Senior R&D Engineer

About Rotarex Firetec

Rotarex Firetec is a world leader in fire suppression solutions, with proven performance in several million installations worldwide.

A business unit of Rotarex SA, Rotarex Firetec operates globally through service centers and distributors in more than 65 countries. For over 100 years, we have developed breakthrough technologies that have become industry standards, driven by innovation, engineering excellence, and uncompromising quality.

📍 Position based in Luxembourg

Our teams are currently relocating to our brand new Industry 4.0 manufacturing site in Bissen, designed to provide a state of the art working environment focused on innovation, employee well being, collaboration, and operational excellence.

🎯 Your mission

As a Senior R&D Engineer, you will lead R&D activities for fire suppression systems, products and components from concept through industrialization, serial production and end-of-life.

You will manage and develop the R&D team, while managing the R&D project portfolio and product-development activities, ensuring effective coordination and decision-making.

🔧 Your main responsibilities

R&D Leadership & Team Management

• Lead R&D activities for fire suppression systems, products and components from concept through industrialization, serial production and end-of-life.

• Manage and develop the R&D team by setting objectives, priorities, workload and resources; ensure delegation, performance follow-up and competency development.

• Work autonomously and remain accountable for the assigned scope; supervise R&D Engineers and Technical Designers when required.

R&D Project & Product Management

• Manage the R&D project portfolio and product-development activities, including 2D/3D definitions, technical specifications, validation and industrial performance, in line with quality, cost, timing, compliance and customer milestones.

• Lead preventive and corrective actions and manage the assigned product portfolio throughout serial life, including engineering changes, obsolescence, cost reduction, supplier changes, production deviations, quality issues and field feedback.

• Support product risk analyses, knowledge transfer and technical training in cooperation with Production, Quality and other internal partners.

Technical & Product Engineering

• Manage technical customer and supplier relationships, requirements, reviews, risks, problem solving, homologation and certification support.

• Ensure accurate and traceable product data across CAD, PDM and ERP systems, including drawings, specifications, material masters, bills of materials, routings, revisions, statuses and engineering changes.

R&D Strategy, Compliance & Digital Transformation

• Define and maintain the R&D roadmap for fire suppression systFems, including valves, actuators, pressure regulation, detection and control components.

• Ensure compliance with applicable product, pressure-equipment, transportable-pressure-equipment, fire-protection and customer-approval requirements.

• Support homologation and certification with laboratories, notified bodies and approval organizations, ensuring complete and timely technical files.

• Drive product-family standardization, modularity and reuse to improve quality, reduce complexity and accelerate development.

• Lead the migration from CATIA to Siemens NX and Teamcenter X, including data cleansing, conversion, validation, configuration rules, KPIs, training, user support and phased deployment in coordination with other R&D departments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Ensure effective coordination and decision-making between R&D, Management, Laboratory, Purchasing, Production, Sales, Quality, Project Management, suppliers and customers.

• Support product risk analyses, knowledge transfer and technical training in cooperation with Production, Quality and other internal partners.

• Provide technical support to Purchasing, Production and Sales for sourcing, manufacturability, quotations, claims and product applications.

🧠 Your profile

Technical skills

• Engineering or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or a comparable technical field

• Proven experience in R&D team management, technical leadership and multidisciplinary industrial project management

• Strong knowledge of mechanical or mechatronic product development, pressure equipment, system integration, validation, risk analysis, industrialization and lifecycle management

• Simulation skills (Mechanical and flow)

• Good understanding of fire suppression systems, product technologies, customer applications and certification constraints

• Knowledge of relevant standards, directives and regulations for pressure equipment and transportable pressure equipment, from medical to fire applications

• Strong knowledge of ERP master data, engineering change management and CAD/PDM/PLM environments ; CATIA, Siemens NX and Teamcenter experience is highly desirable

• Engineering-data migration, configuration management, data quality, user adoption and digital-transformation experience is an asset

• Ability to manage priorities, resources, budgets and conflicts, and to align cross-functional teams around common objectives

Languages

• Fluent in English

• Comfortable working in French or German

• Additional languages are an asset

Personal skills

• Strong R&D team management, technical leadership and multidisciplinary industrial project management skills

• Ability to manage priorities, resources, budgets and conflicts

• Structured, pragmatic andresults-oriented

• Strong focus on safety, compliance, quality, cost, quantity and deadlines

• Autonomous and accountable for the assigned scope

• Able to align cross-functional teams around common objectives

✨ What makes this position unique

• A role combining R&D team management, technical leadership, product development, project management, and industrialization

• The opportunity to lead R&D activities for fire suppression systems, products and components from concept through industrialization, serial production and end-of-life

• Ownership of the R&D roadmap for fire suppression systems, including valves, actuators, pressure regulation, detection and control components

• The opportunity to drive product-family standardization, modularity and reuse to improve quality, reduce complexity and accelerate development

• A highly collaborative environment bringing together R&D, Management, Laboratory, Purchasing, Production, Sales, Quality, Project Management, suppliers and customers

• The opportunity to lead the migration from CATIA to Siemens NX and Teamcenter X

• A technically challenging position combining product development, validation, certification, industrialization and lifecycle management

🌟 What you'll find at Rotarex Firetec

• The strength of a global industrial group combined with a family-oriented culture

• Real opportunities for training, professional development, and career growth

• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the position) promoting a healthy work-life balance

• An attractive package including numerous social benefits

• A brand new Industry 4.0 manufacturing site in Bissen, offering an ultramodern working environment (canteens, fitness center, free parking, electric vehicle charging stations, air conditioning...)

• Easy access to the site

• Additional benefits including Sympass card, preferential partnerships (banking, health insurance, mobile plans...)

• Regular company events that foster collaboration and team spirit

Recruitment process

1st interview: HR & Hiring Manager (Teams)

2nd interview: On-site interview and site visit

📢 Only applications submitted through our official application process will be considered.

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

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👉 Ready for your next challenge? Join Rotarex Firetec and help shape the next generation of fire suppression technologies used around the world!