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At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing-improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications-from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.\nNovanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.\nProject Manager, R&D\nNovanta Robotics & Automation | Foxton, Cambridge | Hybrid Working\nBring New Robotics Products to Market\nIf you are looking to build a career in project management within a high-tech engineering environment, this is an opportunity to work on products that power some of the world's most advanced robotic and automation systems. At Novanta, you'll help lead the development of innovative technologies used by manufacturers and automation companies across the globe.\nAs a Project Manager within our R&D team, you will coordinate the delivery of new product development projects from concept through to launch. 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