Engineering Manager
Date: 24 Apr 2025
Location: Portugal - Porto
Company: EVS
Scope
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead and oversee a diverse, multidisciplinary team of engineers, including specialists in FPGA, Software Development, and QA/Test Automation. This team is part of one or more agile teams within the Orange Program, contributing to cutting-edge projects that drive innovation and excellence.
Your role will encompass both team leadership and technical guidance, ensuring the successful delivery of projects while fostering a collaborative, high-performing work environment. You will be responsible for empowering your team, promoting professional growth, and aligning their efforts with organizational goals.
Job Description
People & Team Management
- Empower & Support: Foster a positive work environment by prioritizing team well-being, managing skills development, and enhancing overall performance.
- Coaching & Mentoring: Provide guidance on both technical and interpersonal skills, helping team members grow professionally and achieve a high level of autonomy.
- Process Adherence: Ensure team members are aligned with company processes and best practices, promoting consistency and efficiency across workflows.
- Training & Development: Oversee the training and upskilling of team members, ensuring continuous learning and career progression.
- Recruitment & Budgeting: Collaborate with the Head of Engineering to manage recruitment, budget planning, equipment procurement, and infrastructure needs.
- Risk Mitigation: Avoid single points of failure by encouraging knowledge sharing and cross-training within the team.
- Performance Reviews: Work with external stakeholders to define yearly objectives, assess individual achievements, and provide constructive feedback.
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
- Transversal Initiatives: Actively contribute to cross-functional initiatives aimed at improving team dynamics, departmental efficiency, and overall company success.
- Continuous Improvement: Partner with peers to drive process enhancements, modernize workflows, and implement valuable improvements within the department.
- Communication: Facilitate clear and effective communication between the transversal team and the broader organization, ensuring alignment and transparency.
Technical Guidance
- Expertise & Strategy: Leverage your technical expertise in one of the team’s core disciplines (e.g., FPGA, software, or QA) to guide decision-making and support the development of future-proof strategies that align with team objectives and constraints.
- Modern Practices: Advocate for and implement modern engineering practices, tools, and methodologies to enhance productivity and innovation.
- Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Bridge gaps between different engineering disciplines, ensuring seamless collaboration and shared goals.
Profile
- After a bachelor's degree in computer science or electronics design (or equivalent) and a solid experience in one of these fields, you want to actively lead the development of innovative products and solutions applied to the video broadcasting domain.
- You are capable of managing a team of engineers working in an Agile environment. Preferably you have experience with distributed teams.
- Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or in a similar leadership role, with a strong background in managing multidisciplinary teams (FPGA, software, QA/test automation) in an Agile / SAFE environment.
- Deep technical expertise in at least one of the team’s core fields (e.g., FPGA design, software development, or QA/test automation).
- Strong leadership skills, with a focus on coaching, mentoring, and empowering team members to reach their full potential.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, with a talent for fostering collaboration and alignment across teams and departments.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement, with a commitment to driving continuous innovation and efficiency.
- Experience in budget management, recruitment, and resource allocation, ensuring optimal team performance and project delivery.
- A passion for fostering a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing, continuous learning, and professional development.
- Aligned with EVS values: Innovation, Passion, Excellence, Agility, Accountability, Teamwork, and Customer Success
Languages :
- Fluent in English
- Knowledge of Portuguese, Dutch or French is an asset
Offer
You will benefit from working in a friendly, lively environment having ambitious commercial objectives. Our dynamic and young team brings the best out of motivated potentials. In addition, you will receive a competitive salary and a range of other employee benefits.
Check out our website if you want to know more about why you should join EVS !