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Senior Technical Project Manager R&D
Nearfield Instruments · Rotterdam
About the role
As Senior Project Manager R&D, you will lead the execution of innovative, challenging R&D projects that bring our next-generation metrology solutions to market. Working closely with our R&D team, you enable a multi-disciplinary group spanning hardware, software, and algorithm development to deliver against an ambitious roadmap. Your role is pivotal in ensuring our technology meets customer performance requirements and delivery timelines — and you do this through structure, clear planning, and strong cross-functional leadership rather than deep domain expertise. You'll support the R&D Manager, who drives the overall technology roadmap.
What you will do
Leading end-to-end R&D projects, from concept through prototype and validation to productization.
Developing and maintaining detailed project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, deliverables, and risk management.
Coordinating cross-functional project teams spanning multiple engineering disciplines.
Driving alignment between technical development and customer or market requirements, in collaboration with product marketing.
Working with product development programs, design & engineering, and systems engineering to deliver what's needed for productization.
Monitoring progress against milestones and budget, escalating issues early and driving them to resolution.
Ensuring projects comply with relevant quality and regulatory standards.
Acting as a key liaison between R&D, Product Marketing, Systems Engineering, and Design & Engineering.
Continuously improving how we plan and run projects, in a fast-moving, precision-focused environment.