Company: UK based leader in fuel cell technology
Position: Lead Engineer, Japan
(Japanese proficiency required)
The role will see you build a strong technical relationship with a key strategic partner in Japan, ensuring the successful delivery of defined intellectual property and engineering services to the partner organisation. You will become a crucial interface and technical resource for all activities required to enable the partner to reach their mass production goals for manufacturing and to enable the partner to realise their system level ambitions.
* Key technical interface between UK teams and a strategic partner.
* Ensuring that the realisation of mass manufacturing strategy is achieved through the development and validation of mass manufacturing processes capable of achieving customer required cost points.
* Identify emerging challenges and issues promptly and ensure they are swiftly communicated for escalation when necessary.
* Working with stakeholders to develop and successfully deliver Technology Transfer plans, securing stakeholder-buy-in, building ad-hoc teams to facilitate successful transfer.
* Provide technical support and training of partner manufacturing personnel
* Technical oversight of documentation, reports and confidential information provided to OEM partners.
* Manage Intellectual Property: Track IP space allocation, oversee the release of existing IP, support the creation of new IP and assist the patent process.
* Delivery and Risk: Working directly with the Technology Transfer Manager and Programme Management to ensure technical and delivery risks are effectively managed.
