Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence is seeking a Sheet Metal Technical Manager to lead the development, governance, and delivery of RADAN post processors and digital machine solutions. The role manages a global development team, prioritizes technical backlogs, improves processes, engages customers and regional stakeholders, and supports business growth through reliable machine solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and maintenance of post processors across the Sheet Metal portfolio
- Prioritise new development, maintenance requests, customer escalations, and strategic initiatives
- Assess requirements, technical feasibility, and implementation approaches for new functionality
- Review, test, and validate solutions to ensure quality, consistency, and maintainability
- Support customer testing and acceptance activities where required
- Manage and coordinate a global team of post processor developers
- Foster collaboration across Development, Support, Services, Product Management, regional teams, and resellers to align development activities with global standards and best practices
- Provide technical coaching, guidance, and escalation support
- Deploy best-practice development strategies established across the global Production Machining portfolio
- Improve and maintain processes covering development, version control, testing, documentation, release management, and support
- Use Jira and Agile practices to manage backlogs, priorities, and delivery
- Drive consistent global ways of working, clear ownership of post processor assets, and understanding of request submission, qualification, prioritisation, and tracking processes
- Work closely with regional teams, resellers, Support, and Services to ensure requirements are clearly defined, priorities are balanced, and delivery expectations are aligned before development begins
- Support customer escalations and technical discussions where post processor delivery impacts business performance or customer satisfaction
- Improve the management of digital twins, machine data, and related development assets
- Support initiatives that simplify the creation, storage, and reuse of digital machine data
- Promote the adoption of AI-assisted tools to enhance development, testing, documentation, and support processes
- Support business growth through improved machine coverage, delivery efficiency, and reseller enablement
- Monitor and report on KPIs including backlog, throughput, lead times, delivery performance, and development risks
- Contribute to business cases for additional resources, tooling, and process improvements
Skills
- • Experience in software development, technical leadership, or development management
- • Knowledge of CAD/CAM software, preferably RADAN or similar manufacturing solutions
- • Understanding of CNC machines, post processors, machine configuration, and NC code generation
- • Experience managing technical requirements through development, testing, and release
- • Familiarity with Jira or similar development management tools
- • Strong communication (English) and stakeholder management skills
- • Ability to balance customer needs, business priorities, technical complexity, and available resources
- • Agile/Scrum and backlog management experience
- • Strong programming skills, ideally in C# or another object-oriented language
- • Knowledge of Git, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing practices
- • Experience with GPP, YAFL, TCL, C#, or similar post processor technologies
- • Familiarity with digital twins, machine simulation, and automated NC generation
- • Experience introducing AI or automation into engineering processes
- • Experience working within global, matrix-based organisations
- • Engineering degree or equivalent
- The role will primarily be home-based, with a preference for candidates located in either the UK or the US
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