong people leadership skills
- Global mindset and exposure
- Cross-cultural and cross-functional team leadership and communication
- Knowledge and experience of agile development processes
- Knowledge of industrialization processes and supply chain interfaces
- Analytical and reporting capabilities