Want to work in an exciting role at the company behind the world's most advanced industrial X-ray source? With heavy patent-protected research as its foundation, Excillum holds a leading position in advanced X-ray technology and has delivered products that have changed how both industry and academia view X-ray sources. Excillum is now in an exciting phase of continuing to industrialize the company, and we're looking for you to lead this journey. You'll join a company with a humble and supportive work environment and world-leading products at the forefront of technology. Does this sound like something for you? Read on!
About the Position
Excillum designs, develops, and manufactures X-ray light sources used for quality assurance in semiconductor, electronics, and battery manufacturing, among other applications. Other uses include development of new pharmaceuticals and research in areas such as biology, medicine, and materials science. Today, customers are located in Europe, Asia, and the USA. The team you'll lead currently consists of 11 senior employees in mechanical and electronics design as well as industrialization. The group's main responsibility is hardware design and industrialization of products, where you'll lead the team and work in that area. The role also involves close collaboration with other leaders, decision-makers, and teams in software, research, production, and product management to create alignment around hardware development. You'll report to the COO and are also part of the management group for R&D, Supply Chain, and Service. Excillum has its headquarters in Kista with both labs and production in-house, which means you'll work close to the products being developed.
Words from Your Future Immediate Manager
"Hi! My name is Göran and I've been COO at Excillum since January 2025. What attracted me to Excillum was that we're a Swedish world-class company—both in terms of the technology we develop and the people who work here. We're on an exciting and challenging journey, and for me, it's important to build a culture where everyone feels they can take responsibility, contribute ideas, and influence our direction. I'm impressed by the competence and drive we have, and it makes me both humble and excited about what lies ahead!"
Responsibilities
You'll work in a broad role with responsibility for both leading and developing individuals and the team's work as a whole. You'll ensure that the right competencies are used to meet business goals, distribute areas of responsibility within the team, and serve as a role model by actively contributing to and shaping company culture. As a leader, you also play an important role in the company's growth journey by driving industrialization, developing processes, and creating structures that enable increased scale, efficiency, and quality in a complex and changing environment.
You will, for example…
Take responsibility for planning, prioritizing, and following up on hardware development and industrialization activities, including resource allocation, schedules, and status reporting to the management group and other R&D teams.
Lead and strengthen collaboration between hardware development, software teams, research, production, supply chain, quality, and external key suppliers to ensure efficient product development and industrialization.
Establish and follow up on the team's quarterly goals to ensure that work is linked to business goals and strategic priorities.
Facilitate retrospectives and lessons learned and translate insights into improved working methods and processes.
Identify bottlenecks and inefficient workflows in product development and industrialization and initiate improvement measures.
Develop the team's working methods, processes, and operational capability with a focus on lean, standardization, and long-term improvement of the organization's delivery capability.
Participate in and partially lead projects and activities within the line organization.
We're Looking for Someone Who
This is a role for someone who has experience and a strong drive to both lead and develop employees in a global environment where company culture is highly valued. You have the ability to lead through change and contribute to industrialization and scalable working methods in a growing organization. You're an enabler of learning and development through a coaching leadership style where you delegate and give clear ownership while bringing out the potential in your employees. We also see that you're skilled at planning and prioritizing, both for yourself and how you lead others, and that you balance your communication well by both clearly showing the way and being attentive to listening to different perspectives and ideas.
In addition, you have…
A university or civil engineering degree in mechanical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, or similar
Several years of experience in a similar role where you've led product development and industrialization projects in complex product systems.
Experience in a leadership role, either as a manager, team leader, or project leader.
Good knowledge of Swedish and English as both languages are used in the work
We consider it a merit if you have…
Experience working with high-voltage generators in development, industrialization, or production.
Other Information
Start: By agreement
Scope: Full-time
Location: Kista, Stockholm
This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and Excillum's wish is that all questions go to Academic Work
Contact information: Recruitment consultant in charge, Johanna Sörell, [email protected] and Vera Mohlin, [email protected]
We work with continuous selection, apply for the position as soon as you can if you're interested.
Our Recruitment Process
Personality test & problem-solving test
Phone interview with Academic Work
In-depth interview with Academic Work
Interviews with Excillum
Reference checks + decisionWant to work in an exciting role at the company behind the world's most advanced industrial X-ray source? With heavy patent-protected research as its foundation, Excillum holds a leading position in advanced X-ray technology and has delivered products that have changed how both industry and academia view X-ray sources. Excillum is now in an exciting phase of continuing to industrialize the company, and we're looking for you to lead this journey. You'll join a company with a humble and supportive work environment and world-leading products at the forefront of technology. Does this sound like…
Přehled
Typ
job
Stav
active
Viditelnost
public
Město
Stockholm
Adresa
Solnavägen 3H
GPS
59.347263688467, 18.030725098552
Email
Zobrazení
1
Publikováno
2. 6. 2026
Upraveno
5. 8. 2026
Poloha
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Parametry
Kraj
Stockholms län
Duration
na dobu neurčitou
Zaměstnavatel
ACADEMIC WORK SWEDEN AB
Postcode
11363
Počet míst
1
Profese
Gruppchef, teknik
Salary Type
pevná měsíční, týdenní nebo hodinová mzda
Scope Of Work
100–100 %
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