Specialist, Mechatronics Technology

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

Company Overview:
If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone

**Position Description**:
This role will be part of the global innovation team, based in Singapore, responsible for the mechatronics technology platform and lead technology activities from research, ideation, proof of concept and proof of values demonstration, technical/functional leading to new product development and/or integrated solutions development. Collaboration with other technical teams within Innovation and Technology group, as well as engineering teams across business units, and more importantly, working closely with product management team to ensure the alignment of key innovation priorities involving mechatronics technology, are essential.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Bring forth technical leadership and managing concept development projects, including:

- Generate innovative concept of product or solution, through systematic inventive problem solving and design thinking, and recommend buy-build-partner approach(es) leading to differentiated (and competitive) product and successful commercialization.
- Collaboratively work with tech specialists and engineering leaders to develop proof of concept(s) and partner with product management team for proof of values demonstration.
- Coordinate and develop global mechatronics platform architectures. Find synergy effects between the several product platforms. Drive the vision for summary all platforms to one technology platform for all products.

Steer the development of mechatronics technology platforms that support all business units, with key focus:

- Digital solution and modern drive technologies for intelligent and complex fluid and vacuum pump systems
- Digital solution and modern drive technologies for competitive actuator products
- Digital solution and modern electronics technologies for pneumatics driven positioner electronics
- Work closely with technology scouting team to keep tab on the network of industry contacts, technology partners and suppliers, startups, and research institutions, and actively explore potential technology partnerships and collaboration opportunities.
- Propose investment plan to continuously build capabilities in mechatronics platform.
- Support, consult and review mechatronics development projects from other Flowserve global teams.

Partner with strategic business management team to put up details project charter and execution plan, with supporting business potentials and buy-build-partner plan.
- Assist and evaluate the voice of customer activities of the strategic business management team
- Analize technology and commercializing potentials for new product or optimization ideas

Develop an international network with the Flowserve teams and the buy-build partners
- Define and evaluate world-wide external buy-build-partners and technology partners
- Support Participate in regular reviews with business and technology leaders across the organization and share the latest update on the innovation funnel.
- Travel requirement (30%).

**Qualifications**:

- University degree in Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering, Science, or related field, with more than 8 years experience in technology and innovation, with strong interest in exploring advanced technology for potential commercialization.
- Experience in developing and commercializing new products or solutions enabled by differentiating technologies and go-to-market strategies.
- Experience in research and innovation activities, with design thinking experience considered as an asset.
- Strong communication and tea