Eurofins Looking for Director, ATE Service and Planning at Santa Clara, CA Full Time

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Our Engineering Sciences lab provides test, engineering, and reliability services to a broad spectrum of technology-based sectors. We are proud to support our clients who range from startup stages to Fortune 500 global industry leaders.  Our engineering staff succeed within a challenging but inspiring world of innovation; helping to support our clients research, develop, understand, and refine technologies that shape consumer electronics, medical device, automotive, military, aerospace, and manufacturing industries, just to mention a few. We demonstrate a hands-on approach to technical expertise by utilizing leading-edge methods and tools to attain insight that fuel engineering. If you enjoy being immersed in technology, dreaming about the future, tackling challenges head-on, problem-solving through teamwork, flexing your technical abilities and taking pride in accomplishments, then join us to live this every day.

We have an exciting a leadership opportunity at the forefront of building and managing a team. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and directing all aspects of ATE Test Services including Planning, Shipping and Receiving.

Essential Job Functions:

• Directs all aspects of Planning for Engineering and Production Test
• Sound Business acumen, and the ability and motivation to work with a variety of complex customers to grow the business and meet their demands
• Ability to identify and delegate work suitable for employees’ capability
• Organize, schedule prioritize, and assign jobs to group members
• Provide technical direction and leadership over all members of the department
• Develop, review, and approve all analysis data and reporting
• Prepare customer summary reports
• Provide, maintain, and emphasize quality in operation and product
• Organize, manage, coordinate members of department to facilitate work flow
• Promote and direct a cohesive team environment
• Interface with external customers to maintain professional relationship
• Identify and resolve problems within group operations
• Protects confidential information and proprietary processes.   
• Handles customer materials and company equipment in a responsible and efficient manner. 
• Follows established safety protocols and procedures.  
• Requirements of the Technology Control Plan are followed at all times to ensure export control compliance 
• Ensures compliance with quality system documents and processes 
• Maintains specified records of test data and ensures Good Documentation Practices 
• Other duties as may be assigned

Ideal candidate will have:

• BS Degree in related field or equivalent in education and experience
• MBA Degree with a major in Operations / Supply Chain
• 10+ years of experience in ATE Testing 
• 5+ years of prior management experience
• Microelectronic testing experience in one or more technical disciplines such as reliability, ESD, circuit edit or failure analysis (physical/electrical).
• Strong leadership skills, strategic thinking, analytical abilities, and effective project management skills.
• Demonstrated success in managing, developing, and executing programs throughout an organizational entity.
• Self-motivated with initiative; “big picture” mindset; ability to work successfully as part of a team.
• Team building experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and vision in managing staff groups and major projects or initiatives.
• A demonstrated commitment to high professional ethical standards and a diverse workplace.
• Excels at operating in a fast pace, community environment.
• Excellent people manager, open to direction and a collaborative work style and commitment to get the job done.
• Ability to challenge and debate issues of importance to the organization.
• Ability to look at situations from several points of view.
• Persuasive with details and facts.
• Delegates responsibility effectively.
• High comfort level working in a diverse environment

We encourage you to apply even if your experience is not a 100% match with the position. We are looking for someone with relevant skills and experience, not a checklist that exactly matches the job description. We want to help you grow and in return, you will help us grow into a stronger, more inclusive organization.  

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. 
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office or laboratory to access file cabinets, machinery, equipment etc.
• Ability to continuously operate a personal computer or lab equipment for extended periods of time (4 or more hours).
• Physical dexterity sufficient to use hands, arms, and shoulders repetitively to operate a keyboard and other lab equipment, use a telephone, access file cabinets and other items stored at various levels, including overhead   
• Ability to speak and hear well enough to communicate clearly and understandably with sufficient volume to ensure an accurate exchange of information in normal conversational distance, over the telephone, and in a group setting.
• Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota.

The essential physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   

We will consider reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.  

Compensation Range: $168,000 – $200,000. (Salary is commensurate with experience and degree of technical expertise.)

What It’s Like to Work Here:

• Teamwork: experience what being a part of the Eurofins-EAG family feels like. Be inspired by your leaders, be encouraged by your teammates and be supported in all parts of your journey while you work with us.
• Learning & Development: take on career development programs and goal setting to create big possibilities for your career and life. Develop within the company; be mentored and grown as a leader.
• Diversity & Authenticity: we work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Benefits & Perks to Foster Work/Life Balance:

✓ Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

✓ 401k Company Matching

✓ Paid Time Off

✓ Wellness Program

✓ Education Assistance

✓ …and more!

If you enjoy being immersed in technology, tackling problems head-on, finding solutions through teamwork, and taking pride in accomplishments, join us today!

Eurofins EAG Laboratories is committed to promoting an equal employment opportunity workplace environment and is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Company that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information (GINA), disability, military and/or veteran status, and/or any other status protected by applicable Federal, state, or local law.  The Company’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer all employment-related matters based on an individual’s qualifications, abilities and efforts without regard to protected status. 

Eurofins is a Gender, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. 

If you enjoy being immersed in technology, tackling problems head-on, finding solutions through teamwork, and taking pride in accomplishments, join us today! Check out our other EAG Laboratories/Nanolab Technologies opportunities: EAG Careers